Shamsul Bin Bolhassan
About Shamsul Bin Bolhassan
Shamsul Bin Bolhassan appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYFC (3) and MYHC (1).
On the court record
The reported matters are government-side public-law and securities appeals, from the Attorney General's role in judicial review to the mens rea of insider trading, grounded in the judgments.
Shamsul Bin Bolhassan appears in the reported corpus as a Senior Federal Counsel from the Attorney General's Chambers, appearing for the government side in public-law and securities matters in the High Court and the Federal Court. A significant group of Federal Court appeals concerned the role of the Attorney General at the leave stage of judicial review, engaging the Attorney General's function under Order 53 rule 3(3) of the Rules of Court 2012, whether there is a duty to confirm or disclose documents, the burden of proof for disputed evidence, and the distinction between procedural and substantive requirements at that stage. Appearing for the appellant in those Federal Court proceedings, the matter clarified how the state's principal legal officer participates when leave for judicial review is sought.
He also appeared for a respondent in a High Court application for leave to bring committal proceedings, where the alleged contempt was said to arise from the position taken in opposing leave in judicial-review proceedings, a question at the meeting point of contempt and the conduct of public-law litigation.
Securities law completes the profile. In a Federal Court appeal concerning insider trading, the question was whether an intent to use the alleged inside information, as the mental element, is required to ground liability under section 89E of the Securities Industry Act, or whether liability attaches without it. Appearing as counsel for an intervener, and with the Attorney General's Chambers assisting as amicus curiae, the appeal engaged the construction of the statutory offence and the mens rea it requires. A thread across these decisions is the interpretation of the state's powers and of penal statutes at the apex court, from the Attorney General's role in judicial review to the mental element of an insider-trading offence, argued in the High Court and before the Federal Court of Malaysia.
How many cases has Shamsul Bin Bolhassan appeared in?
Shamsul Bin Bolhassan appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Shamsul Bin Bolhassan appear in?
Shamsul Bin Bolhassan appears before MYFC (3) and MYHC (1).
In what capacity do Shamsul Bin Bolhassan's reported matters place him?
He appeared as a Senior Federal Counsel from the Attorney General's Chambers on the government side, in public-law and securities matters in the High Court and the Federal Court.
What did the Federal Court judicial-review appeals clarify?
The Attorney General's role at the leave stage under Order 53 rule 3(3) of the Rules of Court 2012, whether there is a duty to confirm or disclose documents, the burden of proof for disputed evidence, and the distinction between procedural and substantive requirements; he appeared for the appellant.
What securities-law question arose before the Federal Court?
Whether an intent to use the alleged inside information, as the mental element, is required to ground liability for insider trading under section 89E of the Securities Industry Act; he appeared for an intervener, with the Attorney General's Chambers assisting as amicus curiae.