Starting with Settlement
Matters can be settled. However, parties must be genuinely willing to compromise to end their dispute.
Unequal Adversaries
I recently had to battle against a witness for a criminal matter in the Selayang magistrates’ court.
Hanging with the Seniors
I notice these days that the pupils, interns and fresh lawyers don’t hang out with seniors, even when they have the opportunity to. Or even if they do, they don’t stay long. Excusing themselves politely on the account of work or something or other. I am sure the mumbled ramblings of those of my vintage and beyond when we get together are dismissed as old uncle talk, and, therefore, not worth sitting around for. I …
The Seven Qualities of Indispensability
For me, the one quality that gets anyone hired, liked, nurtured, feted and even championed is indispensability. You can make a persuasive case for your hire if you cultivate this quality. Whatever your profession, employment or job. To be indispensable is to be essential, necessary, and integral to something. Being indispensable is to be part of the nucleus. It is commonly associated with salutary qualities such as reliability, sensibility, competency, credibility, loyalty, motivation and initiative. …
Call Speech for Azlina bt Abdul Aziz
May it please your Lordship, Fahri Azzat for the Petitioner, Azlina bt Abdul Aziz. The Petitioner is the daughter of Encik Abdul Aziz bin Hussein and Puan Hasnah binti Abdul Razak. They are not with us this morning. In attendance, however, is her husband and anchor, Mr Michael Cawley. My lord, although the Petitioner arrived at the gates of law later in life compared to the usual Petitioners here, her experience and apprenticeship outside the …