Judge Craft and Judgment Writing, 16-18 January 2015

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.