'Damages' course was premierly held in our department, consisting of 19 participants; 11 High Court judges and 8 Judicial Commissioners including The Right Honourable Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Richard Malanjum, Chief Judge of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak, The Honourable Tan Sri Idrus bin Harun, Judge of the Court of Appeal, The Honourable Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan, Judge of the Court of Appeal and The Honourable Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Judge of the Court of Appeal. This course was also attended by The Right Honourable Tan Sri Md Raus bin Sharif, Chief Justice, The Right Honourable Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Zulkefli bin Ahmad Makinudin, President of The Court of Appeal and The Honourable Tan Sri Azahar bin Mohamed, Federal Court Judge as Chairman of the Training Committee, Judicial Academy.

A total of 19 participants attended the course which consists of 11 High Court judges and 8 Judicial Commissioners.

This course was divided into two sessions. The first session is a presentation by 10 participants representing groups of 2 people on discussion topics as defined by the facilitators regarding to 'damages' cases. Time given for presentation is 10 minute and followed by a discussion by participants for 15 minutes. At the second session is the workshop on 'damages' which each group is given the problems to be discussed and presented at the end of the session.