Singapore legislation
Regulation 18A
Regulation 18A
Conditional fee agreement
Subregulation 1
Rules 17 and 18 do not prevent a legal practitioner or law practice from doing either or both of the following:
entering into negotiations for, or entering into, a conditional fee agreement that complies with Part 8A of the Act;
charging a client any remuneration, fee or costs on the basis that the remuneration, fee or costs are payable only in circumstances specified in a conditional fee agreement mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) that is entered into or intended to be entered into between the client and the legal practitioner or law practice.
Subregulation 2
To avoid doubt, apart from the aspects mentioned in paragraph (1), rules 17 and 18 continue to apply in all other aspects to any remuneration, fee or costs charged or to be charged pursuant to a conditional fee agreement mentioned in paragraph (1)(a).