4 February 2013
Pupils Introduction Session
The
KL Bar Pupils Welfare Committee organised 2 additional introduction sessions
for the month of February. The additional sessions were both held on 4 February
2013, one at 9.30am and the other at 2.00pm. The first session was attended by 87
pupils. 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. It 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. Amongst the issues raised by the pupils at this session were low
allowance, no allocation for medical leave, minimum guidance or no guidance at
all from Masters and interpreters guiding accused persons to plead guilty.
The
second session was attended by 85 pupils. Amongst the issues raised by the
pupils at this session were documents misplaced at the RKKK Petitions for
Admission Registry and having to pay filing fees on their own.
Both
sessions were led by Harleen Kaur (Leena).
6 February 2013
Pupils Introduction Session
Organised
by the KL Bar Pupils Welfare Committee, the introduction session for February
was held on 6 February 2013. The session, attended by 84 pupils, was led by Ravin
Singh 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. It 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. Amongst the issues raised by the pupils at this session were, low
allowance, rude court staff, e-filing, the need to pay for getting an exemption
for Bahasa Malaysia from the Qualifying Board, insufficient number of counters
for payment and e-filing and training for pupils on research skills.
19 February 2013
PDC Seminar on An Introduction to
Employment Law
Anand
Ponnudurai from Messrs Bodipalar Ponnudurai De Silva presented the seminar
which was held at the KL Bar Auditorium at 3.00pm on 19 February 2013. The
seminar was attended by 121 participants. The seminar covered the following
areas, "The Employment Act 1955 and the Industrial Relations Act 1967 - The
Difference", "The roles of the Labour Court and the Industrial
Court", "The concept of security of tenure vs a contractual
termination of services", "Termination must be grounded upon ‘just
cause or excuse’ - and what amounts to just cause or excuse", "Issues
relating to poor performance, misconduct and retrenchment", "General
conduct of proceedings in the Industrial Court", and "Procedure and
principles of Judicial Review of Industrial Court Awards."
20 February 2013
E-Filing meeting at the KL
Courts
This was the first E-Filing meeting for 2013 and it
was attended by the KL Court Officers in charge of the E-Filing System (EFS),
representatives from the KL Bar Civil Court Liaison Committee, representatives
from law firms (as users of the EFS) and Formis Software & Technologies Sdn
Bhd (as the service provider of EFS). The meeting primarily focused on the current
EFS issues faced by the law firms such as request for better helpdesk services,
issues regarding the Service Bureau, operating systems and requests on
improvements of the EFS such as online file search, previews of document before
filing and delete buttons options. It was also agreed that similar meetings be
held in the future to discuss issues/development arising regarding the EFS.
20 February 2013
Corporate Workshop for Pupils
The
KL Bar Pupils Welfare Committee (PWC) organised a Corporate Workshop
specifically for pupils on 20 February 2013. Presented by Ong Eu Jin and Yong
Yishan C., the workshop focused primarily on the practical aspects of Drafting Commercial Contracts using Share
Sale Agreement as Case Study, covering the following areas "Overview:
Negotiation, due diligence and drafting process", "Commercial
considerations”, "Practical pointers including common mistakes when
drafting", "Salient clauses including consideration, conditions
precedent, completion etc”, "Covenants and warranties by both Vendors and
Purchasers", "Boiler plate clauses" and "Remedies for
breach of contract". 50 pupils attended the workshop.
22 February 2013
21st Annual
General Meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Bar
The
21st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Kuala Lumpur Bar was held
on 22 February 2013 at 3.00pm at Wisma MCA. The office-bearers of the KLBC for
2013/14 elected at the AGM were: Chairman - H R Dipendra; Committee members -
Harleen Kaur (Leena), Goh Siu Lin, Amrit Pal Singh, Mohd Amir Sharil Bahari Bin
Md Noor, Lim Chi Chau, Foong Cheng Leong, Khaizan Sharizad Binti Ab Razak
(Sherrie), Jeremiah R Gurusamy, Vince Chong Khin Young and Arunachalam Kasi.
Ravinder Singh Dhalliwal (Ravin) was elected as the KL Bar’s Representative to
the Bar Council.
There was also a short briefing on the Implementation of the
Subordinate Courts (Amendment) Act 2010 by Brendan Navin Siva.
26 February 2013
PDC Seminar on An Introduction to
Intellectual Property
Cindy
Goh Joo Seong from Messrs Cheang & Ariff presented the seminar which was
held at the KL Bar Auditorium at 3.00pm on 26 February 2013. This seminar was
attended by 71 participants. The seminar covered the following areas,
"Basic Principles of Trade Mark, Copyright, Patent and Industrial Design
Law", "International Treaties", "Registration of Trade
Mark, Copyright, Patent and Industrial Design", "Infringement
Proceedings", "Common Remedies Available", "Common
Defences" and "Rectification or Invalidation Proceedings".
27 February 2013
YLC Workshop on Marketing for Young Lawyers
Foong Cheng Leong from Messrs Foong Cheng Leong & Co.
presented the workshop which was held at the KL Bar Auditorium at 3.00pm on 27
February 2013. The workshop was attended by 53 participants. The workshop
covered the following areas, "Legal marketing for young lawyers",
"Tips and measures to build a reputation, relationships and
clientèle", "Getting speaking engagements and published" and
"Having a successful networking conference”.
28 February 2013
PDC Seminar on Climate Change: Mother Of All Environmental
Problems And The Biggest Human Rights Violation Of All Times
Roger Chan Weng Keng from Messrs Chan Weng Keng and
Associates presented the seminar which was held at the KL Bar Auditorium at
3.00pm on 28 February 2013. This free seminar was attended by 65 participants.
The seminar covered the following areas, "The Anthropogenic Root of
Climate Change", "Where Science has crept into the Law. (The
regulation of CO2)", "The Alarmist v Counter Information",
"Climate change as an environmental problem on an unprecedented
scale", "The current trend on how Courts are treating climate change damage
in different jurisdictions", "Brief discussion of Massachusetts v
EPA, Comer v Murphy, State of Connecticut et al v American Electric Power
Company Inc", "Building blocks for a climate change claim",
"Reliance of traditional structures of Environmental Laws and high
likelihood of failure", "Are our Environmental Laws sufficient to
ensure survival of progeny?", "Induction of the Precautionary
Principle under International Law", "How precautionary is the
Precautionary Principle?", "Short discussion on creative lawyering
ingenuity and judicial creativity in the light of the Precautionary
Principle", "Linking precaution not as a fundamental right to a
fundamental right" and "Brief case studies of Lynas, Bukit Koman and
Pengerang in light of the Precautionary Principle".
Prepared by the KL Bar Secretariat