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August 2010

Practice
Direction
No.5of 2010
PracticeDirectionon Mediation
1.
The Chief Justiceof Malaysiaherebydirectsthat with effectfrom 16
August2010,all Judgesof the HighCourtand its DeputyRegistrars
and all
Judgesof the Sessionscourt and Magistrates
and their Registrars
may,at
the pretrialcasemanagement
stageas stipulated
underorder 34 Rule4 of
the Rulesof the HighCourt1980or by orderfordirections
providedin Order
19 Rule 1(1) (b) of the Subordinate
CourtsRule 1980,give such directions
thatthe partiesfacilitatethe settlementof the matterbeforethe courtby way
of mediation.
1 .1

Theterm"Judge"in thisPracticeDirection
includesa Judgeor Judicial
Commissioner
of the High Court, Judge of the SessionsCourt,
Magistrate
or a registrarof the HighCourt.

2.

Objective

2 .1

The objectiveof this practicedirectionis to encouragepartiesto arrive

at an amicable
settlement
withoutgoingthroughor completing
a trialor
appeal.The benefitof settlementby way of mediationis that it is
acceptedby the parties,
expeditious
andit is final.

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2.2

This PracticeDirectionis intendedto be onlya guidelinefor setilement,

The Judgeand the partiesmaysuggestor introduce
any othermodes
of settlementsso long as such suggestionsor directionsare
acceptable
to the parties.

2.3 Advocatesand solicitorsshall cooperateand assist their clientsin

resolving
the disputein a conciliatory
andamicablemanner.

3.

Whento suggest

3.1

Judgesmay encouragepartiesto settletheir disputesat the pretrial

casemanagement
or at anystage,whetherpriorto, or evenaftera trial
has commenced.lt can even be suggestedat the appealstage.A
settlementcan occurduringany interlocutory
application,
e.g. at an
judgment,
application
for,summary
strikingout or at anyotherstage.

4.

Types of cases

4.1

The followingare examplesof cases which are easy to settle by

mediation,
e.g;
(a)

Claimsfor personalinjuriesand other damagesdue to road

accidentsor any othertortiousacts becausethey are basically
monetary
claims;

(b)

Claimsfor defamation;

(c)

Matrimonialdisputes;

(d)

Commercial
disputes;

(e)

Contractual
disputes;and

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Intellectual
Propertycases.

5.

Modesof Mediation

5.1

Mediation
maybe in thefollowing
modes:
(a)

Judge-led
mediation;
or

(b)

by a mediator
agreeable
by bothparties.

5 .2

lf a Judgeis ableto identifyissuesarisingbetweenthe partiesthatmay

be amicablyresolved,he shouldhighlight
thoseissuesto the parties
and suggesthowthoseissuesmay be resolved.

5.3

The Judgecan requestto meetin hischamberin the presenceof their

counsel,and suggestmediationto the parties.lf they agree to the
mediationthen the partieswill be askedto decidewhethertheywould
wishthe mediationto be thejudge-ledor to be referredto a mediator.

5.4

The procedurein AnnexureA will applyto a judge-ledmediation

and
the procedurein AnnexureB will applyif it is referredto othermediator.

6.

General

6.1

Agreementto Mediate
(a)

6.2

Confidentiality
(a)

6.3

When the partiesagree to mediate,each of the partiesshall

as in "Form1".
complete
the mediation
agreement

All disclosures,
admissions
and communications
madeundera
mediation session are strictly "without prejudice". Such
communications
do notform partof any recordand the mediator
shall not be compelledto divulgesuch recordsor testifyas a
witnessor consultantin any judicialproceeding,unlessall
parties to both the Court proceedingsand the mediation
proceedings
consentto its inclusion
in the recordor to its other
use.

Resultsof Mediation
(a)

A returndate of not morethan one (1) monthfrom the datethe

case is referredto mediation,shallbe fixedfor partiesto report
to the Courton the progressof mediation;
and in the eventthe
processhasended,the outcomeof suchmediation.
mediation

(b)

failsto resolvethe dispute,the Courtshall,on

Wheremediation
the applicationof eitherof the partiesor on the Court'sown
as the Courtdeemsfit.
motion,givesuchdirections

(c)

Exceptwith the agreementof the Court,all mediationmust be

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completednot laterthanthreemonthsfromthe datethe caseis

referredfor mediation.

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A N N E X U RA
E (JU D GE -L EMEDIATION)
1. Unlessagreedto by the parties,the Judgehearingthe caseshouldnot
be the mediatingJudge.He shouldpassthe caseto anotherjudge.lf
the mediationfailsthen it will revertto the originaljudgeto hearand
completethe case.
2. The procedure
shallbe in the manneracceptable
to bothparties.
3. Unlessagreedto by the parties,the Judgewill not see the parties
withouttheirlawyers'presenceexceptin caseswherethe partiesis not
represented.
4. lf the mediationis successful,
the Judge mediatingshall recorda
consentjudgmenton thetermsas agreedto by the parties.

ANNEXUREB (MEDIATION
BY ANY OTHERMEDIATOR)
1 . Me d i a to r
1 .1

A mediatormay be chosenby the partiesfromthe list of certified

mediators
furnished
by the Malaysian
Mediation
Centre("MMC")
set up underthe auspicesof the Bar Council,or any other
mediatorchosenby the parties.

1.2 Such a mediatorshallfacilitatenegotiationbetweenthe parties

in the disputeand steerthe directionof the mediationsession
with the aim of findinga mutuallyacceptablesolutionto the
dispute.
1 .3

lf the parties'so
desiretheymay appointmorethan(1) mediator
to resolvetheirdispute.

1 .4

Any mediatorso chosenby the partiesmay agreeto be bound

by the MMCCodeof Conductand the MMCMediation
Rules,or
not at all.

2. Procedure
2.1

lf partiesagree that they be bound by the MMC Mediation

Rules,upondirectionof the Court,the Plaintiff's
solicitorshall,
within (7) calendardays notifyin writingto'the MMC. Upon
receivingsuch notification,
MMC shall then proceedwith the
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mediationprocessas providedunder the MMC's Mediation

Rules.

3. SettlementAgreement
3.1

Any agreementconsequentupon a successfulmediationmay

be reducedintowritingin a Settlement
Agreementsignedby the
partiesbut in any casethe partiesshallrecordthe termsof the
settlement
as a consentjudgment.

FORM1
A GR EEMENT
TO M EDIATE
CaseNo
Judge/
Mediator

Parties

: Plaintiff

Defendant

ThirdPariy

Mention/HearingDate
We, the solicitorsrepresentingthe abovementioned
parties hereby
consentto referthismatterfor mediationfor the purposeto reachan amicable
settlemeniand to the satisfaction
of all parties.
We also agreethat all disclosures,
admissions
and communications
made under a mediationsessionare strictly"withoutprejudice". Such
communications
do not form part of any recordand the mediatorshallnot be
compelledto divulgesuch recordsor testifyas a witnessor consultantin any
judicialproceeding,
unlessall partiesto boththe court proceedings
and the
mediationproceedings
consentto its inclusionin the recordor to its otheruse.

(Plaintiff's
Solicitor's
Signature)

(Defendant's
Solicitor's
Signature)

(ThirdParty'sSolicitor's
Signature)
Dated: