This article was published yesterday in The Sydney Morning Herald. LB is reproducing it due to its content value and relevance
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Judging the Judges
On our Judges and other matters of the Judiciary
Top Judicial Posts Merit Scrutiny
Now You Submit, Now You Don’t!
The incongruity of the Federal Court decision of Diana Nelson Tanoja v PP3CLJ 1 with its other decision in Lee Kwan Woh v Public Prosecutor 5CLJ 631 which relates to the issue of whether an accused person has a right to make submission to the judge after the defence has completed its case but...
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Written Judgments are Optional
A follow up to Amer Hamzah's piece "Ducking at the Court of Appeal?" The Court of Appeal has finally replied the request for its written judgment.
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From Judges To Gestapo Type Police: Tyranny of abuse of powers
When powers are abused there is no tyranny like them. The abuse of powers by police is a consequence of the bad example set by judges when they refuse to apply the law as it stands or when they apply double standards in their judgments.
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The Monarch Has No Power to Sack Any Member of The Cabinet Exco
The reality is neither the King nor the Sultan has any power to sack the Prime Minister/Menteri Besar or the other cabinet ministers/executive councillors.
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Was the sacking of Anwar Ibrahim from the Cabinet 11 years ago lawful?
11 years ago, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim was sacked from the cabinet. An incisive look at the Federal Court decision that the sacking was lawful and why it is lawful.
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Judges Can Fly – in the face of Rule 137 of the Federal Court Rules! (Part 2)
A thorough and critical consideration of the Federal Court’s inconsistent and dishonest approach to Rule 137 of the Rules of the Federal Court 1995 as it relates to section 51 and 51A of the Criminal Procedure Code and the Federal Court decisions in Adorna Properties v Kobchai Sosothikul 1 MLJ 417 and Asean...
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Judges Can Fly – in the face of Rule 137 of the Federal Court Rules! (Part 1)
A thorough and critical consideration of the Federal Court's inconsistent and dishonest approach to Rule 137 of the Rules of the Federal Court 1995 in 2 parts. This part considers the recent Federal Court decision dismissing Anwar Ibrahim's application to review a previous Federal Court decision dismissing his application for disclosure of documents for...
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Of sodomy, caning and potato chips
Snacking on the difference in attitudes and competencies between the English Court of Appeal and the Malaysian Court of Appeal.
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Bias, and Why It Is So Easy to Expose a Judge for Incompetence
Why I say it is so easy to expose our judges for incompetence – but this can only happen in Malaysia.
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