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Why Lawyers Should Learn How To Count

Posted on March 21, 2014
  This article is written by Raphael and is reproduced with the permission of Raphael. There is an old running joke that lawyers can’t count. A joke that lawyers themselves embrace in good nature, so much so that many may even believe it to be true...

Legal Career Webinar ? What Can You Do With A Law Degree? An Overview Of The Career Paths In The Malaysian Legal Industry.

Posted on November 12, 2013
For the first time, I will be sharing with you in a LIVE ONLINE webinar series Topic: What Can You Do With A Law Degree? An Overview Of The Career Paths In The Malaysian Legal Industry. Date & Time: Saturday, November 16, 2013 10:00 AM ? 11:00 AM Fees: Free of Charge (FOC) Registration Link: […]

Money Matter ? iMoney.my

Posted on June 29, 2013
Do you feel like your income is always not enough to cover your expenses? You just couldn’t save enough money in your bank account. Well, I started notice the importance of financial planning 5 years ago after attended a seminar. Throughout these years, I started to read on financial planning related books and talking to […]

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Posted on June 07, 2013
What a great pleasure to see my elder daughter Hosanna (6 years old) and the younger one Hanna (2.5 years old) sang together in church. 2 of them are the joys in my life. Whenever I think about their faces, I just could not resist my smiles. I pray that the 2 Hs will walk […]

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Putik Lada: A passion that keeps them in practice

Posted on May 23, 2013
Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos This article is originally extracted from Leeshih.com Last week, I contributed an article to the Star?s Putik Lada column. It is a bi-weekly column of the Bar?s National Young Lawyers Committee featuring articles and viewpoints of young lawyers from across the country...

Crackdown on false advertising and claims of disease prevention

Posted on November 26, 2012
Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos By T.S.Tan Advertisers and advertising agencies will be brought to book if they ignore newly-introduced guidelines aimed at preventing ?false and confusing advertising? and prohibiting advertisements on treatment of more than 20 diseases...

The difficulties of hiring lawyers in the face of new challenges and prospects

Posted on July 26, 2012
Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos I am happy to share with you the below article which was recently published at Praxis (July to Dec Issue 2012). (Praxis is a magazine published by Malaysian Bar for their Members). By Eddie Law This article is to analyze the challenges faced by law firms in hiring lawyers and […]

Clients can seek compensation from Bar Council for lawyers? dishonesty

Posted on June 07, 2012
Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos This article is extracted from www.elawyer.com.my/blog By TS Tan A client can seek compensation from the Malaysian Bar Council for any financial loss due to his lawyer?s dishonesty. The redress comes in the form of a grant from the Advocates and Solicitors Compensation Fund, which was established in 1978...

An overview of career options for lawyers in Malaysia

Posted on April 10, 2012
Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos By Eddie Law After securing places in law schools, students should reflect over the career landscape open to them. For instance, do you know your legal career options upon graduation? Graduates should chart their career path in a number of sectors, each of which can be promising...

A valid case for law reform

Posted on April 01, 2012
Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos By TS Tan Commonsense tells us that there is need to review old laws that were enacted during the British colonial era or soon after the country?s independence. The move is necessary not only to ensure justice in the changing world, but also to remove irrelevant provisions that were once […]

The Requirements of Getting Called to the Singapore Bar (Part 1)

Posted on January 14, 2011
This Article is reproduced in this blog with permission from it’s original writer Lee Shih, and the article itself is extracted from Loyarburok website. By Lee Shih Recent changes to the Singapore Bar admission requirements have made it easier for foreign lawyers to get admitted to practice law in Singapore...

Report on ADVOCATES ASIA CONFERENCE 2010

Posted on October 24, 2010
As previously mentioned in my another post about attending the Advocates Asia Conference 2010, below is the report written by Min Choon (the chairman of Advocates Asia) about the said event. It has been the practice of AA to have annual conferences. The last AA conference was held in Sri Lanka in 2007...

B2.0 Bloggers + New Media Dialogue

Posted on October 18, 2010
I am going to Sabah to attend the B2.0 Bloggers + New Media Dialogue (“the Forum”) as one of the guest speakers. This Forum is organised by borneocolours.com. It will be a great platform for bloggers to get together to explore and exchange ideas on the new media landscape especially in Borneo...

ASIA ADVOCATES CONFERENCE 2010

Posted on September 24, 2010
Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos Advocates Asia is proud to inform you that the ASIA ADVOCATES CONFERENCE 2010 will be held on the 1st and 2nd October 2010 at The Cititel Hotel Mid Valley, Mid Valley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...

Blogging and the Law: Where Should Bloggers Draw the Boundary with thier Content?

Posted on August 31, 2010
As stated in my previous post, I was invited to speak in the Asian Bloggers and Social Media Conference 2010 on 30 July 2010. I was the 1st speaker of Day 2 programme. I arrived around 8.15am and no delegates yet. As usual, it will be helpful for me to get a feel of look from the [...

I am speaking at The Asia Social Bloggers and Social Media Conference

Posted on July 23, 2010
I was invited by the organiser, My Events Internationl to speak at this Asia Social Bloggers and Social Media Conference on 29 July 2010 at Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Due to my legal background, I was given the topic entitled “Blogging and the Law: “Where should bloggers draw the boundary with their content?”...

The Funny Animal Sounds- Hosanna Law

Posted on June 10, 2010
My duaghter now is almost 3 years old, however, when this video was made she was only 1 year and 4 months old. My wife tried asking her to imitate the sounds of various animals…. She looks so so cute and funny, isn’t she? I am sure this will be a very sweet and good memory for [...

The Non-Practising Advocate & Solicitor

Posted on May 23, 2010
By Fahri Azzat (This article was first published at www.loyarburok.com) A consideration of whether the phrase ?The Non-Practising Advocate & Solicitor?, which is increasingly popular and used by law graduates who were called to the Malaysian Bar and did not or have left the practise of law, is meaningful...

Recent Proposals on Motor Insurance Claims in Malaysia

Posted on April 23, 2010
(This article is contributed by Barista) I was surfing around and came across some interesting proposals reported by the Sun on the 15th of April 2010 about the proposed change for motor insurance claims in Malaysia. Among the interesting proposals include limited legal recourse, limiting claims to RM2...

Lawyer?s added view ? Bank Joint Account in Malaysia

Posted on March 08, 2010
Did you ever receive email with the following content? “Please check before it is too late. Subject: Bank Joint Account in Malaysia (Must Read) Dear All, this is true and it has been confirmed with a lawyer…….. Good article !!! I received it from my friend about the Bank Joint Account in Malaysia...

eLawyer New Year Gathering ? 6th February 2010

Posted on January 30, 2010
In order to show our appreciation to the support of our members and to allow eLawyer members meeting face to face, eLawyer would be having a New Year Dinner Gathering 2010 at Decanter Restaurant Section 17, Petaling Jaya! It would be held on the 6th of February (Saturday) at 6:30PM...

CEO Speech (30 Seconds )

Posted on January 16, 2010
VERY SHORT, MOST EFFECTIVE AND HOW TRUE… 30 seconds Speech by Bryan Dyson (CEO of Coca Cola) “Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them - Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the Air...

Malaysian Christian Lawyers Conference 2009

Posted on December 12, 2009
Being a Christian and lawyer myself, I was so excited when Joshua told me that there will be a “Malaysian Christain Lawyers Conference 2009″ held on 27 Nov 2009 at Gospel Hall, Petaling Jaya. (from the left, Dato’ Dr Cyrus Das, Mr Lee Swee Seng, Mr Eric Cheah, Mr Lee Min Choon & Mr Yapp Hock [...

Is he a Human or Devil? or just a Magician? (Criss Angel)

Posted on November 21, 2009

Can a family man with Salary RM3,000 survive in Malaysia

Posted on November 14, 2009
(I received this from a friend and thought it will be interesting to have a look) Can a family man with Salary RM3,000 survive in Malaysia Let’s do some simple calculations here. In Malaysia, the average family income is RM3,000 /month (where father works, mother doesn’t)...

What is Integrity?

Posted on November 07, 2009
Written by Brian Tracy (edited by Freda from BFM) Integrity is a value, like persistence, courage and industriousness. Even more than that, it is the value that guarantees all the other values. You are a good person to the degree to which you live your life consistent with the highest values that you espouse...

Catch 22 in Family Law

Posted on November 02, 2009
The below article is written by a lawyer, Richard Wee and is originally posted at Richard Wee Lopez’s blog. (Use with permission) Parliament has to intervene when there is an issue of jurisdictional conflict between Syariah and civil laws. LAST year, the Federal Court in the case of Subashini Raja singam v Saravanan Thanga thoray, by a [...

What is Patience?

Posted on October 31, 2009
I received the below description about Patience from Freda of BFM, which I like myself and love to share with the entreprenuers. “Patience is the ability to wait for the fruition of our goals. Or, as the ancient philosopher Epictetus is reported to have said nearly 2,000 years ago, “Nothing great is created suddenly, any [...

The 2 Must Know MCMC Laws that Regulate the Contents in Your Blog or Website

Posted on October 27, 2009
Few weeks ago, I received a call from a lady (very well educated) who wanted to buy the Blogging & Law DVD from my company. Since I will be around in PJ (she lives there as well) the next day, as such, I suggested to pass a copy of her ordered DVD to her personally...

Ah Liang English

Posted on October 22, 2009
Dear Ah Lian Thanks you for your letter. Wrong time no see you. How everything? For me, I am quiet find. You say in your letter your taukeh soh want you to chain your look? Somemore you must wear kick kok soo, hope you can wok popery. You know, Ah Kau Kia working in a soft where company [...

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