Dignity

Once while waiting for my case management at Industrial Court (this was before E-Mention came in), I struck up a conversation with my opponent. He was a veteran in the Industrial Court circuit. He told me of a story about his former client who was dismissed from his senior managerial position for some reason. He engaged the veteran lawyer to fight on his behalf in the Industrial Court. All the while...

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Short Note on the Fly-1 On a Drop

 I have regained my wings or rather, my wheels. As such I am again a wheelborne creature. Free again, subject only to the whims of traffic and parking space.  I read with heavy heart on the Proposed Motion for Dry Bar Event  which was tabled and defeated during the recent Annual General Meeting of the Malaysian Bar last Saturday. Heavy heart because it was misconceived. Not...

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Hobi Baru

Tak ada post panjang berjela hari ini. Cuma ada pertembungan bila ada mesin taip lama (masih lagi belajar nak menaip tanpa cacat cela) dan apabila menerjah lubang arnab yakni Perang Saudara Inggeris 1645-1652.Berikut adalah pertuduhan yang dilemparkan terhadap Raja Charles I (tiada kaitan dengan Charles III sekarang ini, lain susur-galur) yang dibuat oleh Solicitor General, John Cooke:Dan ini pulak...

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A Cross to Bear

2024 while eventful for had been a dry year for me in terms of trials. So, when the opportunity presented itself for me to join a trial sometime in November, I went. It was a criminal matter at Magistrate’s court level, and I had immense fun. Both me and the lead counsel did but most importantly it sparked a discussion between me and the lead counsel on cross examination process itself. This was...

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A case for Oaths

  If you are a new or fairly new legal practitioner like me the closest you will get to oaths in your practice would be when you accompany a client over to a commissioner of oaths to have an Affidavit sworn (that’ll be 10 ringgit for the affidavit and further 5 for each exhibits) or Statutory Declaration and no actual oaths uttered by the said client but the Commissioner's rubber stamp deems...

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Going On

According to a study conducted by the American Bar Association (ABA) in 2016, 28% of attorneys experience depression, 19% experience anxiety and 23% experience chronic stress. In a survey conducted by Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and the ABA, 21% of attorneys qualify as problem drinkers, 28% struggle with depression and 19% struggle with anxiety. In a 2016 survey, out of sample of 12,825 attorneys,...

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On Specialization

‘’A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” -A...

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Most-tradamus, most of the time.

Menurut laman web SciJinks yang dikelolakan oleh National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Yankee equivalent of our Met Department, Ramalan cuaca bagi tujuh hari mempunyai 80 peratus ketepatan. Ramalan cuaca bagi 5 hari pula mempunyai ketepatan sebanyak 90 peratus. Ramalan cuaca untuk 10 hari dan selebihnya selalunya betul. Tak ada peratus diberikan. Jadi aku pemahaman aku adalah, ramalan...

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