Yang Arif George Varughese remained silent in the face of the College Of Law Sydney's outlandish claims about its decades old reforms to legal practise in Malaysia: Varughese's silence coincided with the College Of Law's promotion of a Malaysian LLM degree that does not have Malaysian Government approval , promoted together with the Bar Council under Varughese's leadership

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 


YA Tuan George Varughese
Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman Mahkamah Tinggi Pulau Pinang


As reported previously, The College Of Law-Bar Council JV was entered into when YA George Varghese was  chairman of the Bar Council. He refused to answer queries about the JV and about the outlandish claims made by the College about its contributions to  legal education in Malaysia, going back to the 1980s. The College's claims have been refuted by UiTM, and the Federal Court Registry.

These claims, and claims of having reformed legal practise in Malaysia, have caused offence to senior Malaysian lawyers this writer has spoken to who were already in practise in the 80s. None had heard of the College Of Law despite the ground breaking reforms it claims it had made to Malaysian legal practice at that time. 

Even more offensive  the College, again with the Bar Council and Varughese's acquiescence,  also claims that it produced in 1985-86 the first group of "elite" law graduates from MARA who were admitted to practice in Malaysia. This does come as a bit of surprise to this writer and others like him who know and have known of Malaysian lawyers who graduated from MARA and were admitted to practise in the 1970s. In the latter category  is former  Chief Justice , YAA Tan Sri Richard Malanjum, who graduated in 1973.


TO BE READ WITH 


Judicial CommissionerYA Tuan George Varughese assisted College Of Law Sydney promote Malaysian law masters program that did not have the approval of the Malaysian Qualification Agency ; provided no explanation after College suddenly closed its office in Malaysia, and its Malaysian Masters website vanished

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