The “Appellate Judges Retreat” was held on 3rd-5th September 2024 at the Casa Del Rio Hotel, Melaka. The objective of the programme was towards a better appellate judges practices. This programme was a retreat programme for Federal Court Judges and Judges of the Court of Appeal.

This programme was held for one and a half days. The programme on the first day began with an Opening Address by The Right Honourable Tun Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat, Chief Justice of The Federal Court of Malaysia. Then the programme continued with several lectures entitled “Mediation” which was delivered by The Honourable Dato’ Lim Chong Fong, Judge of the Court of Appeal, a lecture namely “Appellate Judge Craft” which was delivered by YABhg. Tun. Md. Raus bin Sharif, Former Chief Justice of The Federal Court of Malaysia, as well as “Appellate Judgment Writing” which was delivered by The Honourable Dato’ Sri Hasnah binti Dato’ Mohammed Hashim, Federal Court Judge; and The Honourable Dato’ Nordin bin Hassan, Federal Court Judge. The programme on the first day ended with an online lecture delivered by YBhg. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Noordin bin Darus, Founder of DND World. Meanwhile, Workshop Summary and Clossing Session were held on the last day of the programme.

A total of number of 34 participants had attended this programme, including of The Right Honourable Tun Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat, Chief Justice of Malaysia; The Right Honourable Tan Sri Datuk Amar Abang Iskandar bin Abang Hashim, President of the Court of Appeal; The Right Honourable Tan Sri Dato’ Abdul Rahman bin Sebli, Chief Judge of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak; 10 Federal Court Judges; as well as 21 Judges of the Court of Appeal.