Essay On Mediation In Malaysia

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Malaysia, a country with multitude of faith and religions has been a host for the practice of mediation amongst its recipients. In the past that without court and law, the mediation is being practiced to solve the disputes. For example, in Islam, mediation is an indispensable condition and represented by the word shafa’a which means intercession and equality or to even up. Besides, the mediation process is reflective in the text of Hinduism’s scriptures as well as in the concept of the panchayat. Panchayat is a practice in the villages’ to mediate the problems of villagers. The panchayat is usually comprised of the village head alongside a few other senior members. Furthermore, in the rural areas of Malaysia by the determination of dispute by the ‘penghulu’. The Penghulu, is the chief or the head of the …show more content…

Prior to the establishment of the Malaysian Mediation Centre (MMC), the insurance and banking industries had their own mediation centers – the Insurance Mediation Bureau and the Banking Mediation Bureau. Both were established as non-profit companies. Other industry specific mediation centers cover consumer claims and the housing industry. There are some body formed to carry out the mediation process in Malaysia. As mentioned above, the Malaysian Mediation Centre (MMC) is one of them. The Malaysian Bar Council set up the MMC in 1999. The MMC caters for all types of commercial and matrimonial disputes in the country and is accessible to all parties. There is no monetary limit on the claims that can come within its jurisdiction and the scope of its practice is unlimited. The MMC has 135 registered mediators and a total of 131 cases have been referred to mediation. PersatuanInsuran Am Malaysia (PIAM)’s

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