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  "id": 11884622,
  "title": "High Court sets aside law firm’s RM1.55mil fee agreement with 203 clients",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/high-court-sets-aside-law-firms-rm1-55mil-fee-agreement-with-203-11884622",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/04/high-court-sets-aside-law-firm-s-rm1-55mil-fee-agreement-with-203-clients"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Kuala Lumpur High Court has overturned a fee agreement between a law firm and 203 investors, deeming it not fairly obtained and containing unreasonable terms. The dispute arose from an investment case involving MYAirline co-founder Goh Hwan Hua. The law firm, Jerald Gomez & Associates, had estimated the case would cost around RM5 million in legal fees, with no cap imposed. Plaintiffs, who suffered substantial financial losses, argued overstaffing, duplication of work, and a lack of contemporaneous time records. The court ruled that the Jan 16, 2024, agreement should be set aside, and ordered the firm to tax and refund any excessive fees within 30 days.",
  "summary": "Judge rules solicitor-client agreement was not fairly obtained in investment case, and orders 18 bills to be assessed afresh.",
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        "title": "High Court sets aside law firm’s RM1.55mil fee agreement with 203 clients",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/high-court-sets-aside-law-firms-rm1-55mil-fee-agreement-with-203",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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