State to defend right over non-Sarawakian lawyers who wish to practice locally | Malay Mail

  • 📰 malaymail
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 29 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 15%
  • Publisher: 86%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

State to defend right over non-Sarawakian lawyers who wish to practice locally

Thursday, 27 Aug 2020 02:35 PM MYT

“We are firm and will not give up any of our rights,” she said when contacted over concern that two non-local lawyers, who are said to have held high office in the judiciary before they retired, are applying to practice in the state. Parti Bumi Kenyalang president Voon Lee Shan had yesterday filed an intervener application against the hearing of petitions of two prominent lawyers at the High Court here to be admitted as advocates in Sarawak.

The section basically states that only lawyers with Sarawak connection can practice in Sarawak, Liew said.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 1. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Penang cancels Merdeka Day celebration due to Covid-19, says state exco | Malay MailGEORGE TOWN, Aug 25 — The Penang state National Day celebration on August 31 has been cancelled because of the Covid-10 situation, said state government official events chairman, Datuk Law Choo Kiang. “The State Executive Council (MMK), which met on August 19, took the decision to cancel the...
Source: malaymail - 🏆 1. / 86 Read more »

Perak Opposition leader sues to annul state Speaker’s appointment | Malay MailIPOH, Aug 26 — Perak Opposition leader Abdul Aziz Bari has applied for the High Court to invalidate the appointment of the new Speaker of the state assembly and to declare the position to still be vacant since the resignation of Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham on May 12. The Tebing Tinggi assemblyman asserted...
Source: malaymail - 🏆 1. / 86 Read more »