The lawyer for the Malaysian Bar, Annemarie Vendargon, confirmed the hearing date following a case management.

The Bar, the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee, and the attorney-general have each applied to strike out the appeal brought by Jonathan Laidlaw, a King’s Counsel, to the Federal Court against that decision.

The public prosecutor has also applied to intervene with a view to strike out the appeal.

The Bar views Laidlaw’s appeal as academic following the Federal Court’s disposal last year of the jailed former prime minister’s final appeal in his SRC International corruption case.

A five-member Federal Court panel had on Aug 23 last year upheld Najib’s conviction and his sentence to 12 years in jail and fine of RM210 million on various corruption charges relating to funds belonging to SRC, a government-owned company.

Najib, 69, began his prison term immediately upon the disposal of the appeal.

On March 31, the Federal Court, in a 4-1 split ruling, also dismissed Najib’s application for leave to have his conviction and sentence reviewed.

Najib has filed a petition seeking the pardon of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, which has yet to be considered.

In May last year, Laidlaw applied to the Kuala Lumpur High Court for ad hoc admission to represent Najib.

His application was rejected by Justice Ahmad Kamal Shahid on July 21 after the judge held that he did not possess special qualifications and experience unavailable among local lawyers.

Laidlaw filed a notice of appeal to the Federal Court on Aug 23, the very day the apex court handed down its decision in Najib’s appeal.

The prosecution, the attorney-general and the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee had also objected to Laidlaw’s admission when the matter was first heard in the High Court.