Senior lawyer‎ Muhammad Shafee Abdullah has obtained an ex-parte injunction from the High Court in Kuala Lumpur to stop the Malaysian Bar from discussing a motion on his conduct tomorrow.

The senior counsel named fellow senior lawyer Tommy Thomas and former Court of Appeal judge VC George - who tabled the motion for the Bar's annual general meeting (AGM) - as respondents.

Shafee also named current Malaysian Bar president Christopher Leong as respondent.

When contacted, Leong said‎ he has no idea of any application filed against him or the Malaysian Bar over the matter.

Matter heard by Special Powers judge

What was odd about Shafee's application was that he filed it at the civil registry and it was given the file name 22-NCVC-127-03/2015.

This means the matter should be heard in the Civil High Court.

However, the application was heard by judge Asmabi Mohamad, who is attached to the Special Powers and Appellate Division of the High Court, which mainly handles judicial review cases.

Justice Asmabi heard the matter this morning and granted Shafee the ex-parte injunction he sought in chambers.

She also fixed March 27 for the inter-parte hearing of the matter.

It was learnt that lawyers Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin and Hasnal Rezua Merican represented Shafee in the ex-parte injunction application.

Thomas ( above, left ) and George had tabled a motion for Shafee to be brought before the Bar's disciplinary board‎ for the series of roadshows he led following the Feb 10 conviction and subsequent jailing of Oppostion Leader Anwar Ibrahim for sodomy.

They further cited Shafee's actions of holding press conferences criticising Anwar, who as a convicted prisoner cannot respond, as another reason why action should be taken against the Umno-linked lawyer.

Shafee's actions, they said, violated Rules 5(a), 31, 32, 33 and 49 of the Legal Profession (Practice and Etiquette) Rules 1978.

Rule 5(a) states that a lawyer should not accept a case if he or she cannot be a professional, while Rule 31 states lawyers should uphold the dignity of the profession.

Thomas and George also cited Rule 33 (feelings between clients should not influence the lawyer's conduct towards parties), and Rule 49, which states that lawyers should not ask for a matter or case to be reported.

Shafee was the government-appointed prosecutor for the case, at the Court of Appeal and Federal Court, with de facto Law Minister Nancy Shukri revealing in Parliament that he was paid RM1,000 for his services.