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A Consideration For Foreign Practitioners Entering The Legal Profession In Malaysia by Rodney Khor The legal profession has always been a highly regulated profession with rules, regulations and codes of conduct binding on members of the profession [1] . This comes as no surprise due to the nature of the legal profession being very interconnected with the mechanisms of the working of law itself. The general duties among other things include a duty to assist the courts in the administration of justice and this duty overrides the duty towards clients. Despite the profession being highly regulated, there are circumstances that would warrant or attract a foreign practitioner [2] to practise law in countries such as Malaysia [3] . Therefore, this article is narrowed down to concentrate on identifying the possibility for a foreign practitioner to practise law or to provide in-house legal advice in Malaysia. The admission of legal practitioners in Malaysia is governed by section 11 [4] of...

Lawyers are boring people – or so they say.

Bu Bu Cha Cha = Ms Goh Siu Lin and partner, Mr Wong Khai Hoong. Supporters of Bu-Bu Cha-Cha The Winner - Bu-Bu Cha Cha of Messrs Shook Lin & Bok 1st Runners-up - Young Lawyers from Messrs Raja Daryl & Loh  2nd Runners-up - Young Lawyers from Messrs Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill Yu Min and her Team Proving the perception wrong, the Kuala Lumpur Bar Young Lawyers Committee (“KLYLC”) successfully organised the Charity Nite 2009 on 3 rd July 2009. Aptly themed as “Legally Talented”, the event was held at Modestos (Capsquare) and saw record sales of 829 tickets. From bands to dances and even pole-dancing, the 8 finalists this year certainly are a good mix of differing talents. The event also saw the raising of donations via sales of cupcakes handmade by Elaine. Part of the proceeds from the night would be donated to Rumah Warga Emas NASCOM in Setapak, an organisation providing shelter and care for the elderly who are destitute.   The lawyers started to stream in at 7...

Newsflash : more than RM40,000 collected

Dear Members Subject to final tabulation of Accounts, the Charity Nite 2009 saw a collection of over RM40,000-00. Thank you. Regards, Richard Wee