by hafizzudin.jamaludin | Nov 13, 2006 | Allowed, Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Judgment
[Three offences of breach of trust by clerk in Ministry of Defence. In all $326,890 was misappropriated. After plea the Judge’s overall sentence of 4 years and 6 months would have been appropriate. Given a delay of 6 years and 3½ months between complaint and eventual...
by hafizzudin.jamaludin | Nov 6, 2006 | Allowed, Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Judgment
[ ] PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Muhammad Hitishamuddin Bin Abdullah Ekin COACM/9/2006 Decision date: 6 Nov...
by syahirah.suhaili | Dec 3, 2005 | Allowed, Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Dismissed, Judgment
[Misconduct of advocate and solicitor – effect of Legal Profession (Law Society) Order 2003 – held: Court has disciplinary jurisdiction when the Law Society is unable to fulfill its statutory obligations – in the instant case suspension reduced from 9 months to 6...
by hafizzudin.jamaludin | Dec 1, 2005 | Allowed, Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Judgment
[The perception that there has been an increase in offences of incestuous rape since Ahmad Ebrahim v PP (Criminal Appeal 8 of 2004) was decided in December 2004 is not supported by the up to date statistics. Higher sentences passed on the basis of such increase are...
by hafizzudin.jamaludin | Nov 28, 2005 | Allowed, Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Judgment
[Conviction for possession of cannabis for the purpose of the trafficking. In the particularcircumstance the conviction was found to be unsatisfactory. Conviction therefore quashed] Lam Ming Hua v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR COACM/17/2004 Decision date: 28 Nov...
by hafizzudin.jamaludin | Nov 16, 2005 | Allowed, Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Judgment
[The Appellant pleaded guilty to 3 charges of Criminal Breach of Trust contrary to S.409of the Penal Code. On the individual charges, the Judge’s approach to sentence was impeccable. However, she then failed to consider whether the total consecutive sentences of 6...
