1. DINESH KANAVAJI A/L KANAWAGI 2. KANAWAGI A/L SEPERUMANIAM v RAGUMAREN A/L N. GOPAL PENCELAH MAJLIS PEGUAM

02f-65-10-2015w Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan) 27 November 2017 • 02(F)-65-10/2015(W)

Catchwords

Legal Profession — Disciplinary proceedings — Disciplinary Board (DB) /Committee (DC) — Appeal — Legal firm represented orang asli beneficiaries in claim regarding compensation for acquisition of ancestral land — Judgment obtained against Johor State Government — Compensation monies paid out to legal firm but not given to orang asli beneficiaries — Complaint by respondent, an advocate and solicitor on behalf of Saling — Whether DB/DC had jurisdiction to register/set up and inquire into this complaint — Whether proceedings before DB/DC were properly conducted — Principle of proportionality and the principles of sentencing in meeting out sentences —Whether name of 1st appellant as advocate and solicitor ought to be struck off Rolls of Advocates and Solicitors — Legal Profession Act 1976 [Act 166],section 94(3), section 103 (1A), section 103B (1), Section 103B (2), section 103C

Practice Areas

Legal Profession

Judges (5)

Ahmad bin Haji Maarop Coram Azahar bin Mohamed Coram Md. Raus bin Sharif Delivered Prasad Sandosham Abraham Coram Zaharah binti Ibrahim Coram

Parties (4)

MAJLIS PEGUAM Intervener Dinesh Kanavaji a/l Kanawagi Appellant Kanawagi a/l Seperumaniam Appellant Ragumaren a/l N. Gopal Respondent

Judgment

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