by syahirah.suhaili | Dec 3, 2005 | Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Dismissed, Granted, 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 | Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Granted, 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 30, 2005 | Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Dismissed, Judgment
[ ] Chan Boong Heng v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR COACM/2/2005 Decision date: 30 Nov...
by hafizzudin.jamaludin | Nov 28, 2005 | Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Granted, 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 28, 2005 | Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Dismissed, Judgment
[Fine only imposed for criminal breach of trust as a servant – appeal by Public Prosecutor.Held that the mitigation, although strong, did not amount to the “very exceptional circumstances” required by R v Barrick, but in the present circumstances the courtwould not...
by hafizzudin.jamaludin | Nov 21, 2005 | Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Dismissed, Judgment
[Revised tariff for possession of amounts below 40 grammes of Methylamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking made necessary by the Misuse of Drugs Act (Amendment) Order of 2002] PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v Awg Roslan Bin Mohd Yunos COACM/6/2005 Decision date: 21 Nov...
