ADMISSION AND PUPILLAGE

A. Ordinary Admission (ss. 10 -15, s.28 LPA)

• To be eligible for admission, a candidate must satisfy all the requirements provided
in the LPA which may be broadly categorised as follows:
1. Academic requirements – ss. 3, 10, 11 LPA
• Badan Peguam Malaysia v Normah Mohd Yassin (1998) 1 AMR 100
• Shahinuddin bin Sharif v Mohd Amin bin Hasbollah (1998) 3 MLJ 693
• Bank Bumiputra (M) Bhd v Mohd Ibrahim bin Salleh (2000) 5 MLJ 778
• Badan Peguam Malaysia v Kerajaan Malaysia (2007) (FC) Civil Reference No. 06-1-
2007(W)
• Rokiah bt M. Nor v Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri Koperasi & Kepenggunaan
(2015) MLRH
• All Malayan Estates Staff Union v Rajasegaran a/l V.N. Rajah & Ors (2004) MLJU 679
2. Practical requirements – ss. 11-17,28,36, 94(5) and 99 LPA
• Re A Panjaram (1992) 1 MLJ 467
• OCBC (M) Sdn Bhd v CTK Enterprise Sdn Bhd (2000) 6 CLJ 158
• Akberdin Abdul Kader v Majlis Peguam [2001] 4 MLJ 381
• Majlis Peguam v Sunil Singh Gill (2004) 3 CLJ 16
• Samantha Murti v Attorney General Malaysia (1982) 2 MLJ 126
• Malaysian Bar v Mutang Tagal (1985) 1 MLJ 231
• Amirthayanaki Kumarasamy v Lembaga Kelayan Profesion Undang-Undang [2010] 1 MLJ
656
• Re Bar Council Malaysia (1989) 3 MLJ 386
• Re Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera (1991) 3 MLJ 386
• Ger-Mal Sdn Bhd v Zulkifli Hassan & Anor (2001) 6 CLJ 376
• Lim Chau Leng v Wong Chee Chong (2006) 2 MLJ 269
3. Formal Requirements – ss. 29-34, s.36-38 LPA
• Badan Peguam Malaysia v Normah Mohd Yassin (1998) 1 AMR 100
• Shahinuddin bin Sharif v Mohd Amin bin Hasbollah (1998) 3 MLJ 693
• Bank Bumiputra (M) Bhd v Mohd Ibrahim bin Salleh (2000) 5 MLJ 778
• Badan Peguam Malaysia v Kerajaan Malaysia (2007) (FC) Civil Reference No. 06-1-2007(W)
• Rokiah bt M. Nor v Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri Koperasi & Kepenggunaan (2015)
MLRH
• All Malayan Estates Staff Union v Rajasegaran a/l V.N. Rajah & Ors (2004) MLJU 679
• Zublin Muhibbah Joint Venture v Government of Malaysia (1990) 3 MLJ 125
• Irawadi bin Mohamad v Pendakwa Raya (2012) MLJU
• Jaffari bin Waliam v Jeffery Aman & Ors (2013) MLJU 1074
• Mohamad Ramli bin Abdul Manan v Lim Chee Wee (Presiden Badan Peguam Malaysia)
(2014) MLJU 513
• Diljit Kaur a/p Puran Singh v Majlis Peguam Malaysia (2015) 7 MLJ 695
TASK 2 (20%)
 Individual exercise
 Petition for admission with affidavit
 Please refer to “PRESCRIBED FORMS UNDER SECTION 15”
(page 259 – 272 LPA) and also Section J of the KL Bar
Committee Pupillage Handbook
 Also refer to https://www.klbar.org.my/pupilage/e-guide/
Deadline for submission : To be confirmed
B. Special Admission
1. S. 18 LPA
• Cherie Booth v AG Malaysia & Ors (2006) 2 CLJ 224
• Jude Philomen Benny v Majlis Peguam Malaysia (1997) 5 MLJ 306
• AG Geoffrey Robertson (2002) 2 MLJ 449
• Re S.K. Lee (1971) 2 MLJ 40
• Re B Larbalestier QC (1988) 1 MLJ 135
• Re Graham Starforth Hill (1971) 2 MLJ 269

2. ss. 28A – 28E LPA

• Attorney General’s power to issue Special Admission Certificates