Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Azalina Othman Said said she would bring the proposal to the Cabinet for consideration soon.

And if, in principle, the Cabinet approves, then a special committee will be set up to implement the action plan.

She said this after chairing her second official meeting with representatives from the Bar Council at the Kuala Lumpur Regional Arbitration Centre (KLRCA) here today.

Azalina said the Council had also proposed 12 suggestions to improve the proposed amendments to the LPA, involving the common Bar course, ethical and professional standards for practitioners, legal aid tasks, names of legal firms and legal profession (publicity) rules.

She said the suggestions were proposed to ensure a comprehensive and holistic amendment could be done to the LPA.

Azalina said this was in line with the current developments to give a new breath of life to the legal profession so that local legal practitioners could compete in the international arena.

Asked whether the Bar Council welcomed the government’s plan to amend the LPA, the minister said the council wanted it to be done comprehensively and not just involving certain sections of the Act.