Brickfields Asia College loses court bid for UK transfer law degree graduates to gain CLP eligibility
The Malaysian High Court has dismissed Brickfields Asia College's judicial review regarding the eligibility of its UK transfer law graduates for the Certificate in Legal Practice exam. The court ruled that the college failed to file the challenge within the legally mandated timeframe.
Why it matters
This ruling impacts the career paths of law students and clarifies the strict procedural requirements for challenging regulatory decisions in the Malaysian legal education system.
BURSA SGX Home Highlight Make The Edge Malaysia your preferred source on Google KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): The High Court has dismissed a judicial review application by Brickfields Asia College (BAC) to challenge the Legal Profession Qualifying Board's (LPQB) decision to bar 17 graduates from its law transfer programme from sitting for the Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP) examination.
They were part of 75 students who originally began their degree studies under BAC's UK Transfer Law (UKTL) programme and were initially set to complete their final year at various British universities.
But travel restrictions and lockdowns imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic made going abroad impossible, so they transferred to the University of London (UOL) external degree programme to finish their final two years in Malaysia while taking exams marked in the UK, according to court documents.
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