A course on Judge Craft and Judgment Writing was held in Putrajaya from the 16-18 January 2015 (Friday to Sunday).
A total of 16 participants comprising 8 High Court judges and 8 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 Siti Mariah binti Haji Ahmad | High Court Judge, Kuala Lumpur |
2. | The Hon. Dato' Zulkifli bin Bakar | High Court Judge, Shah Alam |
3. | The Hon. Dato' Haji Ghazali bin Haji Cha | High Court Judge, Shah Alam |
4. | The Hon. Dato' Sri Mariana binti Haji Yahya | High Court Judge, Kuantan |
5. | The Hon. Dato' Akhtar bin Tahir | High Court Judge, Shah Alam |
6. | The Hon. Datuk Nor Bee binti Ariffin | High Court Judge, Kuala Lumpur |
7. | The Hon. Dato’ Has Zanah binti Mehat | High Court Judge, Kuala Lumpur |
8. | The Hon. Dato’ Ahmad Nasfy bin Haji Yasin | High Court Judge, Shah Alam |
9. | The Hon. Puan S.M. Komathy a/p Suppiah | Judicial Commissioner, Ipoh |
10. | The Hon. Tuan Nantha Balan a/l E.S. Moorthy | Judicial Commissioner, Kuala Lumpur |
11. | The Hon. Tuan Abu Bakar bin Jais | Judicial Commissioner, Kuala Lumpur |
12. | The Hon. Datuk Mairin bin Idang @ Martin | Judicial Commissioner, Miri |
13. | The Hon. Datuk Azimah binti Omar | Judicial Commissioner, Shah Alam |
14. | The Hon. Datuk Wong Kian Kheong | Judicial Commissioner, Kuala Lumpur |
15. | The Hon. Tuan Azizul Azmi bin Adnan | Judicial Commissioner, Kuala Lumpur |
16. | The Hon. Tuan Mohamed Zaini bin Mazlan | Judicial Commissioner, Taiping |
This course was divided into 2 main headings, namely, Judge Craft and Judgment Writing. Under the heading Judge Craft, each participant was required 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.