01 June 2012
Meeting with the
Managing Judge for the KL Appellate and Special Powers / Commercial Divisions
and Subordinate Courts
The Civil
Court Liaison Committee together with the Pupils Welfare Committee met the Managing
Judge on 1 June 2012 at 9.30am at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex. The main
objective of the meeting was to discuss solutions for the delays in the
scheduling of dates for hearing of Admissions to the Bar where the waiting
period was up to 3 months. Following the said meeting, the Managing Judge
had raised the issue with the Judges of the Commercial Division
and a few of the Judges had agreed to preside at hearings of Admissions to
the Bar to help ease the workload of the 2 Appellate & Special Powers Division
Judges as well as expedite the hearings.
02 to 03 June 2012
KLYLC Retreat
The Kuala Lumpur Bar Young Lawyers Committee (“KLYLC”)
decided to invite new young faces for the KLYLC Retreat this year. We had 4
senior young lawyers and 18 new young lawyers participating in our retreat held
on 2-3 June 2012. The 4 senior young lawyers, namely, the KLYLC Chair, Khaizan
Sharizad (Sherrie), KLYLC Co-Deputy Chairs Daniel Albert, Yeoh Tung Seng and
Yohendra Nadarajan were mainly facilitators and assisted with the retreat.
Melissa Dass, the Executive Officer from the KL Bar Secretariat helped search
for venues for the retreat as many were not available because the dates
coincided with the school holidays. Eventually the KLYLC managed to secure a
good deal with Corus Hotel in Port Dickson. Click here to read the full report.
07 June 2012
PAC Talk on What
Clients Want
This talk is the first in the calendar of activities organised
by the Practitioners’ Affairs Committee (PAC) on the non-legal aspects of
practice, held on 7 June, 2012 at 5.00pm at the KL Bar Auditorium. Mr. Ong Eu
Jin, a corporate partner of the firm of Messrs Lee Hishamuddin Allen &
Gledhill, shared his insights from the dual perspectives of client and lawyer.
The talk was moderated by the PAC Chairperson, Goh Siu Lin. Click
here to read the full report.
08 June 2012
PDC Seminar on Islamic Wills II
(Intermediate)
Amir
Bahari from Messrs Bahari & Bahari presented the seminar which was held at
the KL Bar Auditorium at 10.00am. The seminar was attended by 40 participants.
The seminar covered the following areas, "The Format for a Will Writing
Questionnaire", "Taking Instructions Effectively ", "Faraid
Calculation", "Drafting of the Wills - Hands On Approach", "Drafting
Issues" and "Specific Issues".
08 June 2012
Courtesy Call on the
Pejabat Tanah & Galian Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya (PTG Putrajaya)
The Corporate & Conveyancing Practice Committee (CCPC)
paid a courtesy call on the PTG Putrajaya on 8 June 2012 in which the CCPC was
warmly welcomed by the Deputy Director of the PTG Putrajaya and 2 other
officers. Other than getting acquainted, discussions were held on the issue of
fraud cases and uncollected documents. CCPC was also informed of the upcoming
system upgrade to the biometric system and notification by e-mail/sms to all
parties regarding registrations of their transactions which will soon be
implemented by the said Land Office. Click here
to read the full report.
08 June 2012
KL Bar Social Get-together
The
KL Bar Social, Arts & Culture Committee and the Young Lawyers
Committee jointly organised the first
social get-together for the term 2012/2013 on Friday, 8 June 2012 at 21,
Bangsar Shopping Centre (BSC). The event was scheduled for 8pm and the venue
was quickly packed with lawyers coming straight from work, hoping to let their
hair down at the end of a typically busy working week. Loud chatters and
laughter followed and filled the air and created an extremely lively
atmosphere. Click
here to read the full report.
13 June 2012
Pupils Introduction Session
Organised
by the KL Bar Pupils Welfare Committee (PWC), the introduction session for June
was held on 13 June 2012. The session, attended by 85 pupils, was led by Leena
Kaur and Jason Kong. 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 and Filing system in Court is too time
consuming
•
No proper queuing system in the Shah Alam Court
•
Rude Court Staff - Petitions for Admission Registry and
the Payment Counters
•
Parking at the KL Courts is a problem
•
Shah Alam
Court - No QMS system in the old building
•
Missing files
Office
•
Salary does not commensurate with work and working
hours
•
Lack of supervision/guidance from the Master
•
No access to online resources
•
No entitlement to leave during pupillage period
•
Office politics
Miscellaneous
•
Land Office - wrong name and IC no. on the document
•
Ethics lectures are too long
•
No proper tables for the Ethics exams
•
Introduction session should be earlier
•
Admission to the Bar date - the wait is too long
14 June 2012
PDC Seminar on Divorce and the Emotional
Impact on the Spouses
Warren
Tan, marriage & family therapist/trainer & clinical supervisor in Singapore and Malaysia with 31 years of field
experience presented the seminar which was held at the KL Bar Auditorium at
2.30pm. The seminar was attended by 44 participants.
17 June 2012
Melaka International Dragon Boat Festival 2012
The KL
Bar Dragon Boat Team, The KLBar-barians, spent the weekend of 16-17 June 2012
in Melaka to compete in the Melaka International Dragon Boat Festival 2012. The
team started off with a friendly match against some local teams at Ayer Keroh
lake on Saturday morning while Sunday was spent racing at the Melaka
International Dragon Boat Festival 2012 at the Melaka River. Click here
to read the full report.
21 June
2012
PDC Seminar on Wills, Probate and the
Administration of Estates
Jeremiah
R. Gurusamy from Messrs Arianti Dipendra Jeremiah presented the seminar which
was held at the KL Bar Auditorium at 3.00pm. The seminar was attended by 82 participants.
The seminar covered the following areas, "Probate and Letters of
Administration", "Procedures in obtaining the Grant of Probate",
"Letters of Administration" and "Broad Overview of Wills".
23 and 24 June 2012
IEM Tree-Planting Community Project at Taman Botani Negara, Shah Alam
The
KL Bar Environmental Law Committee and the Young Lawyers Committee participated
in the tree-planting project at Taman Botani Negara, Shah Alam on 23 and 24
June 2012.. The event, organised by the Young Engineers Section (YES) of the
Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), was launched and officiated by IEM
Deputy President Choo Kok Beng, Chairman of the Young Engineers Section
Shuhairy bin Norhisham and ENSEARCH Vice-President Ellias Saidin by planting
the first out of the 190 trees sponsored by various individuals and organisations
around the Klang Valley
27 June 2012
Pupils Workshop on Criminal Litigation
The
workshop, organised by the KL Bar Pupils Welfare Committee specifically for
pupils, was presented by Kuldeep Kumar on 27 June 2012 at 3.00pm. The workshop
focused primarily on the practical aspects of handling a brief covering, “Client
Interview”, “Mitigation”, “Bail Application” and “Trial Process”. The workshop
was attended by 17 pupils.
29 June 2012
PDC Seminar on the Fundamentals of Civil
Litigation
Mohd
Izral Khairy and Tharminder Singh from Messrs Izral Partnership presented the
seminar which was held at the KL Bar Auditorium at 3.00pm. The seminar was
attended by 84 participants. The seminar covered the following areas, "Securing
Proper Instructions (Warrant to Act, etc)", "File / Client
Management", "Jurisdiction of Courts (Territorial, Monetary)",
"Subordinate Court Procedures (Commencing Proceedings, Service,
Appearance, Filing of Defence, etc)", "High Court Procedures
(Commencing Proceedings, Appearance, Filing of Pleadings, etc)",
"Drafting Court Documents", "Opinion writing" and "Overview
of Appellate Procedures".
Edited by Jeremiah R. Gurusamy.