Julie Lack
About J Julie Lack
Julie Lack has 29 reported Malaysia decisions (2023–2025). These were decided across MYHC (29). By subject matter, the largest shares are Family Law (23), Civil Procedure (7) and Contract (1). Of these, 29 as the delivering judge.
On the judicial record
A window on how a High Court judge conducts matrimonial proceedings under the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, from the divorce decree to child-welfare-focused custody and guardianship and financial relief.
Julie Lack sits in the High Court, and this collection is dominated by matrimonial and family work heard in the Family Division, authored in English. The recurring matters are petitions for divorce, including petitions founded on adultery and cross-petitions, and applications for the ancillary reliefs that follow the breakdown of a marriage — sole or joint guardianship, custody, and care and control of the children of the marriage. The welfare of the child is the guiding consideration in the custody disputes. Financial and procedural applications recur under the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, including applications under section 96 to vary an order and applications touching maintenance and the division of assets, as well as applications to set aside part of a consent order and to amend a reply and cross-petition. Discovery against a spouse features where a party seeks disclosure of the other's financial position. In keeping with the sensitivity of family proceedings, several matters are reported under initials, and the parties are referred to here only by their role as petitioner wife, respondent husband, applicant or co-respondent; where a company is named as a party to a financial dispute it is identified. A small number of civil matters round out the list. The judgments separate the legal question — whether a ground for divorce is proven, where the welfare of the child lies, whether a consent order should be set aside — from the personal circumstances of the parties, and apply the statutory framework to the facts. A consistent feature is the child-welfare focus of the custody decisions and the careful handling of sensitive personal information. The collection is a clear window on how a High Court judge conducts matrimonial proceedings under the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, from the decree itself to guardianship, custody and financial relief.
How many cases has Julie Lack decided?
Julie Lack has 29 reported Malaysia decisions (2023–2025), 29 of them as the delivering judge.
Which courts does Julie Lack sit in?
Julie Lack sits in MYHC (29).
What is the focus of Julie Lack's reported docket?
Matrimonial and family work in the Family Division — petitions for divorce including on the ground of adultery, and applications for guardianship, custody and care and control of children — together with financial and procedural applications under the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976.
What guides the custody decisions in this collection?
The welfare of the child, which is the paramount consideration in disputes over guardianship, custody and care and control, with the court separating that inquiry from the personal circumstances of the parents and handling sensitive information with the discretion family proceedings require.