The Kuala Lumpur Bar Blog

W ith the assistance of the National Blood Bank, a Blood Donation Drive was held on 14 May 2012 at Level 2 of the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex at Jalan Duta. Members of the Bar, Court staff and members of the public nobly came forward to participate in this Blood Donation Drive.  A total of 54 donors registered. Unfortunately, only 43 were eligible to donate. The 11 were rejected because they were either underweight, having high blood pressure or low blood pressure or had lived in the United Kingdom from 1980 till 1996 or in Europe between 1980 until the present.  A total of 43 units of blood were collected from the caring donors. Click here to view more photos. Report and photos by the KL Bar Secretariat

04 April 2012 Pupils Introduction Session Organised by the KL Bar Pupils Welfare Committee (PWC), the introduction session for April was held on 04 April 2012. The session, attended by 84 pupils, was led by Jason Kong and Harleen Kaur (Leena). Pupils were briefed on the structure of the Malaysian Bar and the KL Bar, the election to both the Bar Council and the KL Bar Committee and highlights of the Malaysian Bar. The introduction session included a session for pupils to raise issues and problems faced by them during their period of pupillage and the Chairman and members of the KLBC were on hand to provide input and possible solutions. The issues raised by the pupils at this session were divided into the  areas of Court, Office and Miscellaneous matters, with the following details : Court E-Filing including the filing system Rude Court Staff - Admission Registry at RKKK (Rayuan dan Kuasa Kuasa Khas) Parking Section 36(2) Application (commonly know as “Short Call”) - long hea