s 115A Application and interpretation of this Part
115A.—(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“a solicitor, a foreign lawyer or a law practice entity” means a solicitor, a foreign lawyer or a law practice entity to whom or to which subsection (2) applies; “conditional fee agreement” means an agreement relating to the whole or any part of the remuneration and costs in respect of contentious proceedings (whether relating to proceedings in Singapore or any state or territory outside Singapore) conducted by a solicitor, a foreign lawyer or a law practice entity, which provides for the remuneration and costs or any part of them to be payable only in specified circumstances, and may provide for an uplift fee; “contentious proceedings” means proceedings before a court of justice or an arbitrator or any other dispute resolution proceedings; “prescribed proceedings” means the contentious proceedings or class of contentious proceedings that are prescribed in regulations made under section 115B(7); “uplift fee”, in relation to a conditional fee agreement, means the remuneration or costs which the agreement provides are payable in specified circumstances which are higher than the remuneration or costs that would otherwise be payable if there were no conditional fee agreement, and which may be determined by (but not limited to) reference to the difference between —(a) the gross sum or hourly rates of remuneration or costs (as the case may be) which the agreement provides are payable in specified circumstances; and (b) the gross sum or hourly rates of remuneration or costs (as the case may be) which would otherwise be chargeable if there were no conditional fee agreement. (2) This Part applies to —(a) a conditional fee agreement in relation to remuneration or costs in prescribed proceedings entered into on or after the date of commencement of section 6 of the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2022; (b) all remuneration and costs received by a Singapore law practice or a solicitor practising in a Singapore law practice, including any such remuneration and costs received in respect of the practice of foreign law; and (c) all remuneration and costs received in respect of the practice of Singapore law by —(i) a Joint Law Venture or its constituent foreign law practice, a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice or a licensed foreign law practice; (ii) a foreign lawyer registered under section 36B; or (iii) a solicitor registered under section 36E.[Act 8 of 2022 wef 04/05/2022]