Today's Star carries the news on Justice Dato Ian Chin and his passion on IT.
Tech-savvy judges put trial notes on the web
I connected to the Kota Kinabalu High Court Page
and read his article titled "Just the Beginning". It was the address by the Judge delivered on the occasion of admitting advocates and solicitors.
I am humbled by his statement:
"As for knowledge of the law your qualifications should vouch for you but only to a certain extent. Let me remind you that the law is not the same all the time. Do not rest on your law degree. The law changes through legislation or through the interpretation of the court. It is important that you should not think that you can stop learning about the law. The law must be further and continuously learned and this you do by reading the law reports that contain the judgments of the courts not only of Malaysia but of other Commonwealth countries as well. Some will learn faster than others but the one who employs information technology will be miles ahead of the other who does not. So it is important that you be computer-literate. Most judgments are posted in the Internet within hours of pronouncement. Unless you are aware of the judgment and whether it affects or changes the law which, for example, you are about to advise a client or argue before a court, you will be as ignorant as the person who does not know any law. The law is not all that you have to further learn to be a good advocate. As mentioned earlier, there is also the affairs of men which you must be knowledgeable."
I am also pleasantly surprise to come across the notes of proceedings on the murder trial of Sabah Assistant Manager in KKHC website.
KKHC seems to be more sophiscated than their counterparts in the West Malaysia.
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