The focus of this article is concerning the jurisdiction of the Federal Court to hear and determine an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal in respect of any criminal and civil cause or matter. Reference is made to the recent Federal Court’s decision in Siow Chung Peng v PP[2014]4 MLJ 504 where in this case, the Federal Court was fa

The Courts of Justice in Malaysia comprises the the superior courts and the subordinate courts. The superior courts are composed of the Federal Court (the apex court), the Court of Appeal, and the two High Courts of coordinate jurisdiction and status, namely the High Court of Malaya for Peninsular Malaysia and the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak, f

In one respect the contemporary lifestyle of Muslims is essentially no different from the lifestyle of other individuals. For both Muslims and non-Muslims, the optimum standards of the good life require a sufficient amount of material means for possession and use. It is natural and necessary to possess sufficient material means in order to fulfil o

The issue considered in this article is whether the employment relationship of an employee may be terminated on grounds of frustration of contract in a situation where the employee mysteriously disappears without a trace or his whereabouts is unknown. If the answer to the above is in the affirmative, what is the reasonable period before the employe

This study reports the findings of an experimental investigation for bamboo fibre (BF) reinforced concrete board. In this research, all specimens were prepared at 0.4 water/binder ratio. There were two series of specimens namely A series and B series. The A group utilizes only ordinary portland cement (OPC) as binder. Meanwhile, series B specimens

Our remarks are based on two works by Abu l-Hasan Ali Nadawi (d. 1999), a well known scholar of Arabic language, Islamic culture and da’wah. The first work is Tarikh-i-Da’wat wa ‘Azimat, originally written in Urdu then rendered into Arabic as “Rijal al-Fikr wa al-Da’wah fi al-Islam” and into English as “Saviours of the Islamic Spirit�

Takaful industry has witnessed an exponential growth across the world over the last decade, demonstrating an enormous demand for takaful products ranging from short-term general takaful to long-term family takaful. It has attracted considerable attention not only from the Muslim countries, but also from the non-Muslim countries. Despite its promisi

Polylactic acid (PLA) has the beneficial properties of good mechanical strength, biodegradability and biocompatibility, and these properties make it suitable for use as an environmentally friendly packagingmaterial. However, its use has been limited by its brittleness and poor stability. In this work, we successfully developed an efficient synthesi

Litigating disputes in the ordinary courts of law is costly, time-consuming with unpredictable outcome and above all, the ‘winner takes all’ and this, inevitably, would damage irreparably the relationships between the disputants. In the administration of justice, the courts are often busy with an accumulated backlog of cases. The undue delay af

The power to dismiss workers from employment is an extremely powerful economic sanction possessed by the employer. This deprives a worker of his livelihood resulting in financial loss and if unemployment is prolonged, it may involve the worker and his or her family in actual deprivation of the necessities of life. Therefore, any impending dismissal