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35 Results: Case Study, Statistics
01 September 2012
Keywords: "Case Study", "Client Handling", Conveyancing, "Firm Management", Fraud, "Time Management"
Introduction
Conveyancing practice is an area of law with the highest percentage of practitioners in Malaysia. Due to its relatively straightforward, albeit highly procedural-intensive, shorter time commitment and the abundance of client...
01 June 2012
Keywords: Accounts, "Case Study", Dishonesty, Fraud, Misconduct, PII
…innocent partners within the firm will be protected and covered in a claim involving misconduct?
Dishonest and fraudulent conduct by any member of a Firm is detrimental to any law practice; even more so when it involves the misa...
01 June 2012
Keywords: Accounts, "Case Study", Dishonesty, Embezzlement, "Firm Management", Fraud, "Sole Proprietors"
The following are case studies of claims notified under the Malaysian Bar PII Scheme. All names of people and places have been replaced to maintain anonymity.
Case Study 1: Misusing Trust and Authority
Total amount embezzled: RM2,5...
01 March 2012
Keywords: "Base Excess", "Case Study", "Claims Loading", Notification, PII
(1) ...your Firm must notify the broker of a claim, in writing, as soon as practicable?
The Professional Indemnity Insurance policy is a claims-made policy. The first time you and your firm become aware of a claim, your firm has an ...
01 March 2012
Keywords: Communication, "Firm Management", Litigation, Statistics, "Time Management"
But why?
There are many sub-causations contributing to the above. Among them are:
1. Broken Communications.
2. Bad Time Management.
3. Poor Legal Knowledge.
01 March 2012
Keywords: "Case Study", "Client Handling", Communication, "Engagement Management", "File Management", "Firm Management", Litigation, "Time Management"
The following are examples of claims that have arisen in the course of a firm’s litigation practice. All names of people and places have been replaced.
Case Study 1 : Missed opportunity
Messrs ABC and Associates (“ABC&rdq...
01 December 2011
Keywords: Accounts, "Case Study", Dishonesty, Embezzlement, "Firm Management", Fraud, PII
Does your firm's PII Policy provide cover against dishonesty?
Public policy dictates that only an innocent partner/s can seek indemnity of any form. Clause 11 of the 2014 Certificate of Insurance (“COI”) protects and inde...
01 December 2010
, by Shyamala Manoharan and Wong Li Chin
Keywords: Accounts, "Case Study", "Firm Management", Fraud, "Office Management", PII
Partnership/pahrt-ner-ship/ (noun):
The relation which subsists between persons carrying on business in common with a view of profit.[1]
In West Malaysia, there are 5,786[2] law firms in operation, 48.75% are partnerships.
Of...
01 June 2010
, by Amanda Soo and Shyamala Manoharan
Keywords: "Case Study", Conveyancing, Fraud
Facts:
A syndicate, possibly involving EPF members/third parties submit false documents on behalf of an EPF Member to facilitate the approval of withdrawals from the member's funds in Account II (Housing).
The third party offers...
01 March 2009
Keywords: "Case Study", Conveyancing, Fraud
Old Files
Senior Conveyancing Clerk in Firm A had full run of the firm’s Conveyancing files. Firm did not have a standard file review system, there was no supervision exercised over the senior clerk nor did the lawyer conduct regul...
01 June 2008
Keywords: Accounts, "Case Study", Embezzlement, "Firm Management", Fraud
Employee embezzlement is a growing threat to legal firms. Members should be alerted to the fact that in 2007 and 2008, there was an increase in the number of employee embezzlement cases (as reported by several legal firms to the Insurer of the Pll...
01 December 2006
Keywords: "Case Study", "Client Handling", Communication, "Engagement Management", "Firm Management", "Practice Management"
Advocates and solicitors owe many duties to their clients, but generally do not owe duties to the public while performing their obligations to their clients. It is paramount, therefore, that an advocate and solicitor be able to disting...
01 December 2006
Keywords: "Case Study", "Client Handling", Communication, "Conflict of Interest", "Engagement Management", "Firm Management", "Practice Management"
The Facts
Michelle Law (“Law”) is a lawyer in Kuala Lumpur who’s main area of practice involves medical negligence. Sulaiman Wahab is Law’s client. While on vacation in Sipadan Island, Sabah, Encik Sulaiman ...
01 September 2006
Keywords: "Case Study", Conveyancing, Fraud, "Land Search", "Practice Management"
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The Facts
In early January 2005, Firm A was engaged by a walk-in client, G. G informed Firm A that he had found the home of his dreams and had managed to negotiate a reasonable price of RM800,000 for the property. He n...
01 November 2005
, by Alistair Sim
Keywords: "Case Study", "Client Handling", "File Management", "Firm Management", "Improvement and Processes", Litigation, "Office Management", "Time Management"
Alistair Sim is Associate Director in the Professional and Financial Risk Division at Marsh UK Limited. This article first appeared in ‘The Journal’ (The Online Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, December 2002, page 46) and is reprod...