ANALISIS YURIDIS KETIDAKSINKRONAN PRAKTIK SURAT KUASA KHUSUS BERKELANJUTAN DENGAN PASAL 44 AYAT (1) HURUF A UNDANG-UNDANG MAHKAMAH AGUNG
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20592104Keywords:
Special Power of Attorney, Cassation, Supreme Court, Formal Defect, Client ProtectionAbstract
A special power of attorney is a formal instrument that determines the legal validity of an advocate's representation before the court. Legal practice in Indonesia commonly shows that advocates use a single power of attorney continuously from the first-level court through the cassation stage at the Supreme Court. However, Article 44 paragraph (1) letter a of Law Number 14 of 1985 on the Supreme Court explicitly requires that a representative must be "specially authorized for that purpose" in filing a cassation. This study examines the legal validity of this continuing power of attorney practice and its legal consequences for the advocate's standing and the protection of the client's civil rights. A normative juridical method with statutory and conceptual approaches is employed. The analysis reveals a clear inconsistency between the prevailing practice and the applicable normative provisions, potentially giving rise to formal defects and the risk of a niet ontvankelijke verklaard ruling against the client.
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