The Kuala Lumpur Bar Blog

On 18 th August 2010 the KL BAR Young Lawyers Committee (YLC) organised a buka puasa event. The event was aimed at fostering the ties between lawyers in the Holy Month of Ramadhan. This event is an annual event held during the Holy Month of Ramadhan and this year the YLC decided to add a twist to the annual regime and change the venue from last year’s Restaurant Kampung Baru Ikan Bakar to Ali Baba’s Kebab Restaurant along Jalan Ampang and from the normal buffet to a Set menu. The sets were reasonably priced at RM 28 per person. For the buka puasa event, Ali Baba’s Kebab provided the following selections which were Ali Baba's Special Roast Chicken, Lamb Stew or Koubideh (Lamb Minced Kebab). The selections also included soup, bread, dates, Iranian cheese, Iranian tea and Iranian sweets and to top it off Ali Baba’s Kebab Restaurant ended the meal with a serving of ice cream. Invitations were sent out around a week before the event and participants were asked to pre-order meals to fac...

Admission to the Bar in Kuala Lumpur 1 July - 31 July 2010 We congratulate and welcome the following members to the Bar: Aimy Binti Nordin Siti Rahimah Binti Che Lah Nurul Izza Binti Abdul Razak Abd Malek Mohd Zali Bin Shaari Tasha Marian Periera Adelin Goh Suk Yen Siow Thian Ern Affaf Binti Mohd Khair Sobana Swarta Thevi a/p Paidi Taly Parma a/l Chandravevah Ruzaini Binti Md Nor Zureen Elina Binti Hj Mohd Dom Nor Rajiah Binti Mat Zin Mohd Salehuddin Bin Mohd Salleh Siti Noor Najiana Binti Mohidin Lubna Binti Sheikh Ghazali Siah Mei Hui Nur Azreen Binti Khairall Elfirra Binti Thazali Sharon Lai Yie Ling Dayang Nadirah Binti Mohd Sebli Lim Qi Si Nur Zaliqa Binti Zamzah Shairahtul Adora Yusof Khor Wei Min Diana Tan Ching Jean Yong Yi Lin Janet Olivia Tang Muo Lung Syarifulnizam Bin Shahruddin Amirul Rahman Bin Abdul Rahim Salwa Asmary Binti Abdul Rahim R Kalaiyarasi a/p Rajasekaran Khairul Syarazeq Bin Razali Vijayaletchumi a/p Muniandy Nor Suriani Binti Mohd Azhar Kalaiarasi a/p Muniand...

On this day, 17 th July 2010, the Environmental and Humanities Committee (EHC) took a big step in environmental conservation. They organised a trip to the Turtle Sanctuary at Cherating to see first hand problems surrounding the possible extinction of a reptilian species still roaming the face of the Earth- the turtles. The presence of 36 participants was involved in this mission, comprising mainly of lawyers from the EHC. The existence of the turtle can be traced back to the Jurassic Era. It could have survived the end-Permian extinction, the greatest mass extinction in fossil history. But why should we bother about the turtle? Turtles are one of the very few creatures that eat a type of vegetation called sea grass that grows on the ocean floor. In so doing, sea grasses are kept short to remain healthy. Beds of healthy sea grass are essential breeding grounds for many species of fish and other marine life. The absence or decline of healthy sea grass beds would mean a loss or decline ...

Last year, t he KL Bar and Royal Selangor Club (“RSC”) were joint Champions in this Annual Sports Carnival Series. This year, they were once again declared joint Champions with both sides winning 3 games each and drew at 1 game. The KL Bar won at badminton, cricket, netball whilst the Royal Selangor Club emerged victorious in soccer, hockey and billiards/pool. They drew at tennis. The End-of-Games Dinner and Prize-Giving was well attended. The Boat race was held during the dinner. Though a non-competitive event, it was closely fought and won by the Royal Selangor Club. The scores were as follows: Game Winner Score Cricket KL Bar 1 run Netball KL Bar 40-27 Badminton KL Bar 3-2 Soccer RSC 2-0 Billiard RSC 4-3 Hockey RSC 4-1 Tennis Draw 3-3 ...

Looking at lawyers in their sombre black-and-white power suits walking up the steps of the Court defending justice for fellow human beings, one would never have thought that beneath the serious facade lies a big soft spot in their hearts for their little furry friends too! The KL Bar Young Lawyers Committee (KLYLC) in wanting to provide more avenues for legal eagles to give back to society, formed an Ad Hoc Animal Welfare Committee earlier this year and a visit to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) on 5 th June 2010 soon materialised. The SPCA is an animal welfare organisation that aims to protect defenseless animals and to alleviate their suffering. The objective was to raise awareness amongst lawyers in respect of animal welfare. Lawyers who participated in this visit were soon smelling less than pleasant as the day began with assisting SPCA’s staffs with its routine activities. It was a touching sight as plenty of excitement was soon generated amongst t...

26.6.2010-The External Liaison Committee ("ELC"), a committee under the purview of the Kuala Lumpur Young Lawyers Committee ("KLYLC") embarked on its yearly visit when the volunteering lawyers visited the new KDU College ("KDU ") campus at 76, Jalan University, Petaling Jaya . We were informed that the new campus now houses the School of Business and Law and that the batch of students attending the talk that morning was generally the first batch of students from the January 2010 intake . Primarily the objectives of the visits, is to ideally manage the expectation of the students planning to carve out a career in the legal industry thus the volunteer lawyers attending the workshop were tasked with giving advice, insights and likewise sharing their experience with the students. All volunteers were eager to share talks with all the fresh-faced, 40 plus participating students who attended that morning. The session started off with a short welcoming speec...

The most anticipated annual event returned with the theme “Still Legally Talented – Too Legit to Quit” held on 2 July 2010 at Gosh! Asian Heritage Row, Kuala Lumpur that witnessed the legally talented in showcasing their skills in singing, acting, and dancing in ten performances throughout the night. Guests started to fill in the venue from 7.00 p.m. and the event officially started at 8.15 p.m. when our emcees, Cara and Joseph, called for the guests’ attention to the stage and welcomed our performers on stage to kick off the night. The emcees continuously encouraged guests to donate throughout the night. First up was “Staircase Wit” (represented by Sudesh Singh, Aaron Mathews, David Dinesh Matthew and Chryshantini Niles from Shook Lin & Bok) with their comedy sketch/monologue. Suffice to say, they managed to get the crowd in fits of laughter. This was followed by “Chord Cases”, a group of 7 talented vocalists, who showcased a soulful accappella performance (thanks to Lydia ...