A case-study on the small claims court in Malaysia / Rozlina Abu Bakar

There has been a need for a long time for a court designated exclusively for civil claims involving relatively small sums of money. In some countries where small claims court or tribunals have been set up, they have generally served the public well and are useful to the other courts in dispensing of...

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Main Author: Abu Bakar, Rozlina
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Law 1987
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Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27079/
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spelling uitm-270792020-01-10T09:15:57Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27079/ A case-study on the small claims court in Malaysia / Rozlina Abu Bakar Abu Bakar, Rozlina K Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence KP Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica. Asia. (South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia) There has been a need for a long time for a court designated exclusively for civil claims involving relatively small sums of money. In some countries where small claims court or tribunals have been set up, they have generally served the public well and are useful to the other courts in dispensing off justice. January 2, 1987 was a starting point for Malaysia's first small claims court to commence in full session. Hence, this will be a good sign in disposing off the abundance of cases. Not only will it give justice to the public, by making the procedure less complicated, cheaper filing fees and speedy judicial remedy for the poor, as the saying goes, "Justice delayed is justice denied", but it needs no additional staff, less expenditure and eventually even lawyer's representation would be unnecessary. Other steps too, have been taken or envisaged to make things easy for the public, e.g. set forms for filing claims and informality of the court aura. Faculty of Law 1987 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27079/1/PPd_ROZLINA%20ABU%20BAKAR%20LW%2087_5.pdf Abu Bakar, Rozlina (1987) A case-study on the small claims court in Malaysia / Rozlina Abu Bakar. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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KP Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica. Asia. (South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia)
spellingShingle K Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
KP Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica. Asia. (South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia)
Abu Bakar, Rozlina
A case-study on the small claims court in Malaysia / Rozlina Abu Bakar
description There has been a need for a long time for a court designated exclusively for civil claims involving relatively small sums of money. In some countries where small claims court or tribunals have been set up, they have generally served the public well and are useful to the other courts in dispensing off justice. January 2, 1987 was a starting point for Malaysia's first small claims court to commence in full session. Hence, this will be a good sign in disposing off the abundance of cases. Not only will it give justice to the public, by making the procedure less complicated, cheaper filing fees and speedy judicial remedy for the poor, as the saying goes, "Justice delayed is justice denied", but it needs no additional staff, less expenditure and eventually even lawyer's representation would be unnecessary. Other steps too, have been taken or envisaged to make things easy for the public, e.g. set forms for filing claims and informality of the court aura.
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author Abu Bakar, Rozlina
author_facet Abu Bakar, Rozlina
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title A case-study on the small claims court in Malaysia / Rozlina Abu Bakar
title_short A case-study on the small claims court in Malaysia / Rozlina Abu Bakar
title_full A case-study on the small claims court in Malaysia / Rozlina Abu Bakar
title_fullStr A case-study on the small claims court in Malaysia / Rozlina Abu Bakar
title_full_unstemmed A case-study on the small claims court in Malaysia / Rozlina Abu Bakar
title_sort case-study on the small claims court in malaysia / rozlina abu bakar
publisher Faculty of Law
publishDate 1987
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27079/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27079/1/PPd_ROZLINA%20ABU%20BAKAR%20LW%2087_5.pdf
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