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HIGH COURT MALAYA SHAH ALAM
SIN YEOP HOLDINGS (M) SDN BHD – Appellant
Versus
HASAN SABRI & HASHIM NAZRI – Respondent
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| 1. legal protections in fee agreements must be balanced with requirements for proper billing. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. invoices must detail individual cases and comply with statutory requirements to be valid. (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 3. a single lump sum invoice combining different types of cases is invalid under relevant law. (Para 14 , 21 , 22) |
| 4. the respondent's action is dismissed due to non-compliance with requirements for invoicing. (Para 26 , 37) |
Introduction
[1] Although the Legal Profession Act 1976 gives some preferential treatment to an advocate and solicitor's claim for legal professional fees against his/ her client, there are still some checks-and-balances embodied in the Act to safeguard the position of the client vis-a-vis the advocate and solicitor.
[2] The present appeal is an example of a case where an advocate and solicitor's combination of several conveyancing matters and multiple contentious matters into a single invoice with a single total lump sum amount of claim for legal fees which has contravened the requirements of billing under the Legal Profession Act 1976 and to the prejudice of the client.
Background Facts
[3] The Respondent/Plaintiff is
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