What is your view on briyani? Does it have magical powers? Justice Prasad Abraham, a former Federal Court Judge, recounts a second (real life) anecdote from his days at the Bar.
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Former Federal Court Judge Datuk Prasad Abraham is one of my favourite raconteurs. At the drop of a hat, he’d regale you with many a colourful tale. Here is a real-life anecdote from his days at the Bar.
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BM , Constitutional Law , Government , Politics
Adakah penerimaan ICERD akan menggugat hak orang Melayu?
Apa itu ‘ICERD’? [Konvensyen Antarabangsa Mengenai Penghapusan Segala Bentuk Diskriminasi Kaum]? Adakah ia menjejaskan Hak Melayu yang ditegakkan dalam Perkara 153 Perlembagaan Persekutuan? Apa yang perlu dilakukan oleh Malaysia? Meratifikasinya, atau menolaknya? Bagaimanakah negara-negara Muslim lain menangani isu ini? Teruskan membaca untuk mengetahuinya.
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Blog , Constitutional Law , English , Government , Politics
Malay Rights, ICERD, Cikgu Khairuddin and Mr Nava
Shortly after the so called 'Malay Rights Provisions' were entrenched into the Constitution, two teachers, one ethnic Malay, and the other an ethnic Indian took a pupil - like so many others - and set him on his way. This is their story. What would these men have done had they been confronted with the kind of racist Hate Speeches we've encountered all of last week?
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Will Malaysia’s ratification of ICERD injure Malay Rights?
What is the 'International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination' (‘ICERD’)? Does it prejudice Malay Rights entrenched in Article 153 of our Constitution? What should Malaysia do? Ratify it, or denounce it? How have other Muslim countries dealt with it? Read on.
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Are there tricks to be more successful at trial work? There are. The 1st is Deep Preparation. The 2nd is a Chronology. The 3rd is a Trial Chart. Read on.
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Do you like the English language? Here are some of the most memorable lines written by judges.
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Are there sure-fire techniques that make it easier to succeed in appeals? Yes, there are. If appellate counsel don't practise the Rules of Minimalism, Detachment, or do not ask the right Questions of Law, they'd fail. If they argue at the Court of Appeal burdened with a blunderbuss, they'd fail - because they are kiasu: they shoot at any target, with everything they've got. Here are some techniques that ...
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Leave Applications to the Federal Court rarely succeed. Yet some counsel are consistently more successful than others. Is there a method to this madness? There is. These techniques are transferable. This article aims to transfer those skills. Here are 25 techniques for greater success in Leave Applications.
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What do the traditions of the Malaysian Bar stand for?
The Malaysian Bar has preserved the traditions of the legal profession. Some of them are more than 500 years old. The Bar insists on keeping them. Why?
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