Source : Weekend TODAY, November 24, 2007
THE Law Society is inspecting the client account of law firm Sadique Marican and ZM Amin Advocates and Solicitors, following the discovery of "shortfalls and discrepancies" and the disappearance of one of the partners.
Today understands that the firm has lodged a police report after the missing lawyer, Mr Zulkifli M Amin, allegedly took $37,555 from a conveyancing transaction he was handling for a couple. The other partner, Mr Sadique Marican, could not be reached for comments.
The couple told Today they made a police report on Thursday after the cheque the law firm gave them in returning their deposit had bounced, and Mr Zulkifli was nowhere to be found.
When contacted, a police spokesman said it was "inappropriate to comment on police investigations, if any".
The Law Society advises clients who have suffered any loss of money to lodge a report with the Commercial Affairs Department.
It seemed like business as usual at the law firm when Today visited its office in Raffles City on Friday but the staff said Mr Zulkifli was still uncontactable. They declined further comment.
According to the firm's website, Mr Zulkifli started practising law in 2000 and set up his own firm in 2003. Months later, he went into partnership with Mr Sadique.
Mr Zulkifli heads the firm's conveyancing and real estate department, which has an annual profit of "more than a million dollars".
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