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Circular No 025/2015
Dated 9 Feb 2015
Seminar on
Medico-Legal Issues
3 Mar 2015 (Tuesday) | 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm
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Raja Aziz Addruse Auditorium
Straits Trading Building, Unit 2-02A, 2nd Floor
2 Leboh Pasar Besar, 50050 Kuala Lumpur
Training Category: General
The first part of this seminar will address recent developments in
medical law, followed by a discussion that focuses on common
practice issues faced by legal practitioners in this area of practice.
This seminar is organised by the Bar Council Continuing
Professional Development Department.
About the Speakers
Raja Eileen Soraya is a partner with Messrs Raja, Darryl & Loh. She
is a civil litigator and her areas of focus include medical and media
law. She has been recognised for her work in the area of dispute
resolution in the 2014 and 2015 issues of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.
Her practice in medical law includes the defence of doctors and
hospitals at civil trials, arguments at appellate levels and
representations of medical practitioners at disciplinary inquiries.
She also regularly advises doctors and hospitals on the various
legal and ethical aspects of healthcare. The Vice-President (Legal)
of the Medico-Legal Society of Malaysia, Raja Eileen is frequently
invited to lecture on medico-legal matters and was a regular
contributor to the Medical Tribune.
Raja Eileen graduated from The London School of Economics and
Political Science, London, with a Bachelor of Laws degree with
Honours in 1993, and was called to the English Bar. She is a
member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in London.
She spent a year reading in the Chambers of Farrars Building,
London, before she returned to Malaysia and was admitted as an
advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1997.
Joni Benedict is an associate with Messrs Raja, Darryl & Loh where
she is part of the firm’s medico-legal practice group. Her current
civil litigation practice is focused on medical and administrative
law.
Her work in medical law includes the defence of medical
practitioners and medical centres at civil and quasi-criminal trials
and the representation of medical practitioners at disciplinary
inquiries. She is regularly involved in civil trials and appeals in the
Appellate Courts. Joni also advises medical practitioners and
medical centres on issues relating to the legal and ethical aspects
of healthcare.
Joni graduated from Cardiff University with a Bachelor of Laws
degree with Honours in 2009, and was later called to the English
Bar in 2010 as a member of the Honourable Society of the Middle
Temple in London. Upon her return to Malaysia, Joni read in the
chambers of Messrs Raja, Darryl & Loh and was later admitted as
an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2011.
Registration fees
Members of the Bar RM100
Non-Members RM200
Pupils in Chambers RM50
Law Students RM50
CPD Code: T3/03032015/BC/BC152091/2
Registration for the seminar will begin at 2:00 pm
To register and pay online, please click here.
Places are limited and registration is on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Cancellations must be made in writing. There will be
no refunds for cancellations made after 26 Feb 2015
(Thursday) but substitutions are 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.
Points for the Continuing Professional Development
Scheme will not be awarded to Members of the Bar
and pupils in chambers who arrive more than 15
minutes late, are not present throughout the event,
or leave before its scheduled end.
Please direct all correspondence (including
completed registration forms and proof of payment)
and enquiries to:
Mohd Fazli Rosman (03-2050 2105); or
Vilashini Vijayan (03-2050 2095)
Email: cpd@malaysianbar.org.my
Fax: 03-2050 2112
Organised by
Bar Council
15 Leboh Pasar Besar
50050 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2050 2050
* Please note the new location of the Raja Aziz Addruse Auditorium.
Issued by: HR Dipendra and Raphael Tay, Co-Chairpersons, Bar Council Professional Standards and Development Committee
Circular No 025/2015
Dated 9 Feb 2015
Seminar on
Medico-Legal Issues
3 Mar 2015 (Tuesday) | 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Raja Aziz Addruse Auditorium, Straits Trading Building
Unit 2-02A, 2nd Floor, 2 Leboh Pasar Besar
50050 Kuala Lumpur
PD
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Training Category: General
Registration fees
Members of the Bar RM100 | Non-Members RM200
Pupils in Chambers RM50 | Law Students RM50
CPD Code: T3/03032015/BC/BC152091/2
Registration for the seminar will begin at 2:00 pm
To register and pay online, please click here.
I would like to register for the event (all fields must be completed):
Name: ____________________________________________________________
Member of the Bar
Pupil Law Student Non-Member
(Tick where applicable)
Membership No (for Members of the Bar only): ___________________________
NRIC No (Pupils / Law Students / Non-Members): _________________________
Email: ____________________________________________________________
Payment options:
(1) Direct deposit to Hong Leong Bank Berhad, No 9 Jalan
Tun Tan Cheng Lock, 50000 Kuala Lumpur (Account:
283-00-00108-6; SWIFT code: HLBBMYKL); or
(2) Cheque or bank draft, payable to “Bar Council”; or
(3) Cash payment, at the ground floor of the Bar Council
Secretariat.
All payments must be made in advance of the event, and
include all bank charges. Registration will be confirmed
once proof of payment is provided by email or fax, and full
payment is received.
Name of Firm / Organisation: __________________________________________
Places are limited and registration is on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Address: __________________________________________________________
Cancellations must be made in writing. There will be no
refunds for cancellations made after 26 Feb 2015
(Thursday) but substitutions are 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.
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Tel: ____________________________
Fax: ____________________________
Date: ___________________________
Points for the Continuing Professional Development
Scheme will not be awarded to Members of the Bar and
pupils in chambers who arrive more than 15 minutes late,
are not present throughout the event, or leave before its
scheduled end.
Please direct all correspondence (including completed
registration forms and proof of payment) and enquiries to:
Signature: ________________________
The personal information that you provide now or in the future, may be used,
recorded, stored, disclosed or otherwise processed for the purposes of
facilitation and organisation of this event, research and audit, and
maintenance of a participant database for the promotion of this event, and
such ancillary services as may be relevant.
Mohd Fazli Rosman (03-2050 2105); or
Vilashini Vijayan (03-2050 2095)
Email: cpd@malaysianbar.org.my
Fax: 03-2050 2112
Organised by
Bar Council
15 Leboh Pasar Besar
50050 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2050 2050
* Please note the new location of the Raja Aziz Addruse Auditorium.
Issued by: HR Dipendra and Raphael Tay, Co-Chairpersons, Bar Council Professional Standards and Development Committee