JUDGMENT

Gopal Sri Ram JCA:

[1] This is the judgment of the court.

[2] The only issue in this appeal is whether a judge upon review of taxation is entitled to interfere with the quantum awarded by a taxing registrar in respect of getting up on a solicitor-client bill. The facts out of which this issue arises fall within a narrow compass. The appellant before us was the 2nd defendant in a suit brought by Negara Properties Sdn Bhd claiming, inter alia , a sum of RM6 million as damages for negligent work carried out by the appellant. The 2nd defendant was engaged by Negara Properties as a consultant infrastructural engineer. Its duty was to provide services for the construction of earthwork, road, drainage and sewerage system for the development of the project called Taman Melawati. It is arising from that engagement that the charge of negligence arose. The appellant engaged the services of Mr. R.R. Chelliah a doyen of the Bar and counsel whose reputation preceded him. He prepared a defence for the appellant. If you look at it, you will see in what detail it met the charges made against the appellant. It is a specialist defence in the sense that it deals with matters relating to drainage