Is the right to choose one’s lawyer an absolute right or a qualified right? SHAILA KOSHY explores this in the light of the recent decision to disallow the applicationfor a Queen’s Counsel to represent a Malaysian company in the Federal Court.
The case involving toll concessionaire Metramac Corporation Sdn Bhd and construction firm Fawziah Holdings Sdn Bhd has gripped Malaysians since the Court of Appeal judgment appeared in news reports on Jan 13.
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