The Kuala Lumpur Bar Blog

4 June 2015 Pupils Introduction Session As a monthly tradition organised by the KLBC Pupils Committee, the Pupils Introduction Session for June was held on 4 June 2015. The session, attended by 76 pupils, was led by Shashi Devan. The purpose of the 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 and other members of the KLBC were also present to provide input and possible solutions. Similar like previous sessions, the pupils were also shown a video montage of the History of the Malaysian Bar. 6 June 2015 KL Bar Bowling Tournament Organised by the KLBC Sports Committee, the KL Bar Bowling Tournament was held at Sunway Megalanes, Sunway Pyramid on 6 June 2015. A total of 19 teams participated in the even...

The KLBC Young Lawyers Committee (KLBC YLC) celebrated the season of Ramadhan by espousing the spirit of empathy and charity. On 26 June 2015, together with Pertiwi Soup Kitchen, 25 lawyers, who signed up immediately for the event within two days after it was announced, poured their hearts out in serving some 450 people on the streets of Jalan TAR and Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock. Amongst the needy were the homeless, the elderly and infants. While many of the lawyers were initially foreign to Pertiwi Soup Kitchen’s standard operating procedures on serving, they became adroit in no time at all in performing special care to the needy, especially to the elderly and the infants. In addition to the food prepared by Pertiwi Soup Kitchen, which included rice, fish, fruits, syrup and coffee, the KLBC YLC brought biscuits and snacks to add flavour to the servings. “Service with a smile” was the tagline for the day, as the volunteers were happy that with what little they could con...

7 May 2015 Pupils Introduction Session Organised by the KLBC Pupils Committee, the Pupils Introduction Session for May was held on 7 May 2015. The session, attended by 80 pupils, was led by Shashi Devan. Similarly like previous sessions, pupils were briefed on 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 and other members of the KLBC were also present to provide input and possible solutions. The pupils were also shown a video montage of the History of the Malaysian Bar. 8 May 2015 PDC Seminar on Equity & Trusts in Malaysia: Profits from Bribes and Construction Trusts - Personal or Proprietary Claims Organised by the KLBC Professional Development Committee (PDC), this seminar was presented by Harcharan Singh on 8 May 2015 at the...

The KLBC Social, Arts & Recreation Committee, in collaboration with Kelab Sukan Kebajikan dan Rekreasi Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur (KESMA) and with the assistance of the National Blood Bank, organised the Annual Blood Donation Drive on 27 May 2015. Held at Level 2 of the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex at Jalan Duta, this year’s Blood Donation Drive saw 113 people coming forward to support the event. Unfortunately, only 95 were eligible to donate with 18 being rejected for various reasons such as they were either underweight, having high blood pressure or low blood pressure or had lived in the United Kingdom from 1980 till 1996 or in Europe between 1980 until the present. A big thank you to the members of the Bar, Court staff and members of the public who nobly came forward to participate in this Blood Donation Drive. A total of 95 units of blood were collected from the caring donors. Thank you too to all those who assisted in making this event a success. Prepared by Secretaria...

On 9 May 2015, the KLBC Social, Arts and Recreation Committee organised the Kuala Lumpur Bar Grand Prix 2015 at the Shah Alam Stadium Go Kart Circuit. A total of seven teams comprising four drivers each participated in this event. The Grand Prix commenced at 9:00 am with the Endurance Race where each team was required to complete as many laps as possible within 60 minutes and the top three teams would be declared winners. The top three winners were: 1. Racing Lawyer Team 1; 2. Shenanigans; and 3. Fast & Fabulous. The Grand Prix then continued with the Sprint Race where each team was required to designate a driver to participate in an eight lap race. The winners for the Sprint Race were: 1. Shenanigans; 2. Dare Devils; and 3. Fast & Fabulous. About 12:00 noon, the Chairperson of the KLBC Social, Arts and Recreation Committee presented trophies to the winners for both the Endurance Race and the Sprint Race. The event came to a close at about 12:...

It first started as an idea by one of our Engineer members from the Young Professional Alliance (“YPA”)  namely Zhi Howe - the first activity in 2015 for the YPA would be the SkyWarrior Rainforest Challenge (“ SkyWarrior ”) at the Skyrides Festivals Park in Putrajaya. After much discussion, the SkyWarrior activity was organised by the Nurses team and led by the ever capable Shobana.   The event was held on 23 May 2015 which saw the members of the YPA attempting the SkyWarrior. We were told that the record to beat would be 30 seconds (men category) and 90 seconds (women category). Strutting with confidence of beating the record, we stopped dead in our tracks when we saw the challenge before us. To those familiar with obstacle course competitions, the SkyWarrior is akin to American Warrior Ninja and Sasuke. We counted 8 obstacles to go through and any misstep will result in the participant falling into water. The obstacles were designed to test the ability to bala...

2 April 2015 Pupils Workshop on Civil Litigation The KLBC Pupils Committee organised a Civil Litigation Workshop specifically for pupils on 2 April 2015. Presented by Colin Andrew Pereira and Sanjeev Kumar Rasiah, and attended by a total of 50 pupils, the Workshop focused primarily on the practical aspects of handling a brief covering the following areas, “Opinion writing exercise”; “Drafting of pleadings exercise”; and “Presenting a case in court”. 9 April 2015 Pupils Introduction Session Organised by the KLBC Pupils Committee, the Pupils Introduction Session for April was held on 9 April 2015. The session, attended by 82 pupils, was led by Shashi Devan. Similarly like previous sessions, Pupils were briefed on 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 durin...