From the Chief Editor
For many of us, the most natural thing to do after obtaining our LL.B is to join the legal profession as a lawyer in private practice. However, there is more to the legal profession than a law firm – we can work in the Legal Service, in the legal departments of government ministries and statutory boards, as an in-house counsel, in academia and even in voluntary welfare organisations, to name just a few.
An expanding legal market has brought about many challenges. Let’s see these challenges as opportunities, …

Q. How many years have (both of) you been in practice?
Bazul (BA): Thian Seng has been in practice for the past 13 years and I have been in practice for 8 years.
Q. When (both of you) you first set out as lawyers, what did you do and what kind of working environment were you in?
Thian Seng (TS): I did my pupilage in a large law firm before moving to a mid-size firm and thereafter to a small firm before ending up in the same firm as Bazul. In a large …

Ms. Disa Sim, District Judge, Subordinate Courts
Q. Could you describe a typical day of a district judge?
This really depends on which division (e.g. criminal trial courts, civil trial courts, civil registry or Family and Juvenile Court) the District Judge is posted to. Being posted to the Civil Registry, my day typically involves hearing pre-trial matters (e.g. contested interlocutory applications and applications for summary judgment), as well as post-judgment applications to enforce judgments or execution proceedings relating thereto. I also regularly hear assessment of damages cases.
Q. How did you come to …

Q. Tell us a little more about yourself.
I am a graduate student at the Faculty of Law pursuing a Master’s Degree in Law with major electives in the areas of Shipping Law and international commercial arbitration. I was born in a land situated between the latitudes 14°53’54″ N and 15°40’00″ N and longitudes 73°40’33″ E and 74°20’13″ E, a land blessed with golden sand beaches, swaying palms, magnificent churches and friendly people… “the Pearl of the Orient”- Goa. I pursued a Bachelors programme in Commerce at the Goa University …