Malaysia legislation
Section 31
Section 31
Section 116 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
by substituting for the shoulder note the following shoulder note:
“Agreement for costing contentious business”; and
(b)
in subsection (1)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “an advocate and solicitor may make an agreement in writing with his client” the words “an advocate and solicitor or a limited liability law partnership may make an agreement in writing with his or its client”;
(ii)
by substituting for the words “any part of his costs” the words “any part of the advocate and solicitor’s or the limited liability law partnership’s costs”;
(iii)
by inserting after the words “such advocate and solicitor” the words “or such limited liability law partnership”; and
(iv)
by substituting for the words “the rate at which he would otherwise be entitled” the words “the rate at which the advocate and solicitor or the limited liability law partnership would otherwise be entitled”.
Amendment of section 117