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MALAYSIAN JUDGES HAVE IMPROVED, SAYS EX-CHIEF JUSTICE
By Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah
SINGAPORE, Sept 29 (Bernama) -- The standard of judges in Malaysia has improved tremendously in the last few years as a result of the training that they have been given, former Chief Justice Zaki Tun Azmi said here.
"Although the training had been ad hoc, we can see a major improvement in their decisions and judgements," he told Bernama after delivering a lecture at the Singapore Academy of Law Annual Lecture 2011.
"More important, the new Chief Justice, I understand, is asking the government to set up a judicial studies board to give training to the superior court judges," he said.
Zaki also said the judges would have more time to write better quality grounds of judgement now that the backlog of cases has been cleared.
In his lecture entitled "The Common Law of Malaysia in the 21st
Century", Zaki said the appointment and promotion of judges in Malaysia go through many levels of filtering.
After being nominated by the Chief Justice, judges are scrutinised by the Judicial Appointments Commission before their names are forwarded to the Prime Minister, the Conference of Rulers and finally the King, Zaki said.
"A judge has to go through five layers of vetting, not forgetting the nine rulers whose objections are likely to be a ground for removing the name of that judge from the list," he added.
Also present was Malaysian High Commissioner to Singapore Md Hussin Nayan and Singapore Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong.
SINGAPORE, Sept 29 (Bernama) -- The standard of judges in Malaysia has improved tremendously in the last few years as a result of the training that they have been given, former Chief Justice Zaki Tun Azmi said here.
"Although the training had been ad hoc, we can see a major improvement in their decisions and judgements," he told Bernama after delivering a lecture at the Singapore Academy of Law Annual Lecture 2011.
"More important, the new Chief Justice, I understand, is asking the government to set up a judicial studies board to give training to the superior court judges," he said.
Zaki also said the judges would have more time to write better quality grounds of judgement now that the backlog of cases has been cleared.
In his lecture entitled "The Common Law of Malaysia in the 21st
Century", Zaki said the appointment and promotion of judges in Malaysia go through many levels of filtering.
After being nominated by the Chief Justice, judges are scrutinised by the Judicial Appointments Commission before their names are forwarded to the Prime Minister, the Conference of Rulers and finally the King, Zaki said.
"A judge has to go through five layers of vetting, not forgetting the nine rulers whose objections are likely to be a ground for removing the name of that judge from the list," he added.
Also present was Malaysian High Commissioner to Singapore Md Hussin Nayan and Singapore Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong.
