Eusoffe abdoolcader biography

Eusoffe Abdoolcader (11 September Eusoffe Abdoolcader (11 September – 11 January ) was a Malaysian judge of the Federal Court from to Eusoffe was a respected lawyer and Supreme Court judge, remembered by his peers and juniors as perhaps the greatest judge Malaysia had seen.

Eusoffe was admired for While researching for an article on Malaysia’s former Lord President of the Federal Court of Malaysia, Tun Salleh Abas’ dismissal in , our friends at SOSCILI found out yet another interesting story involving one of the five Supreme Court judges who were suspended at that time. The judge’s name is Tan Sri Eusoffe Abdoolcader.

He practised at the Bar THE late Dr Eusoffe Abdoolcader, one of five senior judges suspended during the judicial crisis, was a respected lawyer and Supreme Court judge, remembered by his peers and juniors as perhaps the greatest judge Malaysia had seen.

A respected lawyer and As an Advocate at the Bar, the late Tan Sri Eusoffe was unsurpassed in his knowledge of the law and unmatchable in his advocacy, earning him a reputation as a formidable opponent. Lawyers and laymen alike were awed by his brilliance and his intellectual prowess, which he defused only by his dry sense of humour.

Eusoffe Abdoolcader was a Malaysian Do we remember the late Tan Sri Dr. Eusoffe Abdoolcader, who was known as the “Legal Lion of the Commonwealth”? No, I am not his relative. Just a fan of his career, his phenomenal life on and out of the bench, and his superb command of Latin.

The late Justice Eusoffe Abdoolcader

he tragic death of Eusoffe Abdoolcader was a sad way to begin Those who knew and respected him were deeply grieved at the passing of this extraordinary legal and judicial giant. Not a few too were convinced that he was the last of the great romantics, a man who literally died of a broken heart.

More articles by. Eusoffe Abdoolcader was a prominent Malaysian Judge who presided over, or was involved in, some of that country’s landmark cases. Abdoolcader was also known for being very erudite and one of the most articulate members of the Malaysian legal fraternity.

As a jurist, Eusoffe Eusoffe Abdoolcader emerged from the shadows of his father, Sir Hussein Hasanally Abdoolcader, to be well-respected internationally in his own right. We won't find such a Malaysian again. Not during my lifetime, anyway. Of course, we Old Frees, will know Eusoffe Abdoolcader to be an Old Free as well.