The remuneration of a solicitor in respect of non-contentious business shall be-
(a)
in respect of sales, purchases or other forms of conveyances for completing any transaction involving immovable properties-
(i)
the remuneration of the solicitor having the conduct of the transaction whether acting for the vendor, purchaser, transferor or transferee shall be in accordance with the First Schedule;
(ii)
in the case of any transaction where no individual document of title or strata title had been issued when the transaction was first completed, the remuneration of the solicitor having the conduct of drawing up and completing the subsequent instrument of transfer shall be in accordance with rule 2 or 3 of the Sixth Schedule, as the case may be; and
(iii)
in the case of any transaction where there is no written sale and purchase agreement, or where the sale and purchase agreement is not prepared by the solicitor and the solicitor is not required to explain or advise the client on the terms and conditions of the agreement, or where a transfer is effected in consideration of love and affection or for no consideration or pursuant to a declaration of trust or other similar instrument, the remuneration of the solicitor having the conduct of drawing up and completing the instrument of transfer shall be in accordance with rule 4 of the Sixth Schedule;
(b)
in respect of tenancies or leases, agreements for tenancies or leases and agreements reserving rent, the remuneration of the solicitor having the conduct of and completing the transaction shall be in accordance with the Second Schedule;
(c)
in respect of charges or mortgages, agreements for charges or mortgages, agreements for financing under the Islamic banking business as defined in the Islamic Banking Act 1983 [Act 276], debentures by way of a fixed or floating charge, and other instruments executed by way of security-
(i)
the remuneration of the solicitor having the conduct of and completing the transaction whether for the financier, chargee, borrower or chargor shall be in accordance with the Third Schedule; and
(ii)
in the case of any transaction where no individual document of title or strata title had been issued when the transaction referred in subparagraph (i) was first completed, the remuneration of the solicitor having the conduct of drawing up and completing the subsequent instrument of charge shall be in accordance with rule 2 or 3 of the Sixth Schedule, as the case may be;
(d)
in respect of discharges of charges or deeds of reassignment pertaining to charged or assigned properties, the remuneration of the solicitor having the conduct of and completing the transaction shall be in accordance with the Fourth Schedule;
(e)
in respect of preparing, filing or witnessing of miscellaneous documents, the remuneration of the solicitor having the conduct of such matters shall be in accordance with the Fifth Schedule; and
(f)
in respect of non-contentious work for which there are no provision made to regulate the remuneration of a solicitor by means of a scale or fixed fee, the remuneration of the solicitor shall be in accordance with rule 1 of the Sixth Schedule and in respect of non-contentious work which is not completed, the remuneration of the solicitor shall be in accordance with rule 5 of the Sixth Schedule.
2012 Hotel Corporate Rates Attending seminars? Going for a holiday? Click on the link above to check out the list of hotel corporate rates for Members of the Bar, which is updated regularly.
Talk on Intellectual Property Law (10 Feb 2012) Organised by the Selangor Bar Committee, the talk on “Intellectual Property Law” will take place at 5:00 pm, at the Selangor Bar Committee Auditorium, on 10 Feb 2012 (Friday). The talk will feature Bahari Yeow Tien Hong. Click on the link above for more details.
Seminar on the Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Proceedings (21 Feb 2012) Organised by the Kuala Lumpur Bar Professional Development Committee, the seminar on “The Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Proceedings”, featuring Sanjeev Kumar Rasiah, will take place at 3:00 pm, at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium, on 21 Feb 2012 (Tuesday). Click on the link above for more details.
Seminar on the Fundamentals of Conveyancing (24 Feb 2012) Organised by the Kuala Lumpur Bar Professional Development Committee, this seminar featuring Jeremiah R Gurusamy will take place at 3:00 pm, at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium, on 24 Feb 2012 (Friday). Click on the link above for more details.
Mediation Skills Training Course (29 Feb to 4 Mar 2012) Organised by Bar Council, the Mediation Skills Training Course will take place at 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, at Raja Aziz Addruse Auditorium, Bar Council, on 29 Feb to 4 Mar 2012 (Wednesday to Sunday). Deadline for registration and payment is 17 Feb 2012 (Friday). Click on the link above for more details.
Talk on “Land Fraud: An Australian Perspective” (13 Mar 2012) Organised by IGIL, GSGSG and UUM COLGIS, this free talk featuring Quintin George Rozario of Delta Law, Brisbane, Australia, will take place at 9:00 am, at Dewan Seminar A, Pusat Konvensyen, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, on 13 Mar 2012 (Tuesday). To RSVP, contact Mr Abutt (04-928 4397; abutt@uum.edu.my).
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