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An Advocate – A Chef, not a Waiter
“Live like a hermit and work like a horse”. This is the route to success at the Bar. These were the haunting words of advice to new advocates by the first Attorney General of India, Motilal Setalvad. Too extreme, the Gen Y or Z may say, but there were little options to success in the […]
Advocating the Art of Persuasion
There was an interesting attempt recently to snooker me into admitting that I impose my views on others. I refuted the claim and foiled that attempt! Attractively crafted cajolery perhaps? As lawyers we are trained in the art of persuasion. We are not taught to persuade. It is a natural instinct of every individual acquired […]
Unfair Dismissal : Prohibition Against Reliance On Post-Dismissal Reasons
The relationship between employers and employees are symbiotic and dynamic. In the ordinary course, both would work together for the benefit and improvement of each other. Nonetheless, more often than not, employers may dismiss the employees from service because of various reasons. If this happens, the employees then have a right to bring the dismissal […]
Show Cause Notice Under The Pain of Penal Sanctions – The Paradox of Order 52 Rule 2B Finally Resolved
The uncertainty of whether a formal notice to show cause is a sine qua non to an application for leave to issue committal proceedings against a putative contemnor has recently been put to rest by the Federal Court Tan Poh Lee v Tan Boon Thien [2022] 2 CLJ 719. The requirement to show cause, in […]