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KLBC Activities Report for January 2019

7 January 2019
Corporate Workshop for Pupils
The Pupils Committee organised a Corporate Workshop specifically for pupils on 7 January 2019 focusing primarily on the practical aspects of handling a brief 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". 82 pupils attended the Workshop which was conducted by Sheba Gumis.


13 January 2019
5th KL Bar Run
The 5th KL Bar Run was successfully held on Sunday, 13 January 2019 at the Lake Gardens. A record breaking of 175 teams with 700 runners participated in the said Run. To commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the Run, a Children’s Run was introduced for children of members of the Bar, aged 7-16 and it attracted nine runners.

As in the previous year, the KL Bar Run collaborated with Care2Run which sent four teams to participate in the Run. Care2Run is a sports mentoring programme for youths aged 8-18 years with special focus on children with higher learning needs who come from different social economic backgrounds

The Run was flagged off at 7:00 am by the Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Bar, Goh Siu Lin.

The results were as follows:

Fastest Team
Champion - Speedy Gonzales
1st runner-up - The Younglings
2nd runner-up - CLO Mean Machine
3rd runner-up - CCA Nike
4th runner-up - Chowz

Fastest Male Runner
Champion - Barry Boey Chee Wai
1st runner-up - Neo Chi Chyn
2nd runner-up - Yau Yee Ming
3rd runner-up - Mohammad Adzfar bin Mohammad Alami
4th runner-up - Lee Guan Tong

Fastest Female Runner 
Champion - Eunice Ong Huey Shen
1st Runner-up - Khor Hsu Ann
2nd Runner-up - Ng Ai Li
3rd runner-up - Lim Yam Poh
4th runner-up - Janet Chai Pei Ying

Fanciest Dressed
Champion - Team CCA A Team
1st Runner-up - Team JustRunLa19
2nd Runner-up - Whole of CCA
3rd runner-up - Whole of CLO
4th runner-up - Team ZRP Kancil Turbo

Best Team Name
Law and Odor



17 January 2019
Seminar on The Insolvency Act 1967| Revamping the Bankruptcy Act 1967
Organised by the Professional Development Committee, this seminar was presented by Trevor Jason Mark Padasian at the KL Bar Auditorium from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The seminar was attended by 33 participants and covered, amongst others, “Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2016 – Insolvency Act 1967"; "Government’s Objectives"; "Subordinate Legislation – Insolvency Rules 2017 and Insolvency (Voluntary Arrangement) 2017"; "Minimum Threshold Increase (RM30,000 to RM50,000)"; "Single Order Bankruptcy"; "Voluntary Arrangement"; "Substituted Service"; "Social Guarantors and Other Guarantors"; "Prohibited Objections to Discharge of Bankrupt"; "Automatic Discharge of Bankrupt"; and "Effective Dates of the Amendments".


18 January 2019
Official handing over of reading materials to Sungai Buloh Prison
The Criminal Law Practice Committee (“CLPC”) organised a Campaign from 15 May to 15 November 2018 to collect reading materials for the inmates in the Sungai Buloh Prison. The Campaign brought in over 1,000 books and magazines. A simple ceremony to officially hand over the books and magazines was held at the Sungai Buloh Prison on Friday, 18 January 2019 at 11:00 am. The KLBC was represented by the KLBC Chairman Goh Siu Lin, Honorary Secretary Jacky Loi Yap Loong, CLPC Chairperson Shashi Devan Thalmalingam and KL Bar Representation on the Bar Council Khaizan Sharizad Ab Razak.



23 January 2019
Pupils Introduction Session
A monthly tradition, the January’s Pupils Introduction Session was held on 23 January 2019 in two sessions, morning and afternoon. The morning session was attended by 91 pupils and the afternoon session, pupils. Both sessions were led by Alvin Oh. The purpose of the Pupils Introduction Session is to introduce pupils to the structure of the Malaysian Bar and the Kuala Lumpur Bar, the election to both the Bar Council and the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee (“KLBC”) 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. The other members of the KLBC were also present to provide input and possible solutions.

Also included in the Pupils Introduction Session was a session on “Diversity & Inclusion” which experimental module was launched in the December 2017 Pupils Introduction Session. The morning session was conducted by Pang Kee Teck and Goh Siu Lin. The afternoon session was conducted by Thilaga and Goh Siu Lin.

















24 January 2019
Seminar on Wills, LA, Probate and SEDA
Organised by the Corporate and Conveyancing Practice Committee, this seminar was presented by Nahzatul Ain, Sarah Kambali, Daphne Lew Chah Yee and Selva Balan Sinnan at the KL Bar Auditorium from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. The seminar was attended by 98 participants and covered, amongst others, "The Basic Concept and Fundamental of Writing a Will"; "Determining the Mode of Application"; "Processes for obtaining Probate or Letters of Administration of An Estate of a Person, and Small Estate"; and "Its Relevance with Conveyancing Practice".



28 January 2019
Seminar on Suing the Revenue: Essential Tax Law Principles for Malaysian Lawyers 
Organised by the Professional Development Committee, this seminar was presented by Anand Raj, Abhilaash Subramaniam and Sharon Lau Foong Yee at the KL Bar Auditorium from 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm. The seminar was attended by 39 participants and covered, amongst others, “Legal Process to Sue and Challenge the Revenue”; “Tax Law and Corporate Transactions”; “Tax Avoidance Schemes – Case Law”; “Legal Professional Privilege and Tax Law”; “Malaysian Case Studies”; and “The Far Reaching Implications of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001”.



30 January 2019
Seminar on Does Malaysia need a standalone Sexual Harassment legislation?
Organised by the Gender Equality and Diversity Committee, this seminar was presented by David Morais, Fahri Azzat and Chang Mei Yen and moderated by Meera Samanther at the KL Bar Auditorium from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The seminar was attended by 26 participants.



31 January 2019
Seminar on An Introduction to Industrial Court Procedures
Organised by the Professional Development Committee, this seminar was presented by Atan Mustaffa Yussof Ahmad at the KL Bar Auditorium from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. The seminar was attended by 72 participants and covered, amongst others, "Industrial Relations Act 1967"; "Industrial Court Rules 1967"; "Industrial Relations Regulations 1967"; "The Industrial Court"; "Industrial Court Proceedings"; "Preparing and Presenting"; "Costs and Awards"; "The nature of Awards"; "The limits imposed by sec. 30(6) IRA"; "Effect of an Award"; "Avenues to challenge an Award of the Industrial Court"; "Judicial review"; "Application under sec. 33A"; "Stay of Award"; and "Non-compliance of an Award and Penalty".