Paragon Law Hosted Lunch for Chief Justice of Malaysia

Relationships between Nottingham and Malaysia were strengthened with the visit of the Chief Justice Of Malaysia, the Rt. Hon. Yang Amat Arif Tun Dato Sri Ahmad Fairuz Bin Dato’ Sheikh Abdul Hali.

In Nov 2006, he led a week long delegation of Malaysian judges and senior officials to the United Kingdom as guests of the University of Nottingham. The chief justice also gave a lecture which was open to the public on “Shariah Law in a civil law system” with special reference to banking and finance.

During their stay the Chief Justice and his delegation had extensive meetings with the School of Law at the University of Nottingham and the delegation also met members of Nottingham legal organizations including representatives of the Crown Prosecution Service, the Crown Court and the Magistracy.

A lunch in their honour was hosted at the Galleries of Justice by the Nottinghamshire Law Society and Paragon Law. Nottinghamshire Law Society council member and managing director of Paragon Law, Thalej Vasishta, said “The Law Society and Paragon Law were honoured to host the Chief Justice. It is important for both organizations to build relationships intentionally and it was particularly fascinating to hear Chief Justice talk of his experiences of the relationships and conflicts between Shariah law and Civil law in Malaysia. The delegation was also very interested to hear Nottingham lawyers experience of the Woolf reforms.”

After leaving Nottingham the Chief Justice and his delegation traveled to London where they met the current Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips and his predecessor, Lord Woolf.

In March 2007, the Chief Justice of Malaysia will be inaugurating the new civil court house in Malaysia which will consist of 75 fully functioning courts. Members of the Nottingham business community have been invited to the opening.