PETALING JAYA: A market-driven fee scale will not benefit the public as a lawyer is hired based on how cheap his fee is and not on whether he is the best person for the job, Bar Council vice-chairman Yeo Yang Poh said.
“If you have unchecked discounting, it tilts the market in a very disproportionate manner towards using this one criterion,” Yeo said.
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