When you bring a legal action against your opponent and you succeeded in the suit, can you ask your opponent to pay your legal fees? 

1. It is a common question asked by most of our clients, can they recover the “lawyer’s fees” from the opponent. The answer is NO. 

2. The costs awarded by the Court is only a party-and-party costs and not solicitors-and-client costs. 
   
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Who can claim?
A family member, i.e. the wife, husband, parent (includes father, mother, grandfather and grandmother), child (includes son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, stepson and stepdaughter) and any person with disabilities under the care of the deceased

The pen is mightier than the sword.   

In this digital era, erroneous information jeopardising the reputation of a person or an organisation is known as defamation. It may lead to an award of significant monetary damages, as such damage to reputation can be permanent and irreversible.  

The Evidence Act 1950 provides for the opinion of expert witnesses in legal proceedings. Section 45 defines the situations in which expert opinion evidence is admissible, i.e. if the court needs to form an opinion upon a point of foreign law or of science or art, or as to identity or genuineness of handwriting or finger impressions.