Some of us may recall the 1980s popular British sitcom, Yes, Prime Minister, which featured Paul Eddington as Jim Hacker, a fictional aloof prime minister of the United Kingdom who was always on the receiving end of misinformation and deception by the equally fictional permanent secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, played by Nigel Hawthorne. The political…
1. The concept of free speech – or the freedom to express words as well and deeds in accordance with one’s own will and belief and conscience – has a long history. Some say that the seed of such an idea runs back thousands of years ago, way back during the time of the ancient…
Somewhere along the line, the civil courts will have to stop niggling away at the shariah courts. So too with the civil common law and the Islamic law. These courts and laws are not meant to engage in a power struggle against each other; they are meant to complement each other. The constitutional provision is…
The Malaysian Bar in its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 15 March this year had passed various resolutions, one of which is a resolution regarding retired judges of the superior courts appearing as counsel in the Courts. This resolution notes that it is a “principle of antiquity in common law jurisdictions that a retired…
