Bar: Use contempt powers as last resort

New Straits Times | September 7, 2000| | Copyright

Lee Shi-lan
New Straits Times
09-07-2000
Bar: Use contempt powers as last resort
Byline: Lee Shi-lan
Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2*
Section: National

Kuala Lumpur --

KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. - Bar Council president Sulaiman Abdullah today said the Bar does not condone misbehaviour among lawyers but felt that contempt powers should only be used as a last resort.

He also said the Bar's proposal for a Contempt of Court Act was not intended to protect lawyers who misbehave.
Sulaiman said it was instead designed to draw up proper guidelines on the use of such powers.

He said judges have been "over-readily" ...

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