Dear Members, In celebration of the festival of light, as per customary, we are hosting a Deepavali Open House in Muar. As always, a sumptuous menu including the best Tandoori Chicken and Kambing Varuval in town are prepared for all. All are welcome! You may bring your favorite snacks to be shared with other members […]
Circular No. 59/2022: North Johor Deepavali Open House 2022 (1 Nov 2022) Read More »
The Johore Bar Committee will be having a dialogue session with the Director of Johor Courts and other judicial officers from the High Court, Sessions Court and Magistrates Court soon to discuss, amongst others, the issues faced by members and issues of common concern to the Bar and the Courts. The Committee has taken note
Circular No. 58/2022: Request for Feedback on Court issues Read More »
We refer to the earlier circulars from the Committee, amongst others no. 23/2022, 28/2022, 30/2022, 31/2022 and 34/2022 pertaining to the implementation of the “Tatacara Penggunaan Akuan Penyerahan Dokumen Pentadbiran Tanah Johor” by Pejabat Tanah dan Galian Johor (PTG) and the Committee’s concerns on the implications of the Tatacara, which had been duly communicated to
The Johore Bar Building, House, Library and Member’s Welfare Sub – Committee are organising the above webinar. We will be inviting five esteemed speakers to share valuable tips on starting up practice at the webinar. The webinar consists of 2 modules: MODULE 1 (FIRST STEPS: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN & HOW) FUNDAMENTALS OF LEGAL PRACTICE
An online forum in respect of court matters will be held on Thursday, 20th October 2022 at 4:00 p.m. The purpose of this forum is to seek members’ feedback on the issues that they face in court and suggestions for improvement, if any. The issues and suggestions will also be brought to the Court’s consideration
Circular No. 55/2022: Johore Bar Online Forum on Court Matters (20 Oct 2022) Read More »
Please be informed that the Continuing Professional Development is organising the above titled seminar. The seminar will cover: Overview of the Real Property Gains Tax Act 1976 Preparation and submission of CKHT forms Calculating the real property gains tax payable in a transaction Exemption under the Act Appeal against assessments Other issues Particulars of the
Please be informed that the Johore Bar Human Rights Sub Committee is organising a Workshop entitled “Eliminating Deaths in Custody.” The Workshop aims to provide an understanding of death and/or abuses in custody and the need for their elimination. We are hopeful that this workshop encourages the participants to embrace the cause in promoting and
Circular No. 53/2022: Eliminating Deaths in Custody (4 Nov 2022) Read More »
Please be informed that the Continuing Professional Development and the Syariah Sub-Committee of the Johore Bar Committee are organising the above titled Webinar. This Webinar will deal with the Introduction of the Syariah Criminal Laws and its implementation in Malaysia, which will cover:- Various different offences and punishment under the Syariah Criminal Laws; Introduction to
The Malaysian Bar has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with the Board of Counsellors (Malaysia), whereby the Bar will pay for a maximum of five counselling sessions for Members/Pupils. Under the programme that commenced on 8 January 2021, registered counsellors appointed by the Board of Counsellors (“panel counsellors”) will provide counselling services for
Circular No. 50/2022: Counselling Services for Members of the Bar Read More »
The Johore Bar Committee (JBC) has received a notification yesterday from Pejabat Tanah dan Galian Johor (PTG) that the operation hours for the PTG’s counters on 22nd September 2022 (Thursday) will be revised from 8:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., as stated in their notice attached here. Thank you. NORHAYATI MOHAMED CHAIRPERSON CONVEYANCING SUB-COMMITTEE