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The role of lawyers
Zealous advocacy is permitted – but only within the bounds of the law.
Press freedom in the digital age
Can press freedom be further advanced when readers are given carte blanche to post whatever they like including unlawful and defamatory comments under the protection of anonymity?
An independent judiciary saves American democracy
The judges stayed true to their oath of office ‘to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic’.
Let us save Malaysia
ANSWERING the earlier calls from the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) to turn to Cuti-Cuti Malaysia to help the local domestic tourism industry, my family and I decided to spend a weekend at Redang Island recently.
‘Laws grind the poor, rich men rule the law’
Now, after more than 30 years in legal practice and soon becoming a sexagenarian, it saddens me that we still see, after 63 years of Merdeka and 50 years of the Rukun Negara, the many inequalities and injustices in our society.
Is our Covid-19 Bill the panacea?
FINALLY. Malaysia’s much awaited version of the Covid-19 Bill (“the Bill”), entitled the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Bill was tabled for first reading in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday.
Of the Bench and the Bar
Malaysia’s rule of law can only be upheld if these twin pillars remain independent and fearless.
Let justice be seen to be done
I JUST recently learnt from an international arbitration news site that the Malaysian government had reached an amicable settlement with the estate of Boonsom Boonyanit, a Thai national, some time in October 2018.
Upholding the rights of house buyers
ON Tuesday , the Federal Court ruled that the housing controller has no power to waive or modify provisions of the contracts of sale as prescribed by regulations 11(1) and (2) of the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations, 1989 (1989 Regulations).
Working together for a cleaner world
FROM Oct 22 to Oct 24, an important world event, which took place at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, almost went unnoticed by the general public.
The beginning of a new Malaysia
ON May 10, Malaysians woke up to a new country, signaling a dawn of new era.
Judicial independence is sacrosanct
‘Assaulting the judiciary is as crude and uncivilised as assaulting a referee who impartially and fearlessly applies the rules of the game.’