Briefing by The Honourable Dato’ Md Raus bin Sharif - 2nd Dec., 2009 (Wednesday)

A group photo after the lunch

A DPP preparing for her submission during lunch

Our Honorary Secretary's name placard

Our NS Bar Committees in the background, Hanif Hasan and Manian Raju

IT savvy assistants to Dato' Raus in action

YA Tuan Alim, Dato' Raus and YA Dato' Ahmad Nasfy

The silent worker, Tuan Edwin Paramjothy Michael together with his colleagues

BRIEFING BY DATO' MD. RAUS BIN SHARIF

The NS Bar Committee attended a briefing conducted by the Federal Court judge in charge of fast tracking, Yang Arif Dato' Md. Raus Bin Sharif. Dato Raus endeavoured to dispel all misconceptions and misgivings about the fast tracking system. Most of all, he wanted to explain to us the judiciary's strategy (backed with statistics) to eliminate backlogs. He went on to ask the NS Bar for feedbacks pertaining to the fast tracking system. Our Chairman, Paul Selladurai brought up a few pertinent points. NS Bar Committee member (in charge of Legal Aid), Joseph Mathews gave a lengthy discourse about his own personal misgivings about the system. At the end of the day, we all agreed that the KPI system is good but the implementation of it left much to be desired. Therefore, steps are being taken to brief judges all asunder about the dangers of being too overzealous in adhering to the KPI system at the expense of dispensing proper justice. Our senior lawyer, J. Nadchatiram warned us that "Justice in a Haste is Justice Laid to Waste" and "Justice Hurried is Justice Buried". Dato' Raus went on to assure us that he advised all judges that KPI should be implemented with common sense. If there are any grievances pertaining to the fast tracking system, kindly email us at nsbar@live.com.

Reported by Nicole Tan Lee Koon (NS Bar Committee for Website & Publications)