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Increase in legal fees will, however, be set off by (legal) discounts

The last few years have seen challenging times for many people, including professionals and lawyers too. In a nutshell, in line with the rising cost of living and doing business since the last revision of the SRO 2005 (revised in year 2017 hereinafter referred to as ‘SRO 2017’), the SRO 2023 reviewed upwards the schedule of fees that lawyers can legally charge and offer discounts and rebates

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Former Consortium Zenith BUCG senior VP says Zarul informed him of bribing Guan Eng

A former senior vice-president of Finance and Corporate Services of Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG) told the Sessions Court on Thursday (July 20) that former senior director Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli told him and another former director of the company that Zarul had bribed former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng in relation to the Penang undersea tunnel project.

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