SINGAPORE, Jan. 11 -- A Singapore court has reportedly cut the legal fees charged by a lawyer after finding them to be excessive, following earlier judicial scrutiny of his billing practices.

District Judge Chiah Kok Khun cut fees claimed by Vijay Kumar Rai of Arbiters Inc Law Corporation from S$108,225 (about RM440,000) to S$34,000 for work carried out over seven months in 2023,Singapore's The Straits Times reported yesterday.

Rai had acted for beauty salon De Beaute in a civil suit against a former employee and initially provided a fee estimate of S$70,000 for work up to the end of trial.

De Beaute reportedlypaid the firm's first seven bills, each amounting to about S$4,000 to S$5,000, for a combined total of S$33,286.

However, befo...