Born in Kuching in 1949, Dato Sri received his early education at St Joseph’s School, Kuching, before proceeding, in 1968, to study law at the University of Bristol, England where he obtained his Bachelor of Laws (Hons) in June 1971. He was called to the English Bar by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in November 1971. He was admitted to practice as an Advocate in Sarawak in January 1972, and remained in private practice with the Law firm of Reddi & Company, Kuching until the end of July 1992.

On 8th August 1992 he was appointed as the State Attorney-General, Sarawak, a position he held until 31st December, 2007. Upon relinquishing that position, he has been retained by the State Government of Sarawak in an advisory capacity and continues to represent the State Government in cases before the appellate Courts and the High Court. He sits on the Board of Directors of Corporations wherein the State Government has equity interests, including Bintulu Port Holdings Berhad, Sarawak Energy Berhad, and Syarikat SESCO Berhad. He is a member of the Board of Curtin (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (which runs the Curtin University Miri Campus) and St Joseph’s Private School, Kuching.

He is the author of three books. Two books were published by Thomson-Reuters, namely Constitutional Federalism in Malaysia [2008] and Law on Native Customary Land in Sarawak [2011] and Sarawak Law Series Land Code [with Annotations] published by LexisNexis [2015]. 

He was conferred with the following awards, Johan Bintang Sarawak – J.B.S [1987], Panglima Jasa Negara – P.J.N [2000], Darjah Kebesaran Panglima Gemilang Bintang Kenyalang – P.G.B.K [1994], and Panglima Negara Bintang Sarawak – P.N.B.S [2017].