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We have been informed by the courts on 14th January 2016 as follows. Starting from 17th January 2016 the allocation of cases at the High Court in Johor Bahru under the respective Judges/Judicial Commissioners would be as stated below and will first be called before the respective Deputy Registrar/SAR. Judge/ Judicial Commissioner (Deputy Registrar/ SAR […]

Members are to note that The Guide on Legal Practitioners as at 3 January 2015 has been withdrawn and replaced by The Guide on Legal Practitioners revised as at 22 December 2015. A copy of the revised guidelines is attached for your information. Thank you.   Your sincerely, Andrew Wong Chairperson Conveyancing Sub-Committee GST IndustryGuide-Legal-Practitioners-(22-12-2015)

Members are to note that the Public Sector Home Financing Board (Vesting Date) Order 2015 has been gazetted on 31/12/2015 and shall take effect from 01/01/2016. A copy of the gazette notification P.U. (A) 321 is attached for your information. Thank you. Yours sincerely, Andrew Wong Chairperson Conveyancing Sub-Committee PU(A) 321 (2015) Treasury Loans Vesting

Members are advised that the Courts would be implementing the new revised Service Bureau Request Forms for all the Courts in the country from 4th January 2016. The form includes various improvements and is designed to minimise errors that may occur when filing at court service bureaus. Please see Bar Council Circular No. 280/2015 dated

The Continuing Professional Development Sub-Committee is organizing the above course which is COMPULSORY for all pupils. Pupils will need to pass a written test evaluation at the end of the Professional Standards Course. In conjunction with the course, the Continuing Professional Development Sub-Committee together with the Social Sub-Committee is organizing a dinner. Invitations to the

Kindly be informed that with effect from 1st January 2016 Y.A Tuan Mohd Nazlan bin Mohd Ghazali will be transferred to the High Court of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur. It is customary for the Johore Bar Committee to host a farewell dinner to mark our appreciation of Y.A’s tenure of service at Johor Bahru. The

Court punctuality. At the Committee’s recent meetings with the courts we were informed in strong terms that there are still many instances of lawyers coming late to court. There have been instances of lawyers not present even at as late as 10.30 a.m; the court being kept waiting indefinitely for lawyers to appear; lawyers not