Description
This talk will cover the basic laws, procedures, and practical aspects when dealing with remand applications, bail applications, and mitigation of sentence in criminal cases. Speakers will answer questions from participants (via chat box) during the question-and-answer session regarding various practical day-to-day issues faced by criminal law practitioners at lock-ups, remand proceeding centres and courts.
Registration Fees
Members of the Bar, pupils in chambers and law students:
RM40 per webinar
RM100 any three webinars
RM200 any six Webinars*
*Pay for six and get one free webinar
Non-Members: RM80
Speaker
Balakrishna Balaravi Pillai or better known as “BK” by his peers in Ipoh, was admitted as a Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn) in 2007, and was subsequently admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2008. His main areas of practice include criminal and civil/general litigation, industrial, medical and family law.
He is an active National Legal Aid Foundation lawyer, having been one of its earliest core counsels since its inception in 2012. He serves currently as the Co-Deputy Chairperson of the Bar Council National Legal Aid Committee and is also currently an eighth term member of the Perak Bar Committee.
Balakrishna also conducts the dock brief training programmes for pupils in chambers of the Perak Bar.
Jayananda Rao was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1995. Rao established his own legal practice in 1997 under the name of Rao & Kamal, and is currently in charge of the litigation division of the firm.
His primary areas of practice lie in criminal law (Appellate Division, namely appeals at the Court of Appeal and Federal Court), commercial law, as well as labour and insurance matters. Apart from that, he engages in advising clients of the firm on matters concerning the Industrial Relations Act, quasi-criminal matters relating to Government departmental summonses for offences under the Environmental Quality Act 1974, Health Ministry summonses, immigration summonses, and the likes.
Rao is also actively involved in providing advisory services on fraud management to corporations on all forms of white-collar crimes, ranging from money laundering to commercial fraud and criminal breach of trust.
He has, on numerous occasions, been called to give talks on criminal law, advising organisations involved in advocating children’s rights as well as advising corporations/companies in relation to the implementation of corporate liability under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009.
Terms and Conditions
A Step-By-Step Guide to Join the Webinar
(1) For seamless streaming, download the Zoom app
You will be given a webinar ID and a password to join the webinar once your registration has been confirmed.
(2) Log in to Zoom, and provide your username
For Members of the Bar or pupils-in-chambers, use the format below for identification purposes when prompted:
Full name (as per NRIC) | Bar Council membership number or petition number
For non-members, provide your full name only.
(3) Setup your space
Ensure that you have a strong Internet connection. You may use an earpiece for clarity.
(4) Mute your microphone
When the webinar is ongoing, please mute your microphone on Zoom at all times to ensure there is no interruption from your end.
(5) You may raise questions during the Question-and-Answer session only
Please take note that no speaking is allowed when the webinar is taking place.
If you wish to raise a question, please type in the chat box and the speaker will respond accordingly.
(6) Please, do not do this
Screen recording, sharing the webinar ID and password links, reproducing the content of the webinar on any platform are strictly not allowed.
Any unregistered person may be removed without prior notice, and no CPD point will be awarded. Failure to adhere to this may result in disciplinary action by the Bar Council.
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Event Policy
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Cancellation
Cancellations must be made in writing.
If you have failed to inform the organiser on your cancellation for three consecutive times, you may be blacklisted for future events.
Refunds
Refunds will be processed after the event is completed. This may take up to 30 business days. The conditions for refunds are as follows:
- Full refunds will be issued if the event is cancelled or postponed by the organiser due to some circumstances.
- No refunds for this course. However substitution is allowed.
The organiser reserves the right to modify, cancel or postpone the event, should circumstances arise that make such action necessary, whereupon all registration fees paid will be refunded.
Transferral
You are allowed to transfer your place to another participant, but you must notify the organiser with the necessary details.
Attendance
CPD points will not be awarded to lawyers and pupils in chambers from Peninsular Malaysia who arrive more than 15 minutes late, are not present throughout the event, or leave before its scheduled end.
Privacy
The personal information that you provide to the Bar Council, whether now or in the future, may be used, recorded, stored, disclosed or otherwise processed by or on behalf of the Bar Council for the purposes of facilitation and organisation of this event, research and audit, maintenance of a participant database for the promotion of this event, and such ancillary services as may be relevant.
Disclaimer
- Materials will be emailed only. No printed notes will be provided.
- No recording of the event is permitted via any means at any time.
- No part of the event content may be used/reproduced in any form without the written and explicit consent of the Bar Council and speaker(s).
