A course on Judge Craft and Judgment Writing was held in Penang from the 02-04 June 2015 (Tuesday to Thusday).
A total of 16 participants comprising 6 High Court judges and 10 Judicial Commissioners attended this course. The facilitators were the Rt. Hon. Tan Sri Md Raus bin Sharif, President of the Court of Appeal, the Hon. Dato' Azahar bin Mohamed, Federal Court Judge, the Hon. Datuk Zaharah binti Ibrahimi, Court of Appeal Judge, the Hon. Dato’ Balia Yusof bin Haji Wahi, Court of Appeal Judge and the Hon. Dato’ Aziah binti Ali, Court of Appeal Judge. The names of the participants are as follows:
| 1. | The Hon. Datuk Lau Bee Lan | High Court Judge, Kuala Lumpur |
| 2. | The Hon. Dato’ Suraya binti Othman | High Court Judge, Shah Alam |
| 3. | The Hon. Dato’ Hue Siew Kheng | High Court Judge, Kuala Lumpur |
| 4. | The Hon. Puan Amelia Tee Hong Geok binti Abdullah | High Court Judge, Shah Alam |
| 5. | The Hon. Datuk Samsudin bin Hassan | High Court Judge, Ipoh |
| 6. | The Hon. Dato’ Hashim bin Hamzah | High Court Judge, Alor Setar |
| 7. | The Hon. Tuan Wong Teck Meng | Judicial Commissioner, High Court of Penang |
| 8. | The Hon. Tuan Abu Bakar bin Katar | Judicial Commissioner, High Court of Kangar |
| 9. | The Hon. Dato’ Nordin bin Hassan | Judicial Commissioner, High Court of Penang |
| 10. | The Hon. Dato’ Azmi bin Ariffin | Judicial Commissioner, High Court of Penang |
| 11. | The Hon. Tuan Collin Lawrence Sequerah | Judicial Commissioner, High Court of Penang |
| 12. | The Hon. Dr Haji Alwi bin Haji Abdul Wahab | Judicial Commissioner, High Court of Kuching |
| 13. | The Hon. Tuan Ahmad bin Bache | Judicial Commissioner, High Court of Kota Bharu |
| 14. | The Hon. Dato’ Mohd Firuz bin Jaffril | Judicial Commissioner, High Court of Malacca |
| 15. | The Hon. Tuan Mohd Nazlan bin Mohd Ghazali | Judicial Commissioner, High Court of Johor Bahru |
| 16. | The Hon. Tuan Gabriel Gumis Humen | Judicial Commissioner, High Court of Kota Kinabalu |
This course was divided into 2 main headings, namely, Judge Craft and Judgment Writing. Under the heading Judge Craft, participants were divided into 3 workshop groups to present discussion topics which were pre-determined by the facilitators which was then followed by a discussion.
In Judgment Writing, participants were divided into 4 workshop groups to discuss grounds of judgment provided by the facilitators where each group had to then present the result of their discussions at the end of the course.