A small practice, deliberately
Three advocates and a clerk. Every matter is done by somebody you have met.
Thirteen years on Sosun Magu
The chambers opened in 2013 with one advocate, one clerk and a room above a printer. We do the same work now that we did then, for rather more people.
We stayed small because of what happens when a practice grows quickly: the person who takes the meeting hands the file to somebody the client never meets, and the second letter reads as though the first one was never sent. Three advocates is the number at which everybody in the building knows every matter in it.
We appear before the Civil Court, the Employment Tribunal and the Family Court, and we do a good deal of work that never reaches any of them. A client who can show us a letter before they send it is a client we can usually keep out of a hearing altogether.
The advocates
Aishath Laila
Opened the chambers in 2013 after nine years in commercial practice. Takes the company, contract and property work, and prices every matter...
Hussain Zahir
Employment and civil claims. Appears at the Employment Tribunal most weeks and has written most of the staff handbooks our clients use.
Fathimath Inaya
Family matters and debt recovery. Keeps the family files closed and the debt letters going out on the day they are due.
What we charge and when we ask for it
How do you charge?
By the hour for advice and by a fixed fee for anything we can define, which is most company, property and contract work.
Every matter starts with a written fee note saying what the figure covers and what would make it go up. If a matter is going to cost more than the note says, you hear it from us before the work is done, not on the invoice.
Do you take cases on a share of what is recovered?
No. For debt recovery we charge per letter and per filing, which means a small debt is still worth chasing, and you keep everything that comes in.
Come and see us
Sosun Magu, Male. Sunday to Thursday, 9am to 4pm.