1 March 2013
Reference Proceedings in
Respect and Memory of Departed Members of the KL Bar
A Reference in respect and memory of 6
departed members of the Kuala Lumpur Bar was held at the Kuala Lumpur High
Court (NCC 6) on Friday, 1 March 2013 at
9:00 am. The Reference was presided by Y.A. Dato’ Mary Lim Thiam Suan. The
departed members were Ng Fook Loy, Henry Lee Yee Lian, Mohd Alakhir Bin Brahim,
Mohd Zahid Bin Abd Hamid, Lim Choon Wee and Augustine Christopher Nathan. Click
here
to peruse the speeches and memoriam booklet and here
to view the photos.
6
March 2013
PDC Seminar on An Introduction to
Islamic Banking in Malaysia: Syariah Concept in Islamic Banking
Mohamed Ridza from Messrs Mohamed
Ridza & Co presented the seminar which was held at the KL Bar Auditorium at
3:00 pm on 6 March 2013. The seminar was attended by 130 participants. The seminar
covered the following areas, "Development
of Islamic Banking in Malaysia", "The emergence of Islamic banks
worldwide", "The establishment of local and foreign Islamic
banks in Malaysia", "The
governing laws", "Islamic Banking Act 1983", "Banking and Financial
Institution Act 1989", "Development Financial Institutions Act
2002", "Central Bank Malaysia Act 1958", "Federal
Constitution", "Principle of Syariah in Islamic Banking",
"Concept of Syariah in Islamic Banking", "Products under Islamic
Banking", "Istisna’", "Mudharabah",
"Murabahah", "Ijarah", "Musyarakah", "Bai
Bithaman Ajil" and "Bai Inah".
12 March 2013
1st KLYLC Meeting
The KL Bar Young Lawyers Committee (“KLYLC”) held its first meeting for the 2013/2014
term at the KL Bar Auditorium. The structure of the KLYLC was reorganised to
consist of the following Co-Deputy Chairs heading the following sub-units:
Daniel Albert (Public Interest Litigation), Yeoh Tung Seng
(Socials/Communications) and New Sin Yew (Professional Development). Alvin Oh
was appointed as the Representative to the National Young Lawyers Committee.
13
March 2013
PDC Seminar on An Introduction to
Hibah
Amir Bahari from Messrs Bahari &
Bahari presented the seminar which was held at the KL Bar Auditorium at 3:00 pm
on 13 March 2013. This seminar was attended by 89 participants. The seminar
covered the following areas, "Definition of Hibah", "The Pillars
of Hibah", "Revocation of Hibah", "Moneytising Hibah for
your Legal Practice", "Current Legal Trend" and "Reported
Case laws".
14 March 2013
1st PWC Meeting
The KL Bar Pupils Welfare Committee (PWC) held its
first meeting for the term 2013/2014 at the KL Bar Auditorium at 7:00 pm on 14
March 2013. PWC appointed Richard Wee,
Choo Dee Wei and Jason Kong as PWC advisors and Tan Shang Neng and Kuldeep
Kumar as PWC Co-Deputy Chairs.
15 March 2013
Pupils Introduction Session
Organised by the KL Bar Pupils Welfare
Committee, the introduction session for March was held on 15 March 2013. The
session, attended by 82 pupils, was led by 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 the highlights of the
Malaysian Bar. It included a session for pupils to raise issues and problems
faced by them during their pupillage period and the members of the KLBC were on
hand to provide input and possible solutions. Amongst the issues raised by the
pupils at this session were, problems faced when changing Masters, having to
travel outstation to do e-filing, having to pick up calls as firm has no
receptionist and having to take instructions from despatch clerks.
18
March 2013
Meeting
with the Director of the KL Courts
The Civil Practice Committee met the Director of the KL Courts on 18 March
2013 and amongst the issues discussed were the prohibition of smoking within
the KL Court Complex, parking issues at the Court and dress code (in particular
that of lady lawyers). Click here
to peruse the outcome on the 3 issues.
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 3:00 pm on 20 March 2013. This seminar was attended by 111
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".
24 March 2013
Introductory Workshop to Dragon
Boating
The 2nd Introductory Workshop to
Dragon Boating for 2013 was held on 24 March 2013 at the Putrajaya Maritime
Centre at 9:00 am. It proved to be an
invaluable experience for those who attended the workshop.
26 March 2013
PDC Seminar on Understanding Service
Level Agreements
Jeremiah R. Gurusamy from Messrs
Arianti Dipendra Jeremiah presented the seminar which was held at the KL Bar
Auditorium at 5:30 pm on 26 March 2013. This seminar was attended by 32
participants. The seminar covered the following areas, "Characteristics of a SLA", "Drafting
a SLA", "Typical Clauses for a SLA", "Outsourcing
Illustrations", "Specifying Quality of Service“, “Measuring Performance”
and “Risk Management/Mitigation Policies".
28
March 2013
Official
Launching Ceremony of the PTGS Application System
Chong Wai Kuan, Co-Chair of the Corporate & Conveyancing Practice
Committee (CCPC) and 4 other members of the CCPC namely Nahzatul Ain Binti Mohd
Khalid, Musyrifah Binti Abdul Malek, and Rita
Sabrina Wong Kee Ling represented
the CCPC at the Launching Ceremony which was
officiated by the Selangor Chief Minister. The PTGS had officially launched 7 application
systems which includes online checking of the status of transactions being done
at the PTGS.
29 March 2013
Meeting
with the KL Subordinate Courts
The Civil Practice Committee had a meeting with the Supervising Judge
and officers of the KL Subordinate Courts on 29 March 2013 to address the various
issues that the members had raised with the Committee. A further meeting is
being scheduled to follow up on the issues.
4 April 2013
CCPC Talk on Basic
Procedures of Corporate Law
Lee Shih, Oh Teik Keng and Dennis Teoh
presented the talk which was held at the KL Bar Auditorium at 3:00 pm on 4
April 2013. This talk was attended by 87 participants. The talk covered "Incorporation
of a Private Limited Company", "Members Voluntary Winding Up"
and "Creditors Winding Up’".
5
April 2013
Meeting
between the PTGS, Bar Council, KL Bar Corporate and Conveyancing Practice
Committee (CCPC) and the Selangor Bar Conveyancing Practice Committee (SBCPC)
The meeting mainly discussed
issues faced by members of the Bar and was chaired by Dato’ Hj Kamarulzaman Bin
Jamil, Director of PTGS. A report on the meeting is being prepared.
5 April 2013
PDC Seminar on An
Introduction to s.218 Companies Winding Up Petitions
Alex Chang from Messrs Alex Chang
& Co. presented the seminar which was held at the KL Bar Auditorium at 3:00
pm on 5 April 2013. The seminar was attended by 95 participants. The seminar
covered the following topics ie "An Introduction to Companies Winding
Up Petitions in the New Commercial Courts", "218 Petition - Unable to
Pay its Debts", "Affidavit Verifying Petition",
"Appointment of a Provisional Liquidator under s231",
"Advertisement of the Petition in the Newspapers", "Registrar's
Certificate", "Affidavit In Opposition to Petition", "The
Unless Order", "Appointment of Liquidator", "Costs", and
"Advocacy in the Companies Winding Up Court".
10 April 2013
Pupils Introduction Session
Organised by the KL Bar Pupils Welfare
Committee, the introduction session for April was held on 10 April 2013. The
session, attended by 83 pupils, was led by Ravin Singh. 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 the 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, problems at the Shah Alam High Court, the delay in
the filing of the petition papers, former Masters refusing to sign “Borang
Kerajinan”, rude staff at the RKKK (Petitions for Admission Registry) and the possibility
of abolishing the Ethics exam.
12
April 2013
Annual Gathering between the KLBC and
Selangor Bar Committee (“SBC”)
The Annual Gathering between the KLBC
and SBC, which was hosted by the SBC this term, was held on 12 April 2013 at
Merchant Pub, Armada Hotel Petaling Jaya. This annual meet was for the new office
bearers of the KLBC and SBC to get to know each other and to discuss on how to
work closely to cater to the mutual needs of members of both the KL Bar and
Selangor Bar.
13
to 14 April 2013
KLYLC Retreat at Gold Coast, Morib
The KL Bar Young Lawyers Committee (“KLYLC”) decided to invite new young
faces for the KLYLC Retreat. We had 7 facilitators and 32 new young lawyers
participating in the retreat which was held on 13 to 14 April 2013. The 7
facilitators were the KLYLC Chair, Khaizan Sharizad (Sherrie), KLYLC Co-Deputy
Chair Yeoh Tung Seng, Yohendra Nadarajan,
Bryan Ho Jiann Yau, Crystal Sue
Nilsson, Kirsty Lim Jun-Zhi and Sheelaa Ragavan. Click here
to view the photos.
18 April 2013
PDC Workshop on Basic
Conveyancing Practice
Jeremiah R Gurusamy from Messrs
Arianti Dipendra Jeremiah presented the workshop which was held at the KL Bar
Auditorium at 9:30 am on 18 April 2013. This workshop was attended by 120
participants. The workshop covered the following areas ie “Sale and Purchase of
property, with or without title, for direct purchase from developer or
sub-sale", "Real Property Gains Tax", "Loan Procedures
where the borrower is an individual", "Retail banking: understanding
the entire documentation process", "Relevant Bar Council Rulings for conveyancing
matters" and "Solicitors Remuneration Order 2005".
18 April 2013
KL Bar Ugadi,
Vaisakhi, Puthandu and Vishu Night
The
KL Bar Social, Arts & Culture Committee together with the Young Lawyers
Committee organised an Ugadi, Vaisakhi, Puthandu and Vishu Night on 18.04.2013 at
Chutney Mary Restaurant in Bangsar. 43 people attended the event. It was an
enjoyable evening. Click here
to view the photos.
19 April 2013
PDC
Seminar on New Boundaries in Tax Law: Capital Allowance for Carpark, RPGT v
Income Tax, Compulsory Land Acquisition
S Saravana Kumar from Messrs Lee
Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill presented the seminar which was held at the
KL Bar Auditorium at 3:00 pm on 19 April 2013. This seminar was attended by 56 participants.
The seminar covered the following cases “KPHDN
v Tropiland”, “KPHDN v Gracom”, “KPHDN
v Metacorp” and “KPHDN v Pelangi”.
22
to 26 April 2013
KLYLC
Earth Day 2013 Activity Week – Collection of Recyclables, Paper, Bottles &
Cans
In
conjunction with Earth Day Celebration which falls on 22 April 2013, the KL Bar
Young Lawyers Committee organised a ‘Collection of Recyclables, Paper, Bottles
and Cans’ from 22 to 26 April 2013.
22 April 2013
Seminar on Environmental
Issues and the Role of the Bar
To kick start the KLYLC Earth Day 2013
Activity Week, NoorHajran Mohd Noor from Messrs NoorHajran Mohd Noor and Roger Chan
Weng Keng from Messrs Chan Weng Keng and Associates presented an environmental
seminar which was held at the KL Bar Auditorium at 3:00 pm on 22 April 2013.
This seminar was attended by 38 participants. As encouraged, the participants
brought along recyclable items for admission to the seminar.
24 April 2013
Seminar
on Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Proceedings
Trevor Jason Mark Padasian from Messrs
Skrine & Co. presented the seminar which was held at the KL Bar Auditorium
at 3:00 pm on 24 April 2013. This seminar was attended by 96 participants. The
seminar covered the following areas ie "Bankruptcy
principles", "Problematic issues in bankruptcy" and
"Relationship to winding-up proceedings".
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