Malay World Studies Seminar Series: 'The Role of the Judiciary in a Plural Society'

Speaker: Tan Sri Nallini Pathmanathan

Speaker's bio: Tan Sri Nallini Pathmanathan is the first female judge of South Asian ethnicity to be elevated to the Federal Court, the apex court in Malaysia. She joined Skrine in Kuala Lumpur and practised at the Bar for 21 years before joining the Bench in 2007, where she sat for 18 years. She sat at all three tiers of the superior judiciary in Malaysia and served for 8 years at the Federal Court before retiring in February 2026.

Tan Sri Nallini is a judge at the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre (QICDRC). She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a certified mediator and presently sits as an arbitrator and mediator. She is currently the Adjunct Professor at the University of Malaya and Chairperson of the Malaysian Media Council. Since 2021, she has also been a Bencher at the Middle Temple, where she was called to the English Bar in 1985.

Further details: No registration is required. If you plan to attend, please email Zheng Hong See at zhs23@cam.ac.uk to help us estimate numbers. There will be some Malaysian pastries/snacks provided.