English Articles – Page 5

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MEDIATOR’S DO IT OUT OF COURT

What is mediation?

Mediation in Vanuatu is an option available to parties with a case before the court to try to solve their disagreements without a Judge. It is an option which the Judge may put to parties and which they are free to accept or not. For any mediation to proceed, all parties must indicate their consent.

REPRESENTING YOURSELF IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS

You may decide to represent yourself in a case before the court without a lawyer. That is your right and you are free to do so. Understand going in that it may prove difficult and tedious as a lawyer is trained and has all the available knowledge and tools while you do not. Having said that, you may, for reasons of expense or due to bad experiences with lawyers decide to represent yourself.

UNDERSTANDIING COSTS IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS

During the time you have a matter before the court you will find that at some point you will be made to either pay costs or have costs paid to you.

A LAWYER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO HIS CLIENT

This is a very wide topic and we will be unable to cover everything so this article will deal with only the most important aspects of a lawyer’s responsibility to his/her client and the remedy available to a client if the lawyer does not fulfil that responsibility. This responsibility is often referred to as “professional ethics.”

UNDERSTANDING LEGAL FEES AND PAYMENT TO LAWYERS

Every lawyer is entitled to be paid for work done for their clients but very often clients have no idea how lawyers bill or understand the bills once they have been received.

THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN HIRING A LAWYER

At some point in most people’s lives they will either find themselves before the court having been sued by someone or having sued someone or may know someone who is a party in a case.

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