May it please your Lordship, The Petitioner is the elder of the two sons of Mr M Visvanathan and Madam Ong Puay Hioh. There are many paths to the practice of law. Some of us came here because of parental expectations; some because they do not know what to do, others because of a natural inclination for the study of law. Then there are those born and bred for the practice of law; I would …
May it please your Lordship, It is with great pleasure and some anxiety that I move a call in the presence of a great man and outstanding jurist, Datuk Mohd Hishamudin Yunus. My Lord, there are many paths to the practice of law. Some find the path because of a desire to do justice. Some have their path set out for them and need only follow through. Others discover that path out of inspiration. And …
May it please your Lordship, Bapa Pempetisyen, Encik Che Ariffin bin Che Mahmood, dan emaknya, Puan Nik Hasimah binti Nik Yahya hadir hari ini. My Lord, I will take 4½ minutes with my speech. I will submit 3 reasons why I believe the Petitioner possesses an excellent character and deserves to be called to the Bar. I have many more reasons but since calls are now something to be sped through instead of savoured, I …
May it please your Lordship, The Petitioner is the daughter of Mr Simon Hoo, a remisier, and Madam Ruth Ng, a Home Minister. She has an elder sister, Anne Hoo, who is a pharmacist in the United Kingdom and a younger brother, John Hoo. The Petitioner was an accomplished student. She got the kind of grades I would read about in a University newsletter. In the first and second years of her Bachelor of Laws …
May it please your Lordship, Fahri Azzat for the Petitioner, Hoe Sue Lu. My distinguished learned friends for the Bar, the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee and the Attorney General’s Chambers were introduced earlier. My Lord, my speech this morning will take about six minutes. There are 3 parts to my speech. The first is an introduction of the Petitioner and how she came to the law. The second is why she is a fit and …