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Quote of the day

Posted on 21/04/202218/01/2022 by nickvooi in Uncategorized

“I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year (1910), and I expect to go out with it." Mark Twain (30 November 1835 - 21 April 1910)

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Quote of the day

Posted on 20/04/202219/01/2022 by nickvooi in Uncategorized

"The best use of laws is to teach men to trample bad laws under their feet." Wendell Phillips

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Salam Nuzul Al-Quran

Posted on 19/04/202203/04/2022 by nickvooi in Greetings

Selamat menyambut Nuzul Al-Quran

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Quote of the day

Posted on 18/04/202219/01/2022 by nickvooi in Uncategorized

"Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment." Mark Twain

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Quote of the day

Posted on 17/04/202219/01/2022 by nickvooi in Uncategorized

"We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights, We have talked for a hundred years or more. It is time now to write in the next chapter and to write in the books of law." Lyndon B. Johnson

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Quote of the day

Posted on 16/04/202219/01/2022 by nickvooi in Uncategorized

"The law must be stable, but it must not stand still." Roscoe Pound

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Quote of the Day

Posted on 15/04/202217/01/2022 by nickvooi in Uncategorized

"As everything in this world is but a sham. Death is the only sincerity." Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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Quote of the day

Posted on 14/04/202219/01/2022 by nickvooi in Uncategorized

"Public opinion's always in advance of the law." John Galsworthy

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Quote of the Day

Posted on 13/04/202219/01/2022 by nickvooi in Uncategorized

"One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was fact, today is doctrine." Junius

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Quote of the day

Posted on 12/04/202219/01/2022 by nickvooi in Uncategorized

"The people's good is the highest law." Cicero

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  • Case Summary: Tenaga Nasional Berhad v. Chew Thai Kay & Anor [2022] 2 MLRA 178 (Federal Court)
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  • Case Summary: Tenaga Nasional Bhd v. Mayaria Sdn Bhd & Anor [2018] MLRAU 501 CA
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