FAQ

Ricky K. Margono and David Sung started Margono-Surya and Partners Law Firm (MSP) in 2008 to provide Legal services both for corporation and individual. We will and always remember the principles on which this firm was created: chivalry and trustworthy The most common opinion of one who meets with MSP for the first time will saythat M5P is fi lied with young and enthusiast personnel. In Mr Margono and Mr Sung are one of the youngest lawyers who able to run their own Law firm and manage to gain trust from many prestigious companies and high Level. people, At firms some of people were having difficulti: to give their trust, but Mr Margono and Mr. Surya had been proving their knowledge and capability in many cases. Today, more and more people starting to know and give their trust to MSP for we have proven capacities in our feLd, both as litigators and corporate Lawyers.

Many of reputable companies., either foreign investment or local investment decided to be our cLi a nts and ask us to work on major case_ For ay:ample., one of the biggest insurance companies in Indonesia had appointed MSP to be its attorney, and to deliver arguments reLated to insurance Law This case has a total value of IDR_ 189.000.000.000 (equal to USD 21_000_000) and MSP was succeeded to defend its arguments and eventually won the case! These aforementioned ftclts are made known only to convince you that your case will be in good hands and finaL resuLt will aLways be our goal

File your case to the Court of Justice is onLy one of means which we use as a dispute settLement Contra ry to popuLar beLief or what you have watch on television and read in the newspapers, Court is not the only place to reach a settlement; most cases are settled outside the Court of Justice. We will conduct based on a good faiths effort to resoLve cases, but if the opponent party is unwilling to pay a fa i r amount for your damage then we will. file a lawsuit as a way to gain recovery Even though The Lawsuit is fiLe or the Court has started its session., most cases sti a open for biLa.teraL settlement. ShouLc1 your imse has to be fi Led to the Court of Justice, we shall give you further information to ensure that you are weLl informed about all the Legal proceedings.

It is not mandatory to engage a lawyer for civil claim in genera L There are at Least two indicators to consider before you decide to engage a lawyer. First, your case has a value less than USD 521300. It vil a be Less expensive if you work on your case without a lawyer. However, for some peopLe this is not a significant reason, for they had decided to engage a Lawyer regardless the fact about their case value. Like some of our clients did. Second, your company internal_ rules require you to engage a lawyer. For exampIL certain companies, whether its listed or not, at the time they are facing a civiL claim or file  for a civil claim, the public accountant of the company will ask a legal opinion from a lawyer to describes the nature of the case and how far it will_ affects the companys financial condition. Such opinion is ma rwiatory for some companies in order to provide the company's sharehoLders with prudent information. Those two aforementioned reasons may heLp you to decide on whether or not you need to engage a Lawyer.

Will one of our lawyers suggests you to engage a lawyer to work on your case? Maybe not At Margono-Surya and Partners Law Firm, we do not practice a business where we take every case that conies in We examine at all 'aims to Look for the legal basis. If we beLleve there is a legal basis, and based on good faith principle to file a case which is significant enough to merit the substantialL Time we shall invest in every case then we will take the case. Not only we examine the case but also provide our effort so that our work .wiLIL make a positive difference at the end of your case.

Please feeL free to contact one of our lawyers about the nature of your case and this preliminary Legal examination will costs nothing_We sureLy give our so you will benefit from having us work on your case.

According to Law Number 18 year 2003 concerning AdvoUt [Lawyer/Attorney at law/Counsellor], only a licensed person may render liegaL services. License is given by Indonesian Advocates Association (Perhimpunan Advo kat Indonesia, abbreviated to PERADI) as the national. bar association. Before the Law Number 18 year 2003 was enacted, license ves given through Decree of the Minister ofJustice or Decree of the Appeal Court. Both of those Decrees are remain effective up to these da.ys_As a results only the bearer of the aforementioned license is able and lawful to represent you, inside and outside the Court ofJustice. In addition to that, we also bind ourseLves to Advokars Ethical Code as the principLes of our product.

According to Indonesian civIL code, in general, civil claims are divided into two categories. FirST category is a civil claim which related to unlawful action. This civi L claim is fi Le before a district court by a person(s) which had suffered any damage, against a personp by whose fault causing such damage, to compensate the damage which had occurred. Second category is a civil claim which related to non futfilLment This type of civil. case occurs if one party is fal Led to perform his promise(s) under any agreement, either its written or unwritten fowl. In brief, those two a bovem e rationed civil cLa ims are the common Lawsuit that peo p Le use as a way to resoLve the disputes. However, if your case is not in the scope of civil law in general, in other words, there is other specific Law that had been governing the LegaL matters; another type of Lawsuit may take p La ca If you need further exp La nation, p Lease feel free to contact us by fill in the deignated form.