Susan Lim saga: Husband appeals against High Court ruling
General surgeon Susan Lim came under the spotlight for overcharging the late sister of the Queen of Brunei in 2007.
Retired banker acted 'on his own conscience' when he filed complaint to the Law Society
Selina Lum
The husband of prominent surgeon Susan Lim acted "on his own conscience" when he filed a complaint to the Law Society - saying that the opposing lawyers in disciplinary proceedings against her had inflated their fees.
This emerged in Singapore's highest court yesterday when Judge of Appeal Tay Yong Kwang asked lawyer Abraham Vergis, who is representing Dr Lim's husband Deepak Sharma, why the complaint had been made by his client instead of Dr Lim herself.
Mr Abraham Vergis replied: "He explained that he felt that what the lawyers had done was wrong and he was acting on his own conscience to make the complaint."
Mr Vergis noted that Dr Lim had filed an affidavit stating she was aware of and endorsed her husband's complaint. Mr Sharma, a retired banker, is challenging the decision of a Law Society review committee to dismiss his complaint alleging that Senior Counsel Alvin Yeo and Ms Melanie Ho, of WongPartnership, had overcharged his wife.
Dr Lim had been ordered to pay the legal costs for the Singapore Medical Council after she lost a court battle to block a disciplinary hearing against her - over $24 million she had billed a patient in 2007.
She was eventually suspended for three years and fined $10,000 on 94 charges of overcharging the sister of the Queen of Brunei, who died of cancer in 2007.
WongPartnership put up three bills detailing the fees of the two lawyers, amounting to about $1 million. The fees were brought down to $340,000 by an assistant registrar, and finally adjusted to $370,000 by a High Court judge.
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/susan-lim-saga-husband-appeals-against-high-court-ruling
General surgeon Susan Lim came under the spotlight for overcharging the late sister of the Queen of Brunei in 2007.
Retired banker acted 'on his own conscience' when he filed complaint to the Law Society
Selina Lum
The husband of prominent surgeon Susan Lim acted "on his own conscience" when he filed a complaint to the Law Society - saying that the opposing lawyers in disciplinary proceedings against her had inflated their fees.
This emerged in Singapore's highest court yesterday when Judge of Appeal Tay Yong Kwang asked lawyer Abraham Vergis, who is representing Dr Lim's husband Deepak Sharma, why the complaint had been made by his client instead of Dr Lim herself.
Mr Abraham Vergis replied: "He explained that he felt that what the lawyers had done was wrong and he was acting on his own conscience to make the complaint."
Mr Vergis noted that Dr Lim had filed an affidavit stating she was aware of and endorsed her husband's complaint. Mr Sharma, a retired banker, is challenging the decision of a Law Society review committee to dismiss his complaint alleging that Senior Counsel Alvin Yeo and Ms Melanie Ho, of WongPartnership, had overcharged his wife.
Dr Lim had been ordered to pay the legal costs for the Singapore Medical Council after she lost a court battle to block a disciplinary hearing against her - over $24 million she had billed a patient in 2007.
She was eventually suspended for three years and fined $10,000 on 94 charges of overcharging the sister of the Queen of Brunei, who died of cancer in 2007.
WongPartnership put up three bills detailing the fees of the two lawyers, amounting to about $1 million. The fees were brought down to $340,000 by an assistant registrar, and finally adjusted to $370,000 by a High Court judge.
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/susan-lim-saga-husband-appeals-against-high-court-ruling
