“According to Rule 6 under the Legal Practice Rules of the Legal Profession Act 1976, a lawyer cannot take new legal instructions unless he is ready to attend court”
Raggie Jessy Rithaudeen
محكمه ڤرسكوتوان ساڠت عاديل – نجيب نمڤق ترڤيڠا-ڤيڠا، موڠكين دي تيدق تريما نصيحت بتول
When Najib chose to drop Tan Sri Mohamad Shafee Abdullah as his lead counsel and appoint a new legal team, he should have been advised on provisions within the Practice and Etiquette Rules, made by the Bar Council, in exercising the powers conferred by section 77 of the Legal Profession Act 1976.
According to Rule 6 under the Legal Practice Rules of said act, a lawyer cannot take new legal instructions unless he is ready to attend court.
It follows, the Federal Court can ask the lawyer why he agreed to take on a case whose trial date had been set.
A lawyer simply cannot tell the court that he is not ready to take the case on grounds that he has just taken over the case.
Should a lawyer do so, The Federal Court can ask said lawyer in return why he agreed to take on a case whose trial date had been set.
And that’s precisely what the Federal Court did.
It’s plain and simple.
It seems exceedingly likely, in my opinion, that Najib’s legal team failed to advise him appropriately of the aforementioned.
