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Legal Aid Case Study

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LEGAL AID CENTRE
Historical Background
Basically, Legal Aid Centre is held under Malaysia Bar Council and has been govern by Legal Profession Act 1976. The establishment of the organization in line with the provision provided under Section 42(1)(h) Legal Profession Act 1979 “the purpose of the Malaysian Bar shall be to make provision for or assist in the promotion of a scheme whereby persons may be represented by advocates and solicitors”. This section has established in order to provide a right of representative of advocate and solicitor as one of fundamental liberties. It can be seen legal aid has been an instrument for a person to solve his case. Thus, it is more practical to have a legal aid as a medium of help. The introduction of such …show more content…

In this case, Penang lawyers were assisted to solve problems of social worker pertaining to the issue of minimum wages, sexual harassment, working condition and housing. It was further continued in 1980 where Penang Legal Advisory Centre (PLAC) was formed consisted of lawyers, paralegals and university lecturers. During that time PLAC did not have its own premise and all cases were conducted at local community library and a coffee shop and only had its own premise in 1982 by renting a building a wooden shack. Meanwhile, a group of lawyers were taken initiative to set up legal aid office based in Kuala Lumpur in a small room in High Court. Legal Aid Scheme had been introduced in 1983 which practicing lawyer must pay RM100 for the scheme.
First National Legal Aid Conference was convened at Royal Selangor club in K.L in 1984. In 1986 to 1990, Malaysia Bar had opened several branches in states such as Kelantan, Malacca, Seremban, Pahang and Johore. The importance of legal aid centre has been come into attention where in 2000 until 2005, the Bar required practicing law to do a pro bono case per year and nowadays legal aid centre has been widely reference for a person to seek legal …show more content…

CHALLENGES FACED BY LEGAL AID CENTRE
Legal Aid Centre is independent institution which held under Malaysia Bar Council. The main problem by the institution is funding problem. The source of fund is very limited. Currently, the sources of funding are coming from fees paid by the practicing lawyer and national legal aid foundation. Even though a payment is awarded to the lawyer provide legal aid, it is insufficient as it should be increase as the cases is keep increasing over the year.
Second problem faced by the Legal Aid Centre is lack of volunteer lawyer in participating legal aid service. As Legal Aid Centre is voluntarily conducted, it is difficult to serve the need of society and to attract private sector lawyer to provide legal aid freely. A suggestion of having more activities and training in order to promote volunteerism and human rights can be taken into the account as an initiative to attract private sector

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