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Nov 11, 2009
PI sues 5 lawyers <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Khushwant Singh </td></tr> </tbody></table>
A PRIVATE investigator is suing five lawyers for professional negligence over the sale of his house in 2002. Simon Suppiah Sunmugam, 62, alleges that they had mistakenly paid property agency ERA some $28,000 as a commission. He said in his affidavit that he found the buyer of the property himself, so the agency did not deserve any payment. The lawyers he is suing are Ms Amarjit Kour, Mr Gregory Tang Wee Thiang, Ms Belinda Ang Choo Poh and Mr Peter Cuthbert Low of the now-defunct firm Peter Low Tang & Belinda Ang, which represented his ex-wife Nee Shyam Huey in their May 1996 divorce. The fifth lawyer he is suing is Mr Andrew John Hanam, who acted for him in the divorce. The other four lawyers' defence is that they were hired by Madam Nee and not by Mr Suppiah, and so owed him no professional obligation.
Nov 11, 2009
PI sues 5 lawyers <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Khushwant Singh </td></tr> </tbody></table>
A PRIVATE investigator is suing five lawyers for professional negligence over the sale of his house in 2002. Simon Suppiah Sunmugam, 62, alleges that they had mistakenly paid property agency ERA some $28,000 as a commission. He said in his affidavit that he found the buyer of the property himself, so the agency did not deserve any payment. The lawyers he is suing are Ms Amarjit Kour, Mr Gregory Tang Wee Thiang, Ms Belinda Ang Choo Poh and Mr Peter Cuthbert Low of the now-defunct firm Peter Low Tang & Belinda Ang, which represented his ex-wife Nee Shyam Huey in their May 1996 divorce. The fifth lawyer he is suing is Mr Andrew John Hanam, who acted for him in the divorce. The other four lawyers' defence is that they were hired by Madam Nee and not by Mr Suppiah, and so owed him no professional obligation.
