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A woman who sued the national water agency PUB for $ 5 million after falling into a sewer and accepted a confidential settlement offer on the fourth day of the trial will have to pay general legal costs of $ 30,000 to the national water agency. .
Yesterday, the High Court awarded costs of $ 40,000 to Madam Chan Hui Peng, 47, for legal work performed from the day she filed the lawsuit in 2018 until the day PUB made the offer to settle on November 10 this year.
But Judicial Commissioner Andre Maniam also awarded PUB costs of $ 70,000, comprising $ 48,000 for three days of trial and $ 22,000 for two amendments Madam Chan made to her claim.
The public accountant filed a lawsuit against PUB on October 15, 2018, claiming damages for injuries, including a broken ankle and post-traumatic stress disorder that she allegedly suffered as a result of the accident on Simon Road, near Kovan, on December 1. . 2015.
On October 5 of this year, his claim was amended to include his recent diagnosis of schizophrenia as one of the injuries.
PUB accepted 70 percent of responsibility for the accident, but questioned the nature and extent of his injuries.
After the trial began on November 23, Madam Chan amended her case again and dropped the last two alleged cases.
On the night of November 26, after being roasted in the booth for four days, she accepted PUB’s offer to settle.
Yesterday, his attorneys, Mr. L. Devadason and Ivan Lee of LegalStandard, requested costs of $ 90,000 for work performed up to the day the offer was made. PUB’s attorneys, Mr. K. Anparasan and Mrs. Grace Tan of WhiteFern, requested $ 95,000 for trial preparation and four days of trial. They also requested $ 31,000 for the amendments.
In giving his decision, the judicial commissioner noted that there were a number of “unsatisfactory” aspects in the Madam Chan case.
The judicial commissioner, however, said that the fact is that she was injured in an accident, for which PUB agreed to be 70 percent responsible and had made an offer to settle.
He moderated the costs that Madam Chan should receive because “he seemed to be trying to improve her case by going to a succession of doctors and asking them to change their reports.”
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