Posts Tagged ‘ Judges’ Code of Ethics 1994 ’

The regurgitation of not administering justice according to law in the written judgment of Nik Hashim FCJ in Jamaluddin & Ors v Sivakumar

22 June, 2009
By NH Chan

Flashback To refresh your memory, I refer to the report in the New Straits Times of Friday, April 10, 2009: PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has declared that three assemblymen who quit their parties are still members of the Perak state legislature. This follows an unanimous ruling by a five-men bench yesterday which ruled that the Election...
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The gobbledegook of Augustine Paul FCJ in the Federal Court’s decision in Zambry v Sivakumar

17 June, 2009
By NH Chan

Gobbledegook Most, if not all, laymen will find the written judgment of Augustine Paul FCJ – who eventually put in writing the judgment of the unanimous decision of the infamous five – most perplexing. I am not surprised. I find it unintelligible also – in fact, it is what the word “gobbledegook” means in...
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