Apex court upholds ruling against LPQB over articled clerkship abolition
The Federal Court today upheld a Court of Appeal ruling that the Legal Profession Qualifying Board (LPQB) acted ultra vires (beyond its powers) in abolishing the articled clerkship programme in 1985.
A three-member bench led by Chief Justice Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh dismissed LPQB’s application for leave to appeal, reported Bernama. Also on the bench were Justices Nallini Pathmanathan and Lee Swee Seng.
The court ordered LPQB to pay RM80,000 in costs to law graduate Khairul Anwar Khairuddin and law firm Fahri, Azzat & Co.
LPQB’s counsel Khoo Guan Huat and counsel K Shanmuga, acting for Khairul and the law firm, confirmed the court’s decision to Bernama.
The articled clerkship programme, established under the Legal Profession Act 1976, provides an alternative route for individuals to qualify as…
