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Singapore's Law Society will seek to strike Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh off the legal rolls at a disciplinary hearing scheduled for August 13, following his conviction for lying under oath to Parliament's privileges committee.
Malaysia is progressing toward unified accreditation standards for Syariah lawyers. A proposal endorsed at the 2026 Syariah Legal Profession Convention will go to the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs for consideration before potential submission to the Conference of Rulers.
Malaysia has appointed 17 lawyers and judicial officers as judicial commissioners, including the daughter of a former Court of Appeal president, in a significant expansion of the High Court's judicial capacity.
A 69-year-old retired judge has been admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, three years after stepping down from the bench, marking a transition into private legal practice.
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The Malaysian Bar has emphasized that its legal challenges involving former Prime Ministers Zahid and Najib stem from constitutional and procedural principles rather than personal grievances, according to the Bar president.