20 Jan 2025
Tan Lay Ean 1. ) Kenneth Yoong Ken Chinson St James 2. ) Bar Council Malaysia
- Citation
- W-02(A)-1522-09/2023 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
- Court
- A
- Case number
- W-02(A)-1522-09/2023 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
The Court held the appellant's direct letter to the presiding judge complaining that the opponent counsel was a 'vexatious and frivolous' litigant crossed professional lines, amounted to conduct unbefitting an advocate and solicitor and brought the profession into disrepute in breach of s.94(3)(d),(o) LPA and Rules 18 and 31 LPR; any failure by the Disciplinary Board to provide a mitigation hearing under the pre-amendment s.103D did not vitiate the decision because the Board imposed the least possible penalty (censure) and any procedural breach had no material effect on the outcome.