My acquaintanceship with the law
A favourite lawyer question is, How did you come to the law? If it is not true for everyone else, it is at least true for me. With that single …
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Counting Birthdays Backwards
Perhaps we should count years to death instead of how old we are. Bizarre and morbid, I know. But hear me out and then decide. The average life expectancy for …
Lawyers and ‘Lawyers’
When I started practice, I fancied myself a decent tennis player. When the opportunity to try out for the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee tennis team appeared, I signed up. I …
Written Advocacy Tip: Break it down
Legislation is not an easy read, even for lawyers and judges. Sometimes I feel it is made difficult out of thoughtlessness, habit or a policy to make the law inaccessible …
The Bar Council Maligned
The Malaysian Bar Council is a statutory body everyone loves to bitch, whine, moan and complain about; from the public, politicians, government, and especially its very own lawyers. Hardly a …
Seniority and Court Hierarchy
“After five years of practice, I don’t want to do anymore lower court work, man. It will be High Court and above only,” said my friend when we hung out …
Losing my script
When I first started the practice of law as a pupil and right into my first year of practice, I wrote down my arguments in full and read it out …
My first ever hearing and trial
Pupils these days seem to have little to no expectations of being called upon to do hearings or trials during their pupilage. Even if they were offered such an opportunity, …
Advocacy Tip: Getting off the ground
If there is one thing I enjoy more than advocacy books written by well known barristers, attorneys and lawyers, it is reading advocacy advice and anecdotes by accomplished, well-regarded, and …
