PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has upheld a Court of Appeal ruling that the Legal Profession Qualifying Board (LPQB) acted ultra vires (beyond its statutory powers) in abolishing the articled clerkship programme.
A three-member bench led by Chief Justice Datuk Seri Utama Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh and including Federal Court judges Tan Sri Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan and Datuk Lee Swee Seng, dismissed the board's application for leave to appeal on Tuesday (Oct 7).
