Confidentiality

S&B Law treat as confidential all confidential information obtained from the Client and without the written consent of the Client, divulge to others or use any documents, data, or other information of a confidential nature, except in connection with the performance of S&B Law's services to be provided to the Disclosing Client, or as required by law. In all aspect of the practice, S&B Lawyers and Consultants maintain strict standards of confidentiality regarding information obtained during the course of S&B Law's services. S&B Law will however be to mention the case in any publicity material.

Email Correspondence

As email correspondence cannot be guaranteed to be confidential and it can potentially be breached in transit by hackers, internet service providers, or others, S&B Law is not able to guarantee the confidentiality of email correspondence. S&B Law will however communicate with Client by email and internet if so authorized to do so.

Professional fees

S&B Law professional fees shall be based on the actual time our lawyers/consultants work on the services(s) for which we have been retained. Our Lawyer and Consultations keep track their time in minutes to the nearest 10 minutes and record their time daily. Time record notations are made for any and all work performed, including but not limited to, office conferences, legal research, preparation of legal instruments, telephone and personal trips to and from the offices to relative places or client's offices. Where S&B Law offers an estimate for services based on hourly rates, such estimate may not adequately reflect the amount ultimately undertaken by S&B Law in order to deliver the services. In case the actual amount of work required by S&B Law exceed our initial estimate, S&B Law will advise of any possible excess such estimate.

S&B Law also provide services on a fixed basis for many projects. Any work or additional work which is not covered by the scope of work as agreed upon will be billed in accordance with our standard hourly rates.

Out of pocket expense

Generally, our estimated professional fee is exclusive of the out of pocket expense occurred in connection with the services consumed by the Client, including but not limited to Governmental fees, Photocopying, International Telecommunications, travel, bank fees for receipt, deposit or transfer of funds, etc

Initial Consultation

Generally, S&B Law charge no fee for an initial consultation with the client. The initial consultation shall include a meeting not consuming over 30 working minutes of our Lawyer or Consultation or email or 15-minutes telephone communication to ascertain the facts that give rise to need of our services, analyzing the situation and determine what our lawyers/attorneys can do for Client. In the initial consultation, the client should not expect for answer of our lawyer/attorney to provide an answer to resolve his problem. Otherwise, the consultation shall be charged in according to our standard hourly rate.

Payment

S&B Law requires payment of all invoices within 15 days from their date. Interest of 10% per annum will be levied for any invoice 35 days overdue, calculated from the first invoice date. S&B Law reserves the right to suspend the provision of services in the event our payment terms are not met.