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Ubi Est Amor?

Ubi Est Amor?

Reforming the Judiciary with love.

Justice For LGBTs, Justice For Malaysia

Justice For LGBTs, Justice For Malaysia

Why is justice so far from those who really need it?

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Absolutely Unreasonable

Absolutely Unreasonable

Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done

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Retrospective Pension for Chief Justice Zaki (?)

Retrospective Pension for Chief Justice Zaki (?)

Tommy Thomas offers a critical examination of the Judges Remuneration (Amendment) Act 2011.

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54 Years After Merdeka: How The Judiciary Must Help Us By Helping Itself

54 Years After Merdeka: How The Judiciary Must Help Us By Helping Itself

Andrew explains how and why the Judiciary needs to be freed from the Executive.

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My Father, the Judge (Stories from the East)

My Father, the Judge (Stories from the East)

Chong Yuh Tyng contributes to this week’s Stories from the East with a poignant piece about a great Sarawakian, her father the late Tan Sri Chong Siew Fai, former Chief Judge of Sabah & Sarawak (1995 – 2000).

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LoyarBocor: MB Pahang + Hakim Kuantan = Pegawai Mahkamah & Rakyat Sengsara

Satu kisah penyalahgunaan kuasa di Mahkamah untuk “menjaga nama baik Yang Arif Dato’”.

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Heavier Sentences Not Solution To Reduce Crime

Heavier Sentences Not Solution To Reduce Crime

What is the purpose of a heavy sentence when it is an almost forgone conclusion that an offender who completes his sentence is very likely to return to a life of crime because of their rejection from society?

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Speedy Gone Justice!

Speedy Gone Justice!

A hard critical look at the Chief Justice’s apparent initiatives to revamp legal practice, and some questions for his Lordship to think about.

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Kepercayaan Kita Terhadap Mahkamah Perlu Kekal Utuh

Kepercayaan Kita Terhadap Mahkamah Perlu Kekal Utuh

Walaupun seringkali dikecewakan, penantian dan kepercayaan kita kepada badan Kehakiman masih lagi berbaloi.

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The Administration Of Justice in Malaysia – A Glaring Misconception

The Administration Of Justice in Malaysia – A Glaring Misconception

Lately the Courts are so concerned with speed. It is as if suddenly the Courts have become an F1 team. The thing which really irritates the bejeezus out of me is the seemingly nonchalant attitude displayed by the Courts on fairness and justness. It is as if when a case is disposed, justice is done. As if the way it was disposed, the rationale for the disposal and everything else is secondary or rather not relevant.

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The “Bagi Chance” Principle

The “Bagi Chance” Principle

A discussion about one of the most unique and widely and frequently applied principle of law in Malaysia but not documented in any legal journal, legal textbook or academic treatise.

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Top Judicial Posts Merit Scrutiny

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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Now You Submit, Now You Don’t!

Now You Submit, Now You Don’t!

The incongruity of the Federal Court decision of Diana Nelson Tanoja v PP[2010]3CLJ 1 with its other decision in Lee Kwan Woh v Public Prosecutor [2009]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 before judgment is pronounced.

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Written Judgments are Optional

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

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 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 [2006] 1 MLJ 417 and Asean Security Paper Mills Sdn Bhd v Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd [2008] 5 AMR 377. This is the concluding part.

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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 his second sodomy trial.

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