Najib Abdul Razak will know on Nov 8 whether he succeeds in another legal bid to disqualify Gopal Sri Ram as deputy public prosecutor in the former premier’s 1MDB-linked criminal cases.

The Court of Appeal today set the decision date in relation to Najib’s appeal against a lower court ruling that dismissed his judicial review application challenging the legality of Sri Ram’s appointment as DPP.

Najib’s appeal today is...