A course on Judge Craft and Judgment Writing was held in Putrajaya from the 28-29 November 2014.
A total of 16 participants comprising 9 High Court judges and 7 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. 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. Dato’ Haji Abd. Halim bin Aman | High Court Judge, Shah Alam |
2. | The Hon. Dato' Mohd Azman bin Husin | High Court Judge, Kuala Lumpur |
3. | The Hon. Dato' Ahmad Zaidi bin Ibrahim | High Court Judge, Kota Bharu |
4. | The Hon. Dato' Haji Azman bin Abdullah | High Court Judge, Kota Bharu |
5. | The Hon. Dato' Mohd Yazid bin Haji Mustafa | High Court Judge, Kuala Terengganu |
6. | The Hon. Dato' Haji Zainal Azman bin Abdul Aziz | High Court Judge, Muar |
7. | The Hon. Datuk Wira Halijah binti Abbas | High Court Judge, Shah Alam |
8. | The Hon. Puan Hadhariah binti Syed Ismail | High Court Judge, Shah Alam |
9. | The Hon. Puan Rosilah binti Yop | High Court Judge, Kuala Lumpur |
10. | The Hon. Dato' Zakiah binti Kassim | Judicial Commissioner, High Court Alor Setar |
11. | The Hon. Dato' Mohd. Zaki bin Abdul Wahab | Judicial Commissioner, High Court Kangar |
12. | The Hon. Dato’ Rozana binti Ali Yusoff | Judicial Commissioner, High Court Shah Alam |
13. | The Hon. Tuan Azhahari Kamal bin Ramli | Judicial Commissioner, High Court Tawau |
14. | The Hon. Tuan Lim Chong Fong | Judicial Commissioner, High Court Shah Alam |
15. | The Hon. Dr. Sabirin bin Ja’afar | Judicial Commissioner, High Court Johor Bahru |
16. | The Hon. Dr. Choo Kah Sing | Judicial Commissioner, High Court Shah Alam |
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.