The LAD's panel solicitors are private lawyers namely advocates and solicitors and syarie counsels appointed by the Director General of LAD to conduct civil and syariah cases assigned to them with certain rate of fees to be borne by LAD.   

Yes. A case will be assigned only to a panel solicitor who agrees to conduct it.

  Yes. A panel solicitor is required to always update the status of his case to LAD through "SPK-JBG" system in www.jbg.gov.my.

Mediation is a process in which parties having dispute settle their dispute voluntarily and amicably with the assistance of a mediator. A mediation session will be held within thirty (30) days after the parties have signed the Consent Agreement for Mediation.

 Mediation

(a) encourages the disputing parties to exercise ultimate right to speak in resolving dispute;

(b) promotes cooperation between parties;

(c) saves time and cost;

(d) assures confidentiality of all communications during negotiation;

(e) preserves and improves relationship of the parties;

(f) does not aggrieve any parties despite failure to obtain any resolution because justice remains preserved when the dispute is brought to court; and

(g) often results in a mutual and amenable resolution decided by parties themselves.

The cases set out in the Third Schedule of Act 26 applicable to mediation services in JBG are:

(a) All cases of sharia family except divorce cases, fasakh and notices of judgment.

(b) All civil family cases except cases involving domestic violence.

(c) Disputes involving parties to be contacted.

(a) This mediation service may be sought by assisted persons or opponents.

(b) Investigating Officers who interview the applicant may recommend mediation services to applicants if the case is considered suitable for mediation.

The mediation cannot continue if either party only that present and considered unsuccessful.

Its may be adjourned on another date on reasonable grounds acceptable by example intermediaries such as:

(a) The party was absent from the mediation session for a sick leave

(b) The party was absent from the mediation trial for not receiving a release from the employer; or

(c) The parties are absent from the mediation session for being abroad.

Any party may withdraw from the mediation session if refuses to proceed with the mediation session by filling out an withdrawal form from mediation.

For any party who has undergone a sheriff session in syariah court it is no longer possible to mediation the case at JBG.

Yes. The parties are bound by the terms of the settlement or agreement reached during the mediation sessions as agreed.

(a) The goals and goals from start to finish briefly.

(b) Terms and advantages of mediation methods

(c) Terms that bind the parties to the agreement

(d) The method records the agreement whether in peace or by court order

(e) Where a settlement is reached in a mediation session, the parties are required to sign a Settlement Agreement and that the study will be binding on the parties.

This mediation service is only feasible to Malaysian citizens only.

For cases that fail to reach a resolution during the mediation trial the case will be extended further to the lower part of the litigation unit.

There are 5 common rights that a Muslim woman can seek under the Islamic Family Law -
a. mutaah;
b. custody of the child;
c. maintenance of the child;
d. maintenance period of iddah; and
e. matrimonial property

“harta sepencarian” is property jointly acquired by husband and wife during the subsistence of the marriage in accordance with the conditions stipulated by Hukum Syarak.

Yes, if the Applicant is eligible in terms of source of income and if the marriage has been authorized by the Syariah court of Malaysia and that the case has merits..

A wife who is found nusyuz shall not be entitled for maintenance until she returns to obey her husband.

Daily necessities such as food, clothing, school expenses, basic education, medicine and place of residence.

Child maintenance is assessed based on the ability of the person responsible and the needs of the child.

Khidmat pendamping guaman adalah khidmat yang diberikan kepada seorang kanak-kanak yang menjadi mangsa mana-mana kesalahan jenayah seksual.

  Pengantaraan-

1. Kanak-Kanak yang menjadi mangsa kesalahan jenayah seksual dan berumur di bawah 18 tahun.
2. Pemohon mestilah masih seorang kanak-kanak pada masa prosiding dimulakan di mahkamah.
3. Kanak-kanak mangsa kesalahan jenayah seksual tersebut mestilah terdiri daripada warganegara Malaysia.

Kes-kes yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual Ketiga Akta 26 yang sesuai untuk khidmat pengantaraan di JBG ialah:

1. Tugas pendamping guaman adalah memberikan khidmat nasihat guaman kepada mangsa atau penjaga yang hadir bagi pihak mangsa yang terlibat dalam perbuatan jenayah seksual. Khidmat nasihat guaman ini adalah meliputi prosedur membuat laporan polis (sekiranya tiada laporan polis dibuat), prosedur semasa siasatan polis dan prosedur di mahkamah. Selain itu, nasihat guaman juga diberikan dari segi tuntutan sivil yang boleh dimulakan oleh orang yang dibantu seperti gantirugi dalam bentuk kewangan atas kesusahan yang telah dialami mangsa semasa kejadian dan tekanan psikologi yang memerlukan mangsa mendapatkan rawatan secara berterusan dari pakar.
2. Untuk mendampingi kanak-kanak mangsa kesalahan jenayah seksual dalam mana-mana prosiding di mahkamah, dan dengan kebenaran mahkamah, untuk bercakap bagi pihak orang yang dibantu (jika perlu).

1. Penjaga mangsa/pegawai Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat/mangsa sendiri boleh hadir ke mana-mana cawangan JBG untuk mendapatkan khidmat pendamping guaman bagi kanak-kanak mangsa jenayah seksual.

1. Ya, JBG berhak untuk menolak permohonan sekiranya Pengarah Negeri/ Ketua Cawangan/Ketua Pengarah Bantuan Guaman berpendapat bahawa khidmat pendamping guaman tersebut tidak wajar ditawarkan kepada mangsa.

1.  Fi pendaftaran sebanyak RM10.00 akan dikenakan.
2. Sumbangan juga perlu diambil sekiranya penjaga melepasi ujian kelayakan yang dijalankan.(Rujukan Peraturan-Peraturan Bantuan Guaman (Fi & Sumbangan) 2017)

Dokumen yang diperlukan sewaktu pendaftaran khidmat pendamping guaman adalah:

1. Laporan polis;

2. Salinan sijil kelahiran dan myKid mangsa;

3. Salinan kad pengenalan ibubapa/penjaga;

4. Maklumat pekerjaan ibubapa/penjaga;

5. Penyata gaji ibubapa/penjaga (dikecualikan jika penjaga adalah pegawai Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat); dan

6. Perakuan dari majikan/penghulu (sekiranya tiada penyata gaji/tidak berkerja).

1. Permohonan khidmat pendamping guaman boleh dibuat pada bila-bila masa selepas laporan polis dibuat.

       Khidmat pendamping guaman boleh ditamatkan apabila:

1. Mangsa telah mencapai umur 18 tahun.
2. Perbicaraan telah selesai.
3. Atas permintaan orang yang dibantu.
4. Penjaga tidak memberi kerjasama kepada pendamping guaman sewaktu mewakili orang yang dibantu.