Judge in Singapore slashes lawyer’s ‘plainly excessive’ bills from over S$108,000 to S$34,000

Arbiters Law Corporation has filed an appeal to the High Court against the district judge’s decision. - Photo: ST

SINGAPORE: A lawyer, who was found in 2024 to have overcharged a couple for handling a lawsuit over their son’s death, has had his bills found to be “plainly excessive” again in a separate case involving another client.

Vijay Kumar Rai of Arbiters Inc Law Corporation had billed this client $108,225 in fees for work done over a seven-month period in 2023 before the trial even started.