Hasan Ali and Me | Part Four
If Hasan Ali and me were a three-act play; we were now at the point of confrontation. I waited for Rahman to calm down. “He has a sword?” “Yes. He …
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Not Risking Death
I have acted for a slew of African accused that arrived on our shores. All of them were charged with drug trafficking pursuant to section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs …
Hasan Ali and Me | Part Three
Just before I took Hasan Ali on, between the period of 2012 to 2016, I had the good fortune to meet and establish friendships or working relationships with a few …
Hasan Ali and Me | Part Two
Lude Hasan Ali was my friend’s legal aid client. Hasan Ali was convicted after pleading guilty to an offence under section 6(1) of The Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive …
Hasan Ali and Me | Part One
Prelude Many years ago when I was a young lawyer taking up criminal cases from the Bar Council Legal Aid Centre (Kuala Lumpur) (“LACKL”), I came across a case that …
The Day I Was a Litigant | Unfair Contract Terms
It was after 18 years of representing others, I ended up a litigant; Plaintiff, thankfully. I assure you it was for the right reason, not a frivolous one; and, naturally, …
First Impressions Are Something But Not Everything
Before I met CS Lim, I would click naturally and immediately with the people that eventually became my close friends; our conversations, though the first, would feel familiar, comforting and …
Fee Undercutting
Recently the complaint of fee undercutting arose amidst the ongoing mutual recriminations between a section of the senior and junior members of the bar; a complaint that emanated from the …
Initiating the unspoken
Situation: We have something we urgently need to tell someone but are reluctant to do so because we expect what we have to say would affect that someone and the …
