Giving the Young a Chance
In my years of practice, I discovered that there is a natural resistance to giving the young, the fresh, and the inexperienced opportunities to do a matter.
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Call Speech for Hambhika Nair a/p Sukumaran
May it please your Lordship, It is with great pleasure and some anxiety that I move a call in the presence of a great man and outstanding jurist, Datuk Mohd …
Those That Dislike Us
Throughout my career, there have been a handful of judges that took a special liking to me for reasons unknown to me. By special, I don’t mean the good kind …
Call Speech for Siti Aisyah bt Abdul Rahman
Note: This speech is a rare speech I wrote but did not deliver. The reason was that I was Siti Aisyah’s colleague and de facto Master. Her de jure Master …
In Someone Else’s Clothes
I recently went down for a hearing in Johor Bahru High Court for a criminal matter. It was to examine a witness. The examination was not expected to take long; …
Call Speech for Nur Amalina Che Ariffin
May it please your Lordship, Bapa Pempetisyen, Encik Che Ariffin bin Che Mahmood, dan emaknya, Puan Nik Hasimah binti Nik Yahya hadir hari ini. My Lord, I will take 4½ …
‘Boss, how come I say the same thing, but you get it and I don’t!’
My colleague said this to me the other day after we completed an online case management. Over the last few case managements he attended alone, he could not prevent applications …
Call Speech for Sophia Hoo
May it please your Lordship, The Petitioner is the daughter of Mr Simon Hoo, a remisier, and Madam Ruth Ng, a Home Minister. She has an elder sister, Anne Hoo, …
‘I am more of the talking type of lawyer.’
While hanging about the Jalan Raja criminal magistrates in the afternoon in my second year of practice, a friend introduced me to a senior-looking lawyer. He was a Malay man …
