2023-08-27 06:13:41
The Singapore High Court ruled once morest the lawyers. (Schematic / Dazhi / Associated Press)
Is this too much! The son of a couple in Singapore fell to his death due to mental illness, and the couple filed a lawsuit once morest the hospital and received a settlement of 330,000 Singapore dollars (approximately NT$7.86 million) before the court hearing. The two lawyers wanted to take it all, because the lawyers The fee was 500,000 Singapore dollars (approximately NT$11.73 million), and the couple still owed 170,000 Singapore dollars (approximately NT$4.04 million). The court rejected the lawyer’s complaint on the 25th.
According to the “Sin Chew Net” report, the couple’s son Salvin Foster Steven fell to his death in September 2017 due to mental illness, and the couple claimed 3.3 million Singapore dollars (approximately NT$77.45 million) from the hospital ), the husband and wife accused the hospital of misdiagnosing and not prescribing the correct medicine, causing regret for their son, and they were also hit hard by the death of their son and unable to work, which also affected the family’s income. The hospital refuted that everything was fine with the treatment.
In the end, they reached a settlement before the trial, and the court agreed to pay 330,000 Singapore dollars (approximately NT$7.86 million). However, the two appointed lawyers sued the couple. The couple gave the settlement money to the court first, and then to them at the end, because they were afraid that the couple would run away and not pay, so it was more appropriate to do so. The two asked for a total of 500,000 SGD ( About NT$11.73 million).
The Supreme Judge believes that he does not think such a request is reasonable. When the husband and wife signed the agreement with the lawyer, the lawyer’s fee should be 150,000 Singapore dollars (approximately NT$3.52 million). would have lowered it, and is now asking for a higher fee, so the lawyer’s complaint is dismissed.
In the end, the judge said that if the court asked the couple to pay the settlement money, then the lawyer’s fee for the court session would have to be calculated, and the two lawyers had to explain why different lawyers were hired. The judge suggested that if the two lawyers can reach an agreement with the husband and wife’s current lawyer, allowing them to keep part of the money, then everyone can let go of this matter.
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