How much legal costs that you can get if you win in the Court?
Recently, there is an amendment via PU(A) 265/2025 of the Rules of Court 2012
There are three parts to this:
- Interlocutory application:
- Magistrate court – RM2,500 – RM15,000.00;
- Sessions court – RM3,000 – RM40,000.00;
- High court – discretion of court
- Judgment in Default of Appearance (“JID”)
JID is when a judgment is obtained without full trial or without the opponent entering appearance in the court, resulting in the plaintiff obtaining a judgment.
Basic cost
- If defendant pays the sum after suit filed – RM3,000 (HC), RM2,000 (SC), RM1,000 (MC);
- JID – RM5,000 (HC), RM3,000 (SC), RM3,000 (MC);
Cost for additional items
- Court actual fees incurred
- Affirmation fee actual incurred
- Each attempted service
- Title searches – actual fees incurred
- Full Trials
O59, r23 – it is a combination of legal fees of suing/defending fee and also advocacy fee. If claim sum above RM500,000, legal fee can be between RM20,000 and RM500,000.
