The Multimedia University’s Law Society will be organizing the Law Moots Competition 2008/2009 with the main objective of enhancing their students’ practical skills and to give the insight into the practical aspects of the law. This year the competition will be held in two languages, namely English and Bahasa Malaysia. A total of 70 teams [...]

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Members are kindly informed of the following:
 
            Parking when in Court: 
 
            Members & Chambering Pupils can now park their vehicles in the Jaya Jusco car park when attending Court.  The Jaya Jusco administration has kindly agreed to allow members to park their vehicles there and the gate will be opened at 8.00 [...]

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By Jaspal Gill
 
This talk was jointly organized by the Malacca Bar and the Malaysian Institute of Taxation (Malacca Branch).The first speaker was Mr Gabriel Reuben Chua who spoke on the principles of Self Assessment which came into effect in the Year of Assessment 2004. He also spoke on the various types of penalties under the [...]

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©The Star (Used by permission)
Roger Tan, Member of the Malaysian Bar Council
THE Kedah Government should have ruled by law and not by administrative policies when it introduced a housing policy of setting aside 50% of every housing development for bumiputras even though land is a state matter.
In fact, such policy is not new as the [...]

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The yearly affair between both sides always sees keen competition. The scores developed as follows :-

Badminton
Malacca Club 9 - 13 Malacca Bar

Table Tennis
Malacca Club 3 - 2 Malacca Bar

Football
Malacca Club 9 - 0 Malacca Bar
Netball
Walkover  - Malacca Bar wins
 
Tied at 2-2, the Boat Race decided who shall be keeping the trophy. The first round [...]

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Contributed by Lau Yi Lin
 
The Opening Ceremony – October 29th, 2008
 

The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre was a hive of activity from November 29th, 2008 till October 1st, 2008; befitting as it boasted the largest participation in LAWASIA’s history with over 600 delegates comprising both from Asian and foreign jurisdictions. The opening ceremony was [...]

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At the invitation of Datuk Wira Mohtarudin Bin Baki, our Malacca High Court Judge and Datin Wira Sweekhin Binti Zain, members of the Malacca Bar Committee and their spouses made their way to the wedding dinner of Siti Shakirah Binti Datuk Wira Mohtarudin and Raja Ahmad Shazli Iskandar Bin Raja Salim at Concorde [...]

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Our Muslim members of the Bar just celebrated Hari Raya having “Open Houses” to celebrate the occasion, greeting family,relatives and friends, dressed in their best Baju Raya attire and treating all to a sumptuous spread of Hari Raya dishes and goodies. Our Hindu friends too just celebrated Deepavali the Festival of Lights [...]

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Mr Andrew Wong Fook Hin, a senior member of the Bar and the Chairman of the Bar Council’s Conveyancing Practice Committee conducted a talk entitled “Laws Governing Gated Communities” for the Malacca Bar on 23rd October 2008 at the Seri Costa Hotel. This is a topic of special interest especially to conveyancing lawyers, developers and [...]

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