'Come rain or shine' - Court of Appeal reprimands KJ's legal team
- 3 years ago
The Court of Appeal reprimanded Khairy Jamaluddin’s legal team for making a bid to adjourn the Health Minister’s long-standing appeal against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s defamation suit.
Judge Lee Swee Seng, who chaired the three-person bench, reminded the minister’s counsel Sarah Malini Abishegam that the legal team should have prepared another lawyer to submit, in the event that the lead lawyer is indisposed.
Sarah earlier applied for an adjournment of Khairy’s appeal (set for hearing today) as lead counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah was unable to attend this morning’s online zoom proceedings due to being unwell.
Judge Lee Swee Seng, who chaired the three-person bench, reminded the minister’s counsel Sarah Malini Abishegam that the legal team should have prepared another lawyer to submit, in the event that the lead lawyer is indisposed.
Sarah earlier applied for an adjournment of Khairy’s appeal (set for hearing today) as lead counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah was unable to attend this morning’s online zoom proceedings due to being unwell.