The “Appellate Judgement Writing” was held on 21 March 2019 (Thursday) at the Conference Hall, Palace of Justice, Putrajaya. The objective of the course is to enhance appellate judgment writing skills among Superior Court Judges in Malaysia. This half-day programme is divided into 2 sessions. The first session entitled “Civil Appeal Judgement” was delivered by The Honourable Justice Judith Prakash, Judge of the Singapore Court of Appeal; and The Honourable Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan, Federal Court Judge, Malaysia. The second session entitled “Criminal Appeal Judgement” was delivered by The Honourable Justice Chao Hick Tin, Senior Judge in the Singapore Court of Appeal; and The Honourable Tan Sri Idrus bin Harun, Federal Court Judge, Malaysia.

A total of 16 Court of Appeal Judges had attended the course. The Right Honourable Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Richard Malanjum, Chief Justice, Malaysia; The Right Honourable Tan Sri Zaharah binti Ibrahim, Chief Judge of the High Court in Malaya; and The Right Honourable Datuk Seri Panglima David Wong Dak Wah, Chief Judge of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak were also present.