Abdul Malik Ishak J:

Enclosure 2 - The Petitioner's Petition And The Objection

This was an application by the petitioner for the taxation of costs between solicitor and client under s 126 of the Legal Profession Act 1976 ("Act"). The legal work that was involved was carried out during a period of time stretching from November 1992 to March 1993 and the client was none other than the respondent. The petitioner is a well known law firm in Johor

Bahru and it goes by the name and in the style of M/s John Ang & Jega, and it is that law firm that is now entitled to the costs. The solicitor who undertook the legal work is a hardworking and upright individual by the name of Mr S Gunasegaran ("Mr Guna") and at the material time he was practicing as a sole proprietor in the name and style of M/s Guna & Co To consolidate his legal practice, Mr Guna decided to join M/s John Ang & Jega as a partner and this took effect on 12 April 1993. With effect from that date M/s Guna & Co merged with M/s John Ang & Jega and with that merger the petitioner became entitled to the costs as claimed in encl 2.

By way of encl 2, the petitioner prayed that:

(i) the said Bill of Costs may be taxed by this Honou