Dr K v Wan Anwar

The Court had fixed 7th, 8th and 9th February 2022 to hear a defamation suit brought by Dr Kamarul Zaman Yusoff against Wan Anwar Wan Ibrahim over a statement made by the Defendant and published by Malaysia Dateline and Kelab Greeboc.

On the 7th, as I arrived at the Court premises, I was approached by the Defendant's Counsel who wanted to know if the Plaintiff was amenable to an out of Court settlement as his client was.

After a short discussion with Dr K, we agreed that settlement be discussed in the presence of a Court mediator.

The Court mediator was informed and after about 3 hours of discussions, offers and counter-offers, the matter was finally settled.

As the Judge had gone out for lunch by the time settlement was reached, we waited till 2 pm to have the settlement recorded. Sorry, I cannot set out the terms of settlement here, as there was a partial gag as to a certain part of the settlement .

Parties went back happy smiling from ear to ear.

Sometimes, it takes a little push to put parties together to kick start and have matters resolved amicably.

I was the happiest, as I was awarded, on a silver platter, 2 days of rest, before I shot off to Penang on Thursday for a matter in Georgetown High Court which was fixed for hearing on Friday, 11th February. More about that tomorrow

Before I forget to mention, my partner, Alia, who loves photography, as usual gets busy taking pictures of me, herself and surroundings. Hence, some pictures of what happened on 7th February.