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A Singapore court will review an active arrest warrant for lawyer Lim Tean on August 17. Tean was scheduled to begin a three-month-plus jail sentence on July 20 for practising law without proper credentials.
Malaysia is moving towards a unified framework for Syariah lawyer accreditation, with a proposal from the 2026 Syariah Legal Profession Convention set to be presented to the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs for consideration.
The Court of Appeal has granted the Malaysian Bar permission to intervene in a lawyer's appeal involving the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. The bar's president dismissed suggestions that the body overreaches its mandate.
Malaysia's Court of Appeal has granted the Bar Council permission to intervene in a lawyer's appeal challenging Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission notices, citing the regulator's responsibility to protect solicitor-client privilege.
Malaysia has appointed 17 lawyers and judicial officers as new judicial commissioners in the latest round of High Court bench expansion. The appointments include the daughter of a former Court of Appeal president.
Retired judge Gunalan, 69, has been formally admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya three years after stepping down from the bench, marking the start of a new chapter in his lengthy legal career.