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The Star Online > Nation
Thursday August 24, 2006
Retired judges may be roped in to clear backlog
BY RAPHAEL WONG
PUTRAJAYA: Retired judges may be roped in to clear the backlog of cases.
Chief Justice Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim said several judges at the three-day judges conference held here had touched on the solution used in New South Wales, Australia, where retired judges were called up on an ad hoc basis to preside over cases.
Chief Justice of New South Wales J.J. Spigelman, who had presented a paper on case management at the conference, said on Tuesday that the use of retired judges was introduced to clear the backlog of cases.
He said the move worked very well since the retired judges could work for a few months in a year.
Bringing in retired judges would not be a financial burden to the Government as it would be more cost effective compared with appointing new judges.
Ahmad Fairuz said if the measure was implemented, an amendment to the Federal Constitution would be necessary, including increasing the retirement age.
He added that the judiciary would introduce a civil procedure code that would be easily understood by the layman by the end of the year.
The new “people-friendly” uniform code will be a merger of the current Subordinate Court Rules and Rules of the High Court.
He said a working committee had completed about 80% of the procedure to achieve expeditious disposal of cases.
“We are trying to create a procedure that is user-friendly and the language used in these rules will be understood by the layman. We are making it so that the layman can come to court without counsel,'' he said.
Ahmad Fairuz added that once the working committee had completed its task, a special judges conference would be held where the rules would be distributed for discussion.
The rules will then be tendered to the Rules Committee comprising representatives from the Attorney-General’s Chambers, the Bar Council, the Bar Association of Sabah and Sarawak as well as judges of the High Court and Sessions Court.
The Chief Justice said the rules would also include a new provision for mediation or alternate dispute resolution.
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If you are a traveller, and if you read this report, what is your instance feeling about the country?
The Star Online > Nation
Thursday August 24, 2006
Retired judges may be roped in to clear backlog
BY RAPHAEL WONG
PUTRAJAYA: Retired judges may be roped in to clear the backlog of cases.
Chief Justice Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim said several judges at the three-day judges conference held here had touched on the solution used in New South Wales, Australia, where retired judges were called up on an ad hoc basis to preside over cases.
Chief Justice of New South Wales J.J. Spigelman, who had presented a paper on case management at the conference, said on Tuesday that the use of retired judges was introduced to clear the backlog of cases.
He said the move worked very well since the retired judges could work for a few months in a year.
Bringing in retired judges would not be a financial burden to the Government as it would be more cost effective compared with appointing new judges.
Ahmad Fairuz said if the measure was implemented, an amendment to the Federal Constitution would be necessary, including increasing the retirement age.
He added that the judiciary would introduce a civil procedure code that would be easily understood by the layman by the end of the year.
The new “people-friendly” uniform code will be a merger of the current Subordinate Court Rules and Rules of the High Court.
He said a working committee had completed about 80% of the procedure to achieve expeditious disposal of cases.
“We are trying to create a procedure that is user-friendly and the language used in these rules will be understood by the layman. We are making it so that the layman can come to court without counsel,'' he said.
Ahmad Fairuz added that once the working committee had completed its task, a special judges conference would be held where the rules would be distributed for discussion.
The rules will then be tendered to the Rules Committee comprising representatives from the Attorney-General’s Chambers, the Bar Council, the Bar Association of Sabah and Sarawak as well as judges of the High Court and Sessions Court.
The Chief Justice said the rules would also include a new provision for mediation or alternate dispute resolution.
© 1995-2005 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd (Co No 10894-D)
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