Village Court sitting No – due to late arrival of No – due to late arrival of No – due to late arrival of started on time parties concerned. parties concerned. parties concerned. However, all VCOs were on However, all VCOs were on However, all VCOs were on time. time. time. Communication skills and Excellent in asking Excellent communication Skills of asking questions behaviour of VCOs questions to explore the skills in asking questions were good, officials need stories/situation, very and encouraging parties to to speak louder for all professional and simple to express more, voice loud parties to hear what they the level required for VCOs, and clear, very confident are saying, officials were have good humour, VCOs when asking and answering polite and respectful, present but not presiding questions, professional and officials were confident observed quietly but able respectful to all parties when hearing cases to tell their colleagues to speak louder if necessary Behaviour of the public General public behaviour Parties and general Few observers, maybe due and relevant parties was very good and public/observers showed to sittings conducted in a respectful, amazing to see respect to VC by accepting district building, people parties agreed before court decisions, people were were quiet and respected decision quiet the decisions of the court Decision making VCOs implementing their Decisions made based on Officials tried to gain views decisions with confidence, evidence presented, from parties and witnesses by leading the parties to discussed/deliberated on before making decisions, reach agreement is within decisions at the end of each VCOs hearing the case the jurisdiction of the VC case, defendant status was were fair to both parties Act considered before handing the fine/compensation, sound decisions were made in relation VC Act Understanding of Village Good (4 out of 5 score) Good (4 out of 5 score) Adequate (3 out of 5 score) Courts Act Understanding of Village Good (4 out of 5 score) Good (4 out of 5 score) Adequate (3 out of 5 score) Court processes Understanding of correct Good (4 out of 5 score) Good (4 out of 5 score) Adequate (3 out of 5 score) process of VC sitting Challenges Need to understand the New VCOs need some Some witnesses were not relationship with other mentoring and support, present so the case hearing agencies when making logistical problem such as was deferred referrals, need further transport mentoring and support Overall comments from Need mentoring and support from PVCO and DVCOs Clerks need training on how to correctly complete the Case Register and standard VCLMS Officers forms,
Village Court sitting started on time No – due to late arrival of parties concerned. However, all VCOs were on time. No – due to late arrival of parties concerned. However, all VCOs were on time. No – due to late arrival of parties concerned. However, all VCOs were on time. Communication skills and behaviour of VCOs Excellent in asking questions to explore the stories/situation, very professional and simple to the level required for VCOs, have good humour, VCOs present but not presiding observed quietly but able to tell their colleagues to speak louder if necessary Excellent communication skills in asking questions and encouraging parties to express more, voice loud and clear, very confident when asking and answering questions, professional and respectful to all parties Skills of asking questions were good, officials need to speak louder for all parties to hear what they are saying, officials were polite and respectful, officials were confident when hearing cases Behaviour of the public and relevant parties General public behaviour was very good and respectful, amazing to see parties agreed before court decision Parties and general public/observers showed respect to VC by accepting decisions, people were quiet Few observers, maybe due to sittings conducted in a district building, people were quiet and respected the decisions of the court Decision making VCOs implementing their decisions with confidence, by leading the parties to reach agreement is within the jurisdiction of the VC Act Decisions made based on evidence presented, discussed/deliberated on decisions at the end of each case, defendant status was considered before handing the fine/compensation, sound decisions were made in relation VC Act Officials tried to gain views from parties and witnesses before making decisions, VCOs hearing the case were fair to both parties Understanding of Village Courts Act Good (4 out of 5 score) Good (4 out of 5 score) Adequate (3 out of 5 score) Understanding of Village Court processes Good (4 out of 5 score) Good (4 out of 5 score) Adequate (3 out of 5 score) Understanding of correct process of VC sitting Good (4 out of 5 score) Good (4 out of 5 score) Adequate (3 out of 5 score) Challenges Need to understand the relationship with other agencies when making referrals, need further mentoring and support New VCOs need some mentoring and support, logistical problem such as transport Some witnesses were not present so the case hearing was deferred Overall comments from VCLMS Officers Need mentoring and support from PVCO and DVCOs Clerks need training on how to correctly complete the Case Register and standard forms,
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