CLARIFICATION ON COURTS RESUMING OPERATIONS DURING THE CONDITIONAL MOVEMENT CONTROL ORDER AND POST-MOVEMENT CONTROL ORDER
1. JBC Circular 22/20 dated 04/05/2020 [“JBC 22/20”] refers.
2. A meeting was held with the judiciary of southern Johore on 10/05/2020. The discussion concerned the protocol for court matters scheduled during the period commencing 13/05/2020 to 31/07/2020 [“the Phase”] in light of the “Garis Panduan Pengendalian Kes Semasa Tempoh Kawalan Pergerakan Bersyarat Dan Pasca Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan” [APPENDIX – 10A].
3. The salient directives resulting from the aforementioned discussion to be implemented, in addition to those to be observed per Appendix 10A, during the Phase are:-
3.1 Courts Operations Capacity
All courts (nationwide) will be operating at 50% capacity. This includes the Bench (where applicable), the judicial officers and staff.
3.2 Duty by Rotation.
(a) During the Phase, in jurisdictions with multiple High Court and/or Sessions Court Judges and/or Magistrates and/or Deputy and/or Senior Assistant Registrars, sittings will be by rotation. All other jurisdictions, the sole High Court and/or Sessions Court Judges and/or Magistrates and/or Deputy and/or Senior Assistant Registrars will sit daily.
(b) The respective duty rosters are:-
(i) “JADUAL BERTUGAS HAKIM DAN PESURUHJAYA KEHAKIMAN MAHKAMAH TINGGI JOHOR BAHRU (SIVIL & JENAYAH)” [APPENDIX 10A]
(ii) “JADUAL BERTUGAS HAKIM MAHKAMAH SESYEN DAN MAJISTRET JOHOR BAHRU [SIVIL & JENAYAH)” [APPENDIX 10B]
(iii) “JADUAL BERTUGAS PENOLONG KANAN PENDAFTAR UNIT KEBANKRAPAN MAHKAMAH TINGGI JOHOR BAHRU (SIVIL)” [APPENDIX 10C]
(iv) “JADUAL BERTUGAS TIMBALAN PENDAFATAR DAN PENOLONG KANAN PENDAFTAR MAHKAMAH TINGGI MUAR” [APPENDIX 10D]
(v) “JADUAL BERTUGAS MAHKAMAH RENDAH MUAR” [APPENDIX 10E]
(vi) “JADUAL BERTUGAS MAHKAMAH MAJISTRET BATU PAHAT” [APPENDIX 10F]
(c) members will be notified directly by the courts with regards to the status of the matters via CMS or email. Members are, however, advised to be in contact with the Courts with regards to the status of their cases. The email list for the JB High Court judicial officers is at APPENDIX 10G.
3.3 Conduct of matters in courts.
(a) all matters will be heard in the Open Court;
(b) members appearing for matters in chambers need only be attired appropriately for chamber matters;
(c) no fresh trials will start with priority given to part-heard trials;
(d) matters on any given day will be scheduled at staggered times. Members affected will be duly notified by the courts;
(e) counsels are to be present in court no earlier than 30 minutes before the appointed time;
(f) only 2 counsels per party are permitted to be present for any hearing or trial. Should additional counsels be required, parties are to write in to the courts for approval, which shall be at the discretion of the court bearing in mind the observance of social distancing;
(g) where applicable, 2 witnesses at any given time are to be present in court, subject to the discretion of the Bench;
(h) only 4 persons at a time are allowed in lifts. As such members are advised to make provision for time involved waiting for lift service when attending court;
(i) in cases involving expert testimony, dates will be set specifically for the attendance of expert in court;
(j) for joint divorce petitions, should a party be unable to attend court for the hearing, the party concerned is to apply in to the court concerned, for exemption from attendance. This request may be made submitted by the party’s solicitor on his/her behalf. In the event the Judge, in exercising his discretion, declines the exemption request, the matter will be rescheduled accordingly;
(k) for probate matters, applications for dispensation and amendments may be disposed off online at parties written request.
3.4 Off duty High Court and/or Sessions Court Judges and/or Magistrates and/or Deputy and/or Senior Assistant Registrars.
Matters before High Court and/or Sessions Court Judges and/or Magistrates and/or Deputy and/or Senior Assistant Registrars who are not on duty per the rosters will proceed via online or email, subject to parties’ consent and discretion of the adjudicator concerned. In the event that consent is an issue or that in the opinion of the adjudicator the matter cannot be heard online, then said matter will be rescheduled as a Case Management to a date when the adjudicator concerned is on duty.
3.5 E-review matters
These will proceed per normal.
3.6 List of Matters Rescheduled [Kluang] [APPENDIX 10H]
4. Also attached is the media statement issued by the Chief Registrar’s Office of the Federal Court of Malaysia – “MAKLUMAN OPERASI MAHKAMAH BERMULA 13 MEI 2020” [APPENDIX 10 I].
5. Members are reminded that the directives stated in this circular are supplementary to the protocols provided in APPENDICES 10A and 10I.
COLLECTION OF TITLES FROM PTG JB FOR DEALINGS SUBMITTED BEFORE THE MCO
6. JBC has been notified by PTG JB that the titles submitted by the legal firms listed below before the MCO are ready for collection. The firms concerned are to email PTG JB for an appointment for collection.
7. The firms concerned are:-
A S DHALIWAL |
A. RAHIM & CO |
ABA & ASSOCIATES |
ABDUL HAKIM ABDUL RAHMAN & CO |
ABDUL RAHMAN & PARTNERS |
ABDUL RAHMAN SAAD & ASSCOCIATES |
ABDULLAH & ZAINUDIN |
ABU TALIB SHAROM |
AHMAD FUAD AMIN & PARTNERS |
AKMAL SAUFI & CO |
ALAN TAN & LEE |
ALBERT DING , LEE & PARTNERS |
ALIA HUSIN & CO |
ALVIN’S CHANG CHAMBER |
AMIR ANUAR & CO |
ANANDAN KRISHAN, SAHRIHAN & PARTNERS |
ANG BENG HOE & CO |
ANUAR YUSOF & PARTNERS |
ARFIZAN THANI & ASSOCIATES |
ARISSA TAN , CHIEN & CO |
ARTHUR LEE & COMPANY |
ASIAH & HISAM |
ASIAH & HISAM ( 1014) |
ASTA SATHIYA & PARTNERS |
ATHI ARUNASALAM & ASSOCIATES |
AZHARUDIN & ASSOCIATES |
AZIE & PARTNERS |
AZIZ DERASHID ROSDIN & CO |
AZMAN WAN HELMI & ASSOC |
AZMI & ASSOCIATES |
AZMI ZURAINI & ASSOCIATES |
AZZIZUDDIN KWANG & CO |
BENJAMIN TAN & CO |
C L BOO & ASSOCIATES |
C S TANG & CO |
C. F. WONG & CO |
CHAMBERS OF JESVANT SINGH |
CHEONG & PARTNERS |
CHIONG & PARTNERS |
CHONG & RAGU |
CHUA & PARTNERS (904) |
CHUA PARTNERSHIP |
CHYE KWEE YEOW & CO |
CLARENCE EDWIN LAW OFFICES |
DANARAJ JIMMY & SARA |
DAUD & CO |
DAVID GURUPATHAM AND KOAY |
DIANNA NOOR & PARTNERS |
EIMING CHUA & CO |
ELIZABETH SIEW & CO |
FAIZAL SIOW BROCKETT & CHO |
FAIZUL HILMY & CHEW |
FARIDAWATI & ASSOCIATES |
GAN & TEY |
H. K. YOONG |
HAFEZ & PARTNERS |
HAFEZ & PARTNERS (638) |
HAFEZ & PARTNERS (853) |
HALIM HONG & QUEK |
HAMZAH , SULAIMAN , & PARTNERS |
HAN & PARTNERS |
HARIATI & PARTNERS |
HASSAN IBRAHIM & CO |
HASSAN ZAIT & ASSOCIATES |
HEE & LIM |
HONG & FONG |
IKBAL SALAM & ASSOCIATES |
ISHAK SHARIF & CO |
IZAUDDIN , FIRDAUS & MAHENDRAN |
IZZAT MUHTAR & HUDHA |
J. A NATHAN & CO |
JAL & LIM |
JESS TAN LAW CHAMBERS |
JONATHAN & LING |
JUNAIDAH & PARTNERS |
K H CHOO & CO |
K H LOO & CO |
K V LIM & VOO |
K. H. KOH , AZHAR & KOH |
K. H. WONG , CHIN & CHEAH |
K. S PANG & CO |
KEE NORAINN & PARTNERS |
KHAIRUDDIN , NGIAM & TAN |
LAU , WONG & PARTNERS |
LAU KOH KONG & ASSOCIATES |
LAWRENCE PEREIRA & PARTNERS |
LEE & TENGKU AZRINA |
LEE BONG PENG & CO |
LEE FOOK LEONG & CO |
LEE HISHAMMUDDIN ALLEN & GLEDHILL |
LEE REJ JIE & CO |
LENG & CO |
LIM & HOOI |
LIM SOH & GOONTING |
LOH & RENGA |
LOH , RANJIT & ASSOCIATES |
LOW & LEE |
LOW & PARTNERS |
LY OOI & CHAI |
MAH LAW OFFICE MAK , NG , SHAO & KEE MANJIT SINGH SACHDEV , MOHAMMAD RADZI & PARTNERS MOHAMED NOOR , AMRAN & YOON MOHD AKHIR & PARTNERS MOHD HANAPI HARON & CO MUNHOE & MAR |
NASHILI & CO |
NG KEE CHONG & CO (549) |
NORLIZA SAHIB & CO |
NORZAKI YUSOP & CO |
OMAR ISMAIL HAZMAN & CO |
OTHMAN HASHIM & CO |
P. L TAN & TAN |
PATEL & ASSOCIATES |
RAHIM & LAWRNEE |
RASHID ZULKIFLI |
RAZIF ABDULAZIZ & PARTNERS |
REGINALD VALLIPURAM & CO |
RODZIAH AND COMPANY |
ROGER TAN & PARTNERS |
ROHAMAT & LING |
S. K. SONG |
S. L. SONG & CO |
S. N. POY , CHAI & CO |
S.R. TAN , CHENG , LIM & TEE |
SABARUDDIN ALI & CO |
SAMSUDDIN LYNN & ASSOCIATES |
SHAHINUDDIN & RANJIT |
SHAHRIN NASIR & ASSOCIATES |
SHAHRIZAL & NASIR |
SHAHRIZAT RASHID & LEE |
SHARIZAL & NASIR |
SIA BOON PENG & CO |
SIEW LEE & CO |
SIMON TONG & PARTNERS |
SING , LIM & LOW |
SUSANN FANG & CO |
SYAZWAN SYAZANI & PARTNERS |
SYED ALWI , NG & CO |
T. J. GOH & CO |
T. L . CHEN & CO |
T.K. LIM & CO |
TAN & LEE |
TAN SWEE IM , SIVA & PARTNERS |
TAN, TAN & ASSOCIATES |
TAWFEEK BADJENID & PARTNERS |
TAY & ASSOCIATES |
TEA KELVIN KANG & CO |
TEE & TEOH |
TEH KIM TEH , SALINA & CO |
THE LAW CHAMBERS OF YEAP & LIM |
THE LAW OFFICES OF CL HENG |
TEH POH TEIK & CO |
TIA & NOORDIN |
TNG , LIEW , DAVID LEOW & CO |
TOK & CO |
TOONG & CO |
W. K. TAN & E.G. LEE |
WAN NADZIM & CO |
WANG & S.B WONG |
WJ CHEN & COMPANY |
WONG LAW CHAMBERS |
WOON WEE YUEN & PARTNERS |
YASMIN & CO |
YEOH MAZLINA & PARTNERS |
YONG & RAJAH |
ZAID IBRAHIM & CO |
ZAIN JOHSON & ASSOCIATES |
ZAINAL ABIDIN & CO |
ZULKAFLI , RANI & CO |
The Johore Bar Secretariat will resume operations on 13/05/2020.
Should any issue or problem arise, please do not hesitate to contact the secretariat at secretariat@johorebar.org.my
Wishing you all well as we adapt to and manoeuver our way around a “new normal” on many fronts, taking the changes in our stride.
SHAHAREEN BEGUM BINTI ABDUL SUBHAN
CHAIRMAN
Note: Please refer the attachment with the Secretariat.