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		<title>Adjournments of criminal proceedings</title>
		<link>http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/adjournments-of-criminal-proceedings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistaire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminal Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procedural Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adjournment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To &#8220;adjourn&#8221; a proceeding or matter is, according to Dictionary.com, is to &#8220;postpone, suspend or transfer proceedings&#8221;. For a lawyer conducting criminal proceedings before Malaysian courts, to adjourn such proceedings, for a short or longer period of time, may sometimes be expedient for him or her, especially in situations where he or she is caught [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2871766&amp;post=312&amp;subd=readinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2010 deals with unfair contract terms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistaire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contract Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer protection law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unfair contract terms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Remember our series of articles on unfair contract terms? Well, it now seems that the Malaysian Parliament is set to finally come up with a law addressing the issue in the upcoming Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2010. Preferring the approach of amending an existing statute to enacting a wholly new one, the Bill inserts a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2871766&amp;post=293&amp;subd=readinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Alistaire</media:title>
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		<title>Are Liberal Judges really &#8216;Judicial Activists&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/are-liberal-judges-really-judicial-activists/</link>
		<comments>http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/are-liberal-judges-really-judicial-activists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistaire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Applying the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judicial activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judicial restraint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judiciary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Adam Cohen &#8220;Judicial activism&#8221; is the number-one conservative talking point about the law these days. Liberal judges, the argument goes, make law, while conservative judges simply apply the law as it is written. It&#8217;s a phony claim. Conservative jurists are every bit as activist as liberal ones. But the critique is also wrong as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2871766&amp;post=283&amp;subd=readinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bankruptcy (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/bankruptcy-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistaire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insolvency Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insolvency law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Exactly one year ago, on our last treatment of the subject, we discussed the processes one undergoes when becoming a banktrupt. In this article, we will examine the scope of the Recieving Order and the Ajudication Order (together known as a Bankruptcy Order) and the functions of the Director General of Insolvency (formerly known as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2871766&amp;post=244&amp;subd=readinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Alistaire</media:title>
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		<title>Members vs Directors of company: who wins?</title>
		<link>http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/members-vs-directors-of-company-who-wins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dejected Statue</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Company Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equity and Trust]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The directors are bestowed with powers to act in the best interest of the company. Directors are given such powers in the article of the association of their company. Often they collide with the direction of the members, shareholders and creditors as to whether or not the directors are acting for the best interest of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2871766&amp;post=258&amp;subd=readinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Siddiq Azani</media:title>
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		<title>Criminal sentencing principles (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/criminal-sentencing-principles-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/criminal-sentencing-principles-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 15:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistaire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminal Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procedural Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Criminal procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sentencing principles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The jurisdiction and authority of a criminal court judge to pass sentence in Malaysia can be found within various statutes, not least Article 121 of the Federal Constitution, as well as section 87 of the Subordinate Courts Act 1948 in respect of First Class Magistrates&#8217; Courts, section 64 of the same Act in respect of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2871766&amp;post=225&amp;subd=readinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Alistaire</media:title>
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		<title>Criminal appeals and revisions in Malaysia</title>
		<link>http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/criminal-appeals-and-revisions-in-malaysia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistaire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminal Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procedural Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Criminal procedure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this article the processes a case undergoes after determination on the first instance are discussed. There is after determination in the first instance on any criminal matter provision to courts of a higher jurisdiction by way of, firstly, an appeal and secondly, revision. First we will discuss appeal. A two tier system of appeal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2871766&amp;post=222&amp;subd=readinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Alistaire</media:title>
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		<title>Happy New Decade 2010s</title>
		<link>http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/happy-new-decade-2010s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistaire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog Administration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/?p=214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Reading Law wishes all its readers a Happy 2010 as well as Happy New Decade 2010s. The &#8217;00s showed a lot of legal changes on the Malaysian scene, and we hope to record the coming changes in this decade as well. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2871766&amp;post=214&amp;subd=readinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Alistaire</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Celebrating the 2010s</media:title>
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		<title>GST set to be introduced in Malaysia</title>
		<link>http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/gst-set-to-be-introduced-in-malaysia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistaire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Administrative Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revenue Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/?p=203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the tabling of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill 2009 in Parliament recently, the Goods and Services Tax, otherwise known as GST, is set to make its début within Malaysia. The move to introduce GST was first announced during the tabling of the 2010 annual Budget. If things are smooth sailing, the Bill could come [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2871766&amp;post=203&amp;subd=readinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Alistaire</media:title>
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		<title>Commencing an action in a Malaysian court</title>
		<link>http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/commencing-an-action-in-a-malaysian-court/</link>
		<comments>http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/commencing-an-action-in-a-malaysian-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistaire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Procedural Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil procedure]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://readinglaw.wordpress.com/?p=139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since we have already discussed what elements are needed to sue and the time limitations thereof, it is high time we also focus on the modes of commencing a process of suing before the Malaysian courts. There are various modes proscribed in two pertinent sets of Rules governing civil procedure in Malaysia, the Rules of the High [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=readinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2871766&amp;post=139&amp;subd=readinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Alistaire</media:title>
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