The Kuala Lumpur Bar Blog

Dear members of the Bar and pupils-in-chambers, The Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee has relocated but the office is not operational yet. Those who wish to serve documents, letters, etc on the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee are kindly requested to do so at the address below: Ground Floor Bar Council Building No.15 Leboh Pasar Besar 50050 Kuala Lumpur For other queries, please call 0183173403 (between 8:30am and 5pm) or email klbc@klbar.org.my. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Regards, Jeremiah R Gurusamy Honorary Secretary Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee

The 19th Annual General Meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Bar was held this afternoon (23.02.2011) at the Auditorium, Level 3 Wisma MCA, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. The quorum of 331 was reached at 2.50 p.m. Results of the election as follows: Chairman: Brendan Navin Siva Committee members Ravinder Singh Dhalliwal (Ravin) Roger Chan Weng Keng Harleen Leena Syahredzan Johan Khaizan Sharizad Ab Razak (Sherrie) Jeremiah R Gurusamy Datuk Baljit Singh Sidhu Choo Dee Wei Muhendaran Suppiah Kenneth Wong Poh Lim Representative to the Bar Council: H R Dipendra

The Launch of the Malaysian Bar Council’s MyConstitution Campaign for the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur was held on 16 February 2011 at HELP University College. Close to 150 enthusiastic students were present at the launch. The emcee for the launch was Ravin Singh, the Chairperson of the Bar Council Legal Aid Centre, Kuala Lumpur. The launch was officiated by Anand Ponnudurai the Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee with a welcoming speech and was followed by Mr Lua Bo Feng, the Constitutional and Administrative Law lecturer from the University College who gave a speech on behalf of HELP. The Deputy Chairperson’s of the Bar Council Constitutional Law Committee, Maha Balakrishnan and Syahredzan Johan then gave an introduction of the Campaign and explained their aims and vision for the Campaign. The launch ended with a viewing of 8 Rakyat Service Advertisements and a question and answer session lead by Maha and Syah. Copies of the Rakyat Guides and various other merchandise wer...

Invitation to The KL Bar's Launch of the Malaysian Bar Council’s MyConstitution Campaign on 16.02.2011 As you might already know, the Bar Council’s Constitutional Law Committee (ConstiLC) has launched its Kempen Perlembagaanku/MyConstitution Campaign (“the Campaign”) on 13 November 2009. The KL Bar will be launching the Campaign for Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur on 16 February 2011 at 2.00 p.m. at Auditorium 1, Kompleks Pejabat Damansara (KPD), Block A, HELP University College, Jalan Dungun, 50490, Kuala Lumpur. Admission is FREE. Click here for the flyer. Should you need more details, kindly contact Melissa Dass at the KL Bar Secretariat at 03-26920745 or email melissa@klbar.org.my.

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

Dear members, Since my last entry, KL Bar Committee has rapidly moved to initiate new activities for the members.  After perusing 3 quotations, we have chosen one and engaged the Designer to re-design our aging and outdated KL Bar Website. We hope to complete this as soon as possible, but from the discussions with the Designer, the whole process will likely take 3 months to complete. We will keep you updated on the same. The Young Lawyers Committee will be hosting their annual Charity Nite . The largest social event of the YLC, Charity Nite has come a long way since it's first edition in 2005. This year will be the 5th Anniversary of the Charity Nite. YLC will be making more announcements on this soon, though I am permitted to say that the tentative date for the Charity Nite is 4th July 2009.  Our Civil Court Liaison Committee have been working extra hard to bring the comments and messages of the members to the Judiciary, particularly about the current tracking system in KL High Co...

26th February 2009, 17th Annual General Meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Bar - Anand Ponnudurai was today elected as the new Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee for 2008/09 defeating Colin Andrew Pereira. The incumbent Chairman, R. Ravindra Kumar who had served for two terms, did not seek re-election. Meanwhile, Brendan Navin Siva was elected unopposed as the new Kuala Lumpur Bar's Representative to the Bar Council. 9 members were nominated and declared elected to serve on the Committee. The 9 members were Datuk N. Sivananthan, Reggie Wong Mew Sum, Richard Wee Thiam Seng, Dipendra Harshad Rai, Lai Chee Hoe, Muhendaran Suppiah, Pushpa Ratnam, Saha Deva Arunasalam and Ravinder Singh Dhalliwal.

The Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee (“KLBC”) 2008/09 has been in office for about 7 months now. It is appropriate at this juncture for the KLBC to furnish members with a mid-term report on the work that has been carried out thus far. The KLBC has about another 5 months to go, until the AGM on 19.02.2009, and though many activities have been lined up for the next 5 months, we would welcome feedback from members on what more we can do and how we can serve you better. Just drop us an e-mail klbc@klbar.org.my or fax 26911090. Click here for the mid-term report.

ANNOUNCEMENT Legal WorkBench, the Comprehensive Online Legal Resource for Malaysian Practitioners is Now Available, Free of Charge, at the Bar Room of Duta Court Complex The KL Bar, in collaboration with Crimsonlogic Sdn Bhd, is pleased to offer free access to Legal Workbench, the premier online legal research service for practitioners of Malaysian law at the Duta Court Complex. The KL Bar will make Legal Workbench available at its computer terminals at the Bar Room, Left Wing, 5th Floor of the Duta Court Complex. The KL Bar Committee will charge its normal fee for usage of the computer terminals but there will be no additional charge imposed on members of the Bar for usage of Legal Workbench. The service will be officially introduced to members of the KL Bar on Monday, 25 August 2008. The details of the launch are as follows: Date : Monday, 25 August 2008 Venue : Bar Room, Left Wing 5th Floor, Jalan Duta Court Complex, Kuala Lumpur Time : 10am to 11am Admission is free Members of th...