High Court rejects application for Najib’s QC to appear in Federal Court
The Kuala Lumpur High Court says Najib Razak's appeal to include Queen's Counsel Jonathan Laidlaw as his counsel does not satisfy the requirements for ad-hoc admission under the Legal Profession Act 1976. – EPA pic, July 21, 2022.
THE Kuala Lumpur High Court has rejected Queen’s Counsel Jonathan Laidlaw’s application to be allowed to represent Najib Razak in his final appeal regarding the misappropriation of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds at the Federal Court. Justice Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid in rejecting the bid said United Kingdom-based Laidlaw did not satisfy the requirements for ad-hoc admission under the Legal Profession Act 1976.
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