Leisha Lister, Executive Adviser to the CEO of FCoA:

Understand what clients want!

From left to right: DG of Badilag, Wahyu Widiana, Leisha Lister, Cate Sumner, and Farid Ismail, Secretary to Badilag.

Jakarta | badilag.net/english (8/12)

Leisha Lister, Executive Adviser to the CEO of the Family Court of Australia, said on Monday (7/12) that whatever Religious Courts wanted to do should be focused on what courts clients want. Everything should be for the clients needs and satisfaction.

The statement delivered by Leisha Lister before 25 participants of English discussion held at Badilag office. Leisha accompanied by Cate Sumner, Lead Adviser of IA-LDF, presented a paper entitled “Excellence in Client Service Delivery”.

Leisha gave a very detailed explanation of how client service is handled professionally by the Family Court of Australia which, like Indonesian Religious Courts, deals with family law matters. The participants coming from various regions of Indonesia looked enthusiastic to ask questions to both Leisha and Cate.

From the Conference of  In-ACCE:
The success of 5 model District Courts should be further developed

Vice Chief Justice, Abdul Kadir Mappong, hitting the 'gong' as the sign to start the Conference of Learning Results of In-ACCE Project. Standing next to him, Suharto, Legal Adviser to In-ACCE, Paul R. Deuster, Senior Economic Policy Adviser to USAid (second from right) and David Anderson, the head of In-ACCE Project.  

Denpasar | badilag.net/english (03/12)

Speaking before participants of the Conference of Learning Results of In-ACCE Projects in Denpasar, Bali, on Wednesday morning (2/12), Abdul Kadir Mappong said the beneficial project should be maintained and further developed not only in the five model district courts (Medan, Central Jakarta, Semarang, Surabaya and Makassar) but also in other district courts as well as religious courts.

Jinayat Verdicts Publication Really Needed

Jakarta | badilag.net/english | 01/12 | Shofa’u Qalbi

Publication on Jinayat Verdicts by Religious Court of Nangroe Aceh Darussalam Province via the internet has gained a positive response from academicians. The publication is really helpful for academicians to facilitate the study of Islamic law.

“The access to get reference of the study of Islamic law becomes easy due to the publication”, says Jainal Arifin, the Secretary General of the Association of Indonesian Scientist and Shari’a Scholar (HISSI), Monday (30/11).

According to Jainal, Jinayat or what so called Islamic Law of crime is one of the specific competences belongs to the Religious Court of Nangroe Aceh Darussalam as approved by the Law of Religious Court. Although the court only handles particular crimes, this competence has attracted so many attentions.

 Badilag will learn from Client Service Standards in the Family Court of Australia

Jakarta | badilag.net/English (30/11)

Badilag will again hold an English discussion for the 3^rd time next Monday, 7 December 2009. Cate Sumner (Lead Adviser of IA-LDF) and Leisha Lister (Executive Adviser to the CEO of FCoA) have been confirmed to attend the discussion from 1 pm to 3 pm.

The two keynote speakers are scheduled to be presenting a joint paper focusing on Court Excellence and Client Service Standards in the Family Court of Australia (FCoA). Cate Sumner and Leisha Lister are two familiar names to the Indonesian judiciary, particularly to Indonesian Religious Courts. They and their institutions with the back up from Australian and Indonesian governments have made considerable efforts for the Religious Courts development.

The next English Meeting Club will be in two sessions, with the first session commencing from 10 am to 11.45 am discussing ‘In Response to the Enactment of Law No. 50/2009 on Religious Courts.” After break, participants will further discuss with Cate and Leisha on Court Excellence and Client Service Standards in the FCoA. (cho)