A good lawyer is precise, not vague, ambivalent or wishy-washy. You need to develop a habit of being precise and to the point in the things you read and the things you write.

“If the police feel that no offence has been made out, they may release your family member on police bail. This does not mean however that your family member is “off the hook”. It may simply mean that the police have other areas to investigate before forming a conclusive opinion on the matter.”

Justice delayed is Justice denied. But Justice hurried is Justice buried!

“The real “sting” of a Covering Report is it is the first report made. It enables the Complainant to control the narrative of the case at the earliest stage and introduces himself to the law enforcement landscape before anyone else. The rival parties or opponents may not even realise that a Covering Report was made. Therefore the maker of the Covering Report benefits from a head start in time. This is a tactical “first strike” that allows the Complainant to cover a lot of ground.”

“The public expect that laws are enforced fairly so that we can feel safety and fully confident in the legal system. This is so that offenders do not get special treatment and are punished appropriately to deter crime. The public is also a moral public and require the laws to manifest their outrage at reprehensible crime and other antisocial behavior of wayward offenders. At the same time, though we sometimes forget, the public comprises individuals who, individually, may also get in trouble with the law once in a while. Therefore punishments should be strictly within the rules of law so that if we do get punished, we are not punished more than what is fitting, a punishment which DPPs in lower courts always say, ‘hukuman setimpal’. ”

“The Court is not permitted to criticize or make adverse comment on the election. However, each election comes with its own pros and cons, which the Court is required to explain to the accused.”

“We know that if we trim out all the highlighted case laws, pages and pages of it, and trim out the housekeeping pages (introduction, the ingredients of the offence, the definition of prima facie, the burden of proof, fakta kes, and other things that the judge may or may not need), we will have the argumentation at the heart of the submissions.

We should be spending more time and focus on this and not on housekeeping. I think housekeeping should be abolished.”

Some simple notes for a quick read on Harta Pusaka. Here I focus on Muslims who died without a will because most of our clients fall into this category.