SINGAPORE — A lawyer who overcharged his client by about S$1 million and did not comply with a court order has been suspended for three years and nine months.
The sanction against Mr Syn Kok Kay was handed out by the Court of Three Judges in a written judgment on Tuesday .Around 2015, a company called JWR engaged Mr Syn to sue lawyer Edmond Pereira and his law firm for professional negligence relating to a previous suit, where Mr Pereira had represented JWR.Mr Syn took on the case and charged S$1.34 million in professional fees for services rendered to JWR from December 2015 to April 2019.
The Law Society of Singapore brought charges against Mr Syn for the overcharging and his failure to comply with the court-ordered timeline for the delivery of his bill of costs. In evaluating the gravity of the overcharging, the court would consider factors such as the extent of the overcharging, the solicitor's intention during the period of overcharging and the solicitor's conduct after the overcharging.
Senior Counsel Giam, who represented Mr Syn, told the court that the case for JWR took about three-and-a-half years, with some complexity involved. He added that the"irresistible conclusion" was that Mr Syn intentionally and unethically took advantage of JWR.
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