Malaysian Bar: “One dissenting opinion is no ground for future review or retrial”

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A dissenting opinion does not give grounds for a retrial nor does it establish a right to a further review under Rule 137 of the Rules of the Federal Court 1995, said the Malaysian Bar.

Bar president Karen Cheah said any dissenting judgment in the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court amounts to nothing more than a difference of opinion, and the public must be cognisant that it is the majority decision that ultimately triumphs and prevails.

She was referring to a majority 4-1 decision by the Federal Court last Friday (March 31) to dismissed Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s application for leave to review his SRC International case.

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