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Delegatus non potest delegare 4: Pre-trial positioning

COMMENT | The long-anticipated trial of the century was eventually scheduled to begin on June 4, 2006, but sputtered to an immediate halt because the prosecution team was changed at the very last moment.

The defence teams suffered the same predicament, but over a period of time, pre-trial. There appeared to be much confusion among the counsel as to who exactly was to be representing whom.

We have seen how Razak Baginda's interests attracted the attention of three separate counsel: M Puravalen, Muhammad Shafee Abdullah and KK Wong.

Valen, as he is known among colleagues, and Shafee were eventually replaced by KK Wong, who announced his retainer in court on Dec 15, 2006...

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