The “Good Faith in Contractual Performance” Seminar was held on 27th August 2021 (Friday) at the Main Meeting Room, Judicial Appointments Commission, Palace of Justice, Putrajaya. The seminar aimed to provide a better understanding on the perspective and future of Good Faith in Contractual Performance in Malaysia. This was the second programme under the Judicial Academy Malaysia in 2021 and the first to be conducted online via Zoom Meeting application in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Registrar Federal Court of Malaysia attended by the Section Court Judges and Deputy Registrars throughout Malaysia. The online programme was conducted in compliance with the Movement Control Order (MCO) 3.0 to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

A total of 159 registered participants consisting of six Federal Court Judges, seven Judges of the Court of Appeal, 27 High Court Judges, 39 Judicial Commissioners, 41 Section Court Judges, and 39 Deputy Registrars/ Special Officers/Research Officers attended this programme. Meanwhile, 115 Deputy Registrars/ Special Officers/Research Officers who were not registered had also attended the programme.

The half-day programme began with the welcoming remarks by The Honourable Datuk Seri Haji Mohd Zawawi bin Salleh, Federal Court Judge cum the Chairman of Training Committee of Judicial Academy Malaysia. The programme was then continued with an introductory session by The Honourable Datuk See Mee Chun, Judge of the Court of Appeal, who acted as a moderator before Dr Nurhidayah Binti Abdullah, a Senior Lecturer from the Department of Administrative Studies and Politics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya. The Honourable Datuk See Mee Chun started the talk on “Good Faith in Contractual Performance”. The talk ended with a question-and-answer session and an online course assessment of the participants.