During Salleh's tenure, the Federal Court became officially the highest court in the land.[5] Previously, its decisions could have been appealed to the British Privy Council, but due to concern over this colonial legacy, the link was officially cut.[2] Salleh later expressed regret over this, as he believed he might not have been fired had the link to the Privy Council been maintained.[4] In 1985, the Federal Court was renamed the Supreme Court.[6]