INDEX 1 List of Committee Members 2 2 Agenda of 2019 AGM 3 3 Minutes of 2019 AGM and List of Attendance 4-12 4 Chairman’s Report 13-14 5 Accounts & Finance / Secretariat Sub-committee Report 15-23 6 Perak Bar Representative 24-29 7 Professional Development And ADR Sub-committee Report 30-32 8 Library / Perak Bar Development Sub-committee Report 33-35 9 Conveyancing Sub-committee Report 36-37 10 Courts Liasion Sub-committee Report 38-39 11 Criminal Law Sub-committee Report 40 12 Sports Sub-committee Report 41-43 13 Syariah Sub-committee Report 44-45 14 Legal Aid and YBGK Sub-committee Report 46-48 15 Chambering Students / Young Lawyers Sub-committee Report 49-52 16 Information Technology / Publicity Sub-committee Report 53-54 17 Social Subcommittee 55-56 18 Perak Bar Seniority List 57-82 19 List of Pupils as at 31.12.2019 and Pupils called to the Bar in 2019 83-88 20 Flowers and Condolences 89 21 Events of 2019 90-105 1 2 1. To confirm and adopt the minutes of the Perak Bar Annual General Meeting held 22.02.2019. 2. Matters arising from the above minutes. 3. To consider, to adopt the Annual Report 2019/2020. 4. To consider, to pass the Accounts for the period 1.1.2019 to 31.12.2019. 5. To elect the Chairman of the Perak Bar Committee for the year 2020/2021. 6. To elect ten members of the Perak Bar Committee for 2020/2021. 7. To elect one Member to represent the Perak Bar to the Bar Council for the year 2020/2021. 8. To appoint two Honorary Auditors 9. General. (Sgd) SUKHVINDER SINGH SIDHU Honorary Secretary 2019/2020 3 MINUTES OF THE 33rd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PERAK BAR HELD ON FRIDAY, 22nd FEBRUARY 2019 AT KINTA RIVER FRONT HOTEL, IPOH, PERAK DARUL RIDZUAN. 1. The meeting was called to order at 3.25 p.m. by the Chairman, Mr. Surindar Singh A/L Chain Singh. The Chairman welcomed and expressed his gratitude to the Members for attending the 33rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Perak Bar. 2. The Chairman invited the Members to refer to page 3 of the Perak Bar Annual Report 2018/2019 for the Agenda of the 33rd AGM. Item No. 1 – To Confirm and Adopt the Minutes of the Perak Bar Annual General Meeting held on 09.02.2018 3. Mr. Kenny Lai Choe Ken referred to page 7 of the Perak Bar Annual Report 2018/2019 and requested to amend “Malaysia Singapore Bar Game” to “Malaysia Singapore Bar Games”. 4. Encik Danial Rahman bin Yang Razali proposed the Minutes to be passed as amended and seconded by Mr. Robert S Gnanarajan. Item No. 2 – To Consider Matters Arising from the above Previous Minutes of AGM 5. Mr. S.V. Namasoo raised the issue of lack of interpreters in court previously raised by him at paragraph 47, page 8 of the Perak Bar Annual Report 2018/2019. 6. Mr. Surindar Singh A/L Chain Singh, the Chairman, informed the floor that the complaint was brought up to the Chief Justice. The same issue will be brought up in Bar Council Annual General Meeting on 16.03.2019. The Perak Bar will update the members on the same. 7. Mr. S.V. Namasoo also raised the issue of the “KPI” at paragraph 45 page 7 to 9 of the Perak Bar Annual Report 2018/2019. He would like to know whether KPI is still in implementation because in his experience, he was once forced to withdraw his matter on the ground of KPI where the respective Judge said the Court is still bound by the 9-month time frame to resolve a case. 8. The Chairman informed the floor that the Perak Bar is unsure whether “KPI” is still in implementation because there is no official practice direction issued by the Chief Justice to address the same to-date. The Chief Justice however has made verbal statements that the “KPI” system has been relaxed. 9. Mr. S.V. Namasoo stressed that the Bar ought to seriously raise this issue before the Chief Justice again to resolve the “KPI” issues faced by the members. The Chairman has taken note of the same and informed the floor that the Bar will follow up with the matter and keep the members informed of any updates. 4 Item No. 3 – To Consider and Adopt the Annual Report 2018/2019 10. The Annual Report was proposed by Mr. S.V. Namasoo and seconded by Encik Danial Rahman bin Yang Razali. Item No. 4 – To Consider and Pass the Accounts for the period 1.1.2018 to 31.12.2018 11. The Balance Sheet, Income, Expenditure Accounts, Cash Flow Statements and Report of the Internal Auditors at page 16 to 22 were perused. 12. Mr. S.V. Namasoo raised some questions with regard to the sponsorship/ subsidy given to Nine (9) members to attend the International Malaysia Law Conference 2018. He wanted to know how the selection of members were conducted and what are the benefits derived from such sponsorship / subsidy. 13. Mr. Babu Raj A/L Raja Gopal informed the floor there was a reduction in the registration fees for the said International Malaysia Law Conference which was a 4- day program. In view of the low participation from Perak Bar, we decided to sponsor Nine (9) members, all of which are active members of the Bar. Mr. Babu Raj A/L Raja Gopal further informed the floor that only Two (2) Committee Members attended the said event and the rest attendees were active young lawyers of Perak Bar. 14. The account was proposed to be passed by Encik Danial Rahman bin Yang Razali and this was seconded by Mr. S.Dharmanathan A/L Suppiah Saminathan. Item No. 5 – To Elect the Chairman of the Perak Bar Committee for the year 2019 / 2020 15. Before the nominations and election began, the Chairman declared that the Chair of the Perak Bar was vacant and called for nomination from the floor. The Chairman also thanked all the previous committee for the hard work. The Chairman then invited Mr. S.V. Namasoo to chair the meeting accordingly. 16. Mr. S.V. Namasoo announced that the nomination for the Chairman was opened. Mr. Vivekanandan AMS Periasamy proposed Mr. Surindar Singh A/L Chain Singh as the Chairman for the year 2019/2020 and this was seconded by Mr. Mathialagan s/o Matguramuthu. 17. Mr. Pushotamdas A/L Nathermal proposed the nominations for the Chairman be closed and this was seconded by Mr. Santhiran A/L Veloo. 18. Mr. S.V. Namasoo announced that Mr. Surindar Singh A/L Chain Singh as the Chairman of the Perak Bar Committee for the year 2019/2020. 5 Item No. 6 – To Elect Ten Members of the Perak Bar Committee for the year 2019/2020 19. Mr. Vivekanandan AMS Periasamy proposed Mr. Varpal Singh A/L Menender Singh and this was seconded by Mr. Babu Raja A/L Raja Gopal. 20. Mr. Mathialagan s/o Matguramuthu proposed Dato’ Shamsuriah Binti Sulaiman and this was seconded by Mr. Varpal Singh A/L Menender Singh. 21. Mr. Pushotamdas A/L Nathermal proposed Mr. Kenny Lai Choe Ken and this was seconded by Mr. Vivekanandan AMS Periasamy. 22. Mr. Varpal Singh A/L Menender Singh proposed Mr. Vivekanandan AMS Periasamy and this was seconded by Mr. Babu Raja A/L Raja Gopal. 23. Mr. T.Ellanggovan a/l Thambiraju proposed Mr. Babu Raja A/L Raja Gopal and this was seconded by Mr. Vivekanandan AMS Periasamy. 24. Mr. Babu Raja A/L Raja Gopal proposed Puan Nurul Jannah Binti Khairul Anwar and this was seconded by Mr. Varpal Singh A/L Menender Singh. 25. Madam Fong Poh Kuan proposed Madam Tan Yin Fong and this was seconded by Madam Sylvia Liew Sek Yuen. 26. Mr. Vivekanandan AMS Periasamy proposed Mr. Balakrishna Balaravi Pillai and this was seconded by Mr. Babu Raja A/L Raja Gopal. 27. Mr. Vivekanandan AMS Periasamy proposed Encik Hazril Azam Bin Abdul Hamid and this was seconded by Mr. Babu Raja A/L Raja Gopal. 28. Dato’ Shamsuriah Binti Sulaiman proposed Encik Mohamad Hafiz Bin Jalaludin and this was seconded by Puan Nurul Jannah Binti Khairul Anwar. 29. Mr. Kenny Lai Choe Ken proposed Ms. Mary Ann Alphonce and this was seconded by Mr. Pierre Chuah Lee Yan. 30. Mr. Vivekanandan AMS Periasamy proposed Mr. S.V. Namasoo and this was seconded by Mr. Surindar Singh A/L Chain Singh. 31. However, Mr. Babu Raja A/L Raja Gopal and Mr. S.V. Namasoo declined the nominations. 32. Mr. Mathialagan s/o Matguramuthu proposed that the nomination be closed. Hence, the Ten (10) members as above are elected as Members of the Perak Bar Committee for the year 2019/2020. 6 Item No. 7 – To Elect the Representative of Perak Bar to the Bar Council for the year 2019/2020 33. Mr. Balakrishna Balaravi Pillai proposed Mr. Babu Raj A/L Raja Gopal and this was seconded by Mr. T.Ellanggovan a/l Thambiraju. 34. Mr. Vivekanandan AMS Periasamy proposed that the nomination be closed and this was seconded by Mr. Kenny Lai Choe Ken. 35. Mr. Babu Raj A/L Raja Gopal therefore was elected as the Perak Bar Representative to the Bar Council for the year 2019/2020. Item No. 8 – To Appoint Two (2) Honorary Auditors 36. Mr. Babu Raj A/L Raja Gopal proposed Mr. Pushotamdas A/L Nathermal and this was seconded by Mr.