Bar Council: We must look beyond bread and butter issues


SHAH ALAM: The Bar Council has stressed that its duties cannot be limited to bread and butter issues as that itself is against the Legal Profession Act 1976 (LPA).

It's president Steven Thiru (pic) was responding to a statement by De-facto law minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said who had said that she hoped for the proposed amendments to LPA to address 'bread and butter issues' like legal exams and the ability of all legal practitioners to speak and read English.

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