{
  "id": 14857834,
  "title": "Hakim tolak cubaan bekas majikan halang kemasukan peguam ke Badan Peguam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/hakim-tolak-cubaan-bekas-majikan-halang-kemasukan-peguam-ke-badan-14857834",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T02:40:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/10/16/hakim-tolak-cubaan-bekas-majikan-halang-kemasukan-peguam-ke-badan-peguam"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The High Court in Kuala Terengganu has ruled that the court is not the appropriate forum for airing personal grievances and that the process of joining the legal profession is not a tool for former employers to seek forgiveness. The court found the former employer's objection to a law graduate's admission to the Bar Council to be procedural and lacking in evidence of the individual's suitability to practice law. The former employer, identified as B, had failed to file a statutory caveat or follow the procedure under the Legal Profession Act 1976. B had sent an email to the Bar Council a day before the hearing, attaching an Instagram screenshot allegedly showing a conversation between August and September. The email accused the graduate of complaining about workload, the service received from the firm, and work-related travel, as well as resigning from the firm. B claimed the statements were false and defamatory, damaging the firm's reputation and potentially preventing other junior lawyers from joining the firm. The national lawyer, the Bar Council, and the Terengganu Bar Council Authority did not raise any objection to the objection. The court noted that Sections 16 and 17 of the Legal Profession Act 1976 provide for specific procedures for objections, including filing a caveat by an individual. The email to the Bar Council a day before the hearing, even with the Instagram screenshot, was not considered a formal objection under Section 16 or a caveat under Section 17. The court also criticized the action of generating such controversy during the hearing of the application for admission to the Bar Council and emphasized that this is not suitable for resolving personal disputes. The High Court ruled that the court is not a forum for airing personal grievances and that the process of joining the Bar Council is not a tool for former employers to force someone to apologize, as the objection, while true, was not enough to prevent the acknowledged law graduate from joining the profession. The graduate, identified as A, met the standards of character required for admission, and the court allowed the application and directed the registrar to register the applicant as a Bar Counsel and a Counsel for the Bar at the High Court of Malaysia.",
  "summary": "Hakim Yusrin Faidz Yusoff berkata mengadu di Instagram berhubung masalah di tempat kerja tidak membuktikan seseorang itu tiada perwatakan baik.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Hakim tolak cubaan bekas majikan halang kemasukan peguam ke Badan Peguam",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/hakim-tolak-cubaan-bekas-majikan-halang-kemasukan-peguam-ke-badan",
        "published": "2026-10-16T02:40:21.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}