Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 70(1 B) of the Legal Profession Act, 1976 that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Johore Bar will be held as follows: DAY & DATE FRIDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2016 TIME 3.00 P.M. VENUE JOTIC AUDITORIUM, LEVEL 5 JALAN AYER MOLEK, JOHOR BAHRU QUORUM Your attention is drawn to
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Its time to have a blast from the past, Dust off your bell bottoms, Put your hair in a beehive, Come and shake your groove thing ! Dear Members, Its time for our Annual Dinner & Dance! The evening will be honoured by the presence of our Chief Judge of Malaya, YAA Tan Sri Dato’
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Members are advised to take note of the two recent Practice Directions from the Registrar of the High Court in respect of Bankruptcy and Probate matters. Practice Direction No. 3 of 2015 Summary: List of Assets and Liabilities is to be filed in Court after the issuance of the Grant/Probate. The List of Assets and
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A member of the Johore Bar had informed the Johore Bar Committee that her signature had been forged in the attestation clause in a Form 19G in a transaction relating to a property situated in Taman Saujana, Johore Bahru. The forger had passed himself or herself off as the affected solicitor and a rubber stamp
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
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Members are to note that The Guide on Legal Practitioners as at 3 January 2015 has been withdrawn and replaced by The Guide on Legal Practitioners revised as at 22 December 2015.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)
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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
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(for the 2nd issue of the INFO Johore Bar 2015) With its recent redesign and online publication, the INFO Johore Bar has received good response from our members. As at 1.1.2016, the online version published at info.johorebar.org.my has had over 500 impressions. In that spirit, the Publication Sub-Committee intends to publish its 2nd issue of
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The Continuing Professional Development Sub-Committee of the Johore Bar in collaboration with the Bar Council Islamic Finance Committee is organizing Seminar on An Introduction to Islamic Finance. This seminar seeks to introduce participants to the law and practice of Islamic banking and finance as currently applied in Malaysia. Participants will be given an overview of
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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
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