After completing his secondary education at Sultan Ismail College [ms], Kota Bahru, he went to read law at the University of Sheffield.

degree at University College London (UCL) and the Bar Final Course at the Council of Legal Education.

Among the positions held by him were Magistrate, President of the Sessions Court, Senior Assistant Registrar of the High Court, Federal Counsel and Senior Federal Counsel, Legal Advisor to Ministry of Primary Industries, Legal Advisor to the Public Services Department, Legal Advisor to Malacca and Perak, Deputy Parliamentary Draftsman and Senior Federal Counsel of the Inland Revenue Department.

He was appointed to the present post of the Chief Judge of the High Court of Malaya effective 18 October 2008.

[4] He is married to Toh Puan Robiah Abdul Kadir and has three sons and two daughters.