Such a big issue happened in skingapore, why shitimes no report of Ms. Peanut?
Lanjiao Society said reduced charges does not mean overcharging. Hahahahaaarrrrhhh!!!
Lanjiao Society said reduced charges does not mean overcharging. Hahahahaaarrrrhhh!!!
The tone of the law society's reply is essentially that it is glorious to be greedy and rich and that the victor in legal suits deserves all the spoils he dares to make claims to whilst the loser's only hope is that the courts will judge fairly. My respect goes to the Asst Registrar who presided over the taxation. She may well be kissing goodbye to a future rewarding career in the private legal sector with her objective decision but she lives true to justice for all creed. We sorely need more of such people in our public sectorand not the polonious and guidenstern types who now so crowd our corridors of power and who are the elites in society.I have got to say I found the Law Society’s letter to the ST Forum Page, Don’t equate reduction of costs with over-charging, pretty annoying.
It starts by talking about how “much ink has been spilled following recent claims of overcharging by lawyers representing the Singapore Medical Council’’. I wouldn’t call a grand total of two letters “much ink’’. I guess my definition of “much’’ isn’t quite the same as the Law Society’s.
It goes on to say: “Without commenting on specific cases before the court and the inquiry committee, it appears necessary to explain the process to the public.’’
(Thank you very much but could you drop the condescending tone? In any case, I don’t think the explanation was very full.)
It then explains the “taxation’’ process. In a nutshell, a lawyer charges a sum of money to a client. Say, he wins the case for his client, then his bill goes to the loser, who can challenge it.
“The quantum determined by the court is an amount that the losing party ought reasonably to pay, and not what a lawyer may reasonably charge the client.’’
I am not sure what that means. I guess it is something like this:
http://berthahenson.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/over-charging-over-over-charging-part-3/
“The quantum determined by the court is an amount that the losing party ought reasonably to pay, and not what a lawyer may reasonably charge the client.’’
even so, is it reasonable for Alvin to charge $100,000 per hour? even in the US, top attorneys are asking for about USD 1000+ per hour.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704071304576160362028728234
what a load of crap from the law soc.
LHL shld teach tis Law Firm Arithmetics.