Ketua Hakim Negara, Malaysia

Laporan

Kursus “Writing Better Judgments” telah diadakan pada 17-19 September 2020 di Zenith Hotel, Putrajaya. Objektif kursus ini adalah untuk memperkenalkan peserta-peserta dengan konsep utama bagi meningkatkan kualiti penulisan alasan penghakiman dengan menggunakan konsep 5C; Clear (Jelas), Concise (Ringkas), Comprehensive (Menyeluruh), Coherent (Koheren) dan Convincing (Meyakinkan).

Kursus selama 3 hari ini terbahagi kepada 11 sesi seperti berikut:

Setiap peserta diberi tugasan untuk menulis semula sampel alasan penghakiman berdasarkan kepada prinsip-prinsip yang telah disarankan dalam kursus ini dan seterusnya mengemukakan alasan penghakiman berkenaan kepada fasilitator-fasilitator kumpulan masing-masing. Bagi tujuan tesebut, para peserta telah dibahagikan kepada empat kumpulan yang terdiri daripada empat atau lima ahli setiap kumpulan. Peserta-Peserta setiap kumpulan telah dibimbing oleh tiga orang fasilitator yang terdiri daripada hakim-hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan dan Mahkamah Rayuan.

Seramai 19 orang peserta yang kesemuanya terdiri adalah Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi telah menghadiri kursus ini. Program ini turut dihadiri oleh YAA Tun Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat, Ketua Hakim Negara. Barisan fasilitator kursus ini terdiri daripada YAA Tan Sri Rohana binti Yusuf, Presiden Mahkamah Rayuan; YAA Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Azahar bin Mohamed, Hakim Besar Mahkamah Tinggi di Malaya; YAA Dato’ Abang Iskandar bin Abang Hashim, Hakim Besar Mahkamah Tinggi di Sabah dan Sarawak; YA Datuk Seri Haji Mohd Zawawi bin Salleh, Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan merangkap Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Latihan, Akademi Kehakiman Malaysia; YA Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan, Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan; YA Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan; YA Puan Sri Zaleha binti Yusof, Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan; YA Dato’ Sri Hasnah binti Dato' Mohammed Hashim, Hakim Mahkamah Pesekutuan; YA Datuk Nor Bee binti Ariffin, Hakim Mahkamah Rayuan; YA Dato’ Lee Swee Seng, Hakim Mahkamah Rayuan; YA Datuk Hajah Azizah binti Haji Nawawi, Hakim Mahkamah Rayuan; dan YA Datuk Vazeer Alam bin Mydin Meera, Hakim Mahkamah Rayuan.

Report

The “Writing Better Judgments” Course was held on 17th - 19th September 2020 at the Zenith Hotel, Putrajaya. The course objective is to improve the quality of judgment writing using 5Cs concept; Clear, Concise, Comprehensive, Coherent and Convincing.

This 3-day course consists of 11 sessions. The details of all 11 sessions are as follows:

Each participant was given the task to re-write their sample of ground of judgment based on the principles that have been suggested in this course and then submit the judgment to the facilitators of their respective groups. In order to fulfill this purpose, the participants were divided into four groups consisting of four or five members in each group. Participants in each group were guided by three facilitators consisting of Federal Court Judges and Judges of the Court of Appeal.

A total of 19 High Court Judges participated in the course The Rt. Hon. Tun Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat, Chief Justice of Federal Court, Malaysia was also present. The facilitators of this course were The Rt. Hon. Tan Sri Rohana binti Yusuf, President of the Court of Appeal, Malaysia; The Rt. Hon. Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Azahar bin Mohamed, Chief Judge of the High Court in Malaya; The Rt. Hon. Dato’ Abang Iskandar bin Abang Hashim, Chief Judge of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak; The Hon. Datuk Seri Haji Mohd Zawawi bin Salleh, Federal Court Judge cum the Chairman of the Training Committee of Malaysian Judicial Academy; The Hon. Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan, Federal Court Judge; The Hon. Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Federal Court Judge; The Hon.Puan Sri Zaleha binti Yusof, Federal Court Judge; The Hon. Dato’ Sri Hasnah binti Dato' Mohammed Hashim, Federal Court Judge; The Hon. Datuk Nor Bee binti Ariffin, Judge of the Court of Appeal; The Hon. Dato’ Lee Swee Seng, Judge of the Court of Appeal; The Hon. Datuk Hajah Azizah binti Haji Nawawi, Judge of the Court of Appeal; and The Hon. Datuk Vazeer Alam bin Mydin Meera, Judge of the Court of Appeal.