allegedly involved in 39 cheating and criminal breach of trust cases, involving over RM30.4 million.
Dishonesty or fraudulent conduct in the discharge of one’s duties is a “misconduct” under section 94 of the Legal Profession Act 1976 , which could result in an advocate and solicitor being liable for penalties or punishment. In intervention proceedings, an intervener solicitor - armed with a Resolution issued by the Bar Council and certificate under section 88 of the LPA - where applicable, will proceed to take control of the files or documents of a firm and instruct the bank concerned to freeze the clients’ accounts of the firm to enable a full investigation and audit to be carried out.
Over the years, the Compensation Fund has paid out millions of ringgit to aggrieved persons. In 2017 for example, the Compensation Fund paid out RM1.9 million to 57 claimants.
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