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NOTICE 19TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING KUALA LUMPUR BAR [Pursuant to Section 70(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1976 as amended by the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2006] NOTICE is hereby given that the 19TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the KUALA LUMPUR BAR will be held on WEDNESDAY, 23RD FEBRUARY 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at the MCA AUDITORIUM, LEVEL 3, WISMA MCA, 163 JALAN AMPANG, KUALA LUMPUR . Pursuant to Section 70(2A) of the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2006, the quorum shall be five per cent of the total number of members of the State Bar. As at 14th January 2011 there are 6623 members in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and therefore the quorum is 331 members . The Committee urges all members of the Kuala Lumpur Bar to attend this meeting. KINDLY TAKE NOTE THAT PURSUANT TO SECTION 70(2B) OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2006, THE QUORUM HAS TO BE PRESENT WITHIN ONE HOUR FROM THE TIME APPOINTED FOR HOLDING THE MEETING. We therefore request and invite all our members to atten...

A Reference will be held in respect and memory of the following departed members of the Kuala Lumpur Bar on 10 February 2011 (Thursday) before Y.A. Dato’ Aziah bt Ali who has kindly agreed to preside over the proceedings. 1. Encik Mohamed bin Dato' Mahbob 2. YABhg Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haji Mohamed Yusoff bin Haji Mohamed 3. Mr Leong See Ming 4. Mr Sng Kim Kuay 5. Mr Ngae Koh Hieng 6. Mr Rajasingam a/l Ratnasingam 7. Mr Satish P.S. Nair Date : 10 February 2011 (Thursday) Time : 2.30 p.m. Venue : Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur Bahagian Rayuan & Kuasa-Kuasa Khas 1 Aras 3, Sayap Kanan Kompleks Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur Jalan Duta Kuala Lumpur All members of the Bar attending the Reference Proceedings are kindly requested to be robed. Light refreshments will be served after the Proceedings in the Bar Room on Level 5 (Left Wing). H.R. Dipendra Honorary Secretary Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee

The Malaysia Middle Temple Association (TMMTA) By Sathish Ramachandran I have such poignant memories of the time I spent at Middle Temple . I especially remember: visiting the 4 Inns of Court in London , short listing Lin coln ’s Inn and Middle Temple and deciding on Middle Temple on account of its Library; becoming a Student Member of Middle Temple in the Summer Holidays after my 2nd Year of reading Law at the University of Kent at Canterbury and then Dining at Middle Temple Hall; thoroughly enjoying the Dinners at Middle Temple that I dined 32 times instead of the mandatory 24; attending the Special Dinners held to commemorate the visit of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (as Honorary Bencher, in 1992) and Her Royal Highness Diana, Princess of Wales (as Royal Bencher, in 1993); meeting Princess Diana and listening to her speak of her visit to the Taj Mahal and her 2 young children; Council of Legal Education’s Trinity Bar Examinations 1993; and signing with tre...