The 1st plaintiff was and is a public listed company and at all material times wholly owned by the 2nd plaintiff which was a licensed stock broking company.The defendant was at all material times a very senior member of the Malaysian Bar. The defendant was also appointed by the United Nations as the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

Terms Of Reference

At its 15th session, the Commission on Human Rights in resolution 1994/ 41, noting both the increasing frequency of attacks on the independence of judges, lawyers and court officials and the link which exists between the weakening of safeguards for the judiciary and lawyers and the gravity and frequency of violations of human rights, requested the chairman of the commission to appoint, for a period of three years, a special rapporteur whose mandate would consist of the following tasks:

(a) To inquire into any substantial allegations transmitted to him or her and report his or her conclusions thereon;

(b) To identify and record not only attacks on the i