PUTRAJAYA: UK lawyer Jonathan Laidlaw failed to recuse two Federal Court judges from hearing his appeal seeking admission to act for Najib Razak in his SRC International appeal.
Justice Zabariah Yusof announced the dismissal of Laidlaw’s bid to have Justices Nordin Hassan and Abu Bakar Jais recused from hearing Laidlaw’s appeal for admission.
She added that the court will proceed to hear applications by the Malaysian Bar and the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee to strike out Laidlaw’s appeal on grounds that it has been rendered academic.
Laidlaw, a King’s Counsel (KC), had sought admission to act as lead counsel in the former prime minister’s SRC International final appeal. He is said to be an expert in business and financial crime laws.
The Bar said Laidlaw’s appeal has since become academic after the Federal Court heard and disposed Najib’s final appeal from his conviction and sentence in August last year.
Earlier, Laidlaw’s lawyer Shafee Abdullah wanted to recuse Nordin and Abu Bakar on grounds that they had heard Najib’s application for the apex court to review his conviction and sentence earlier this year.
Shafee said that review touched on several issues which relate to the present appeal.
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