Lawyer fined $50,000 for overcharging client

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Lawyer fined $50,000 for overcharging client
His bill for preparatory work came to $226k - 300% of what it's worth

Published on Oct 8, 2011​

Hired by a condo's management council to recover $2 million pocketed by an errant employee of its managing agent, a lawyer charged more than $226,000 for his services. ST PHOTO: WONG POK SEE

By Selina Lum

Hired by a condo's management council to recover $2 million pocketed by an errant employee of its managing agent, a lawyer charged more than $226,000 for his services.

But Mr Andre Arul, who has 22 years' experience, had done only preparatory work and not sent any letter of demand to the people his client wanted to sue.

On Friday, the Court of Three Judges fined him $50,000 for overcharging.

He was also censured for failing to keep proper time sheets.

Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

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This is a disgraceful case. The Lawyer Society actually cleared him but was ordered by the courts to relook at it. The father is a senior in the law fraternity and has influence. Worse than PAP