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Legal profession [2026] SGHC 78

THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v LIM TEAN

The Court of 3 Supreme Court Judges dismissed the first disciplinary charge against Lim Tean, upheld the second for client-account breaches, and fined him $30,000.

  • Breach of lpsar r 3(1)
  • Misconduct under s 83 lpa
  • Sanctioning (striking off/suspension/financial penalty)
  • Burden of proof in disciplinary proceedings
  • Disciplinary-proceedings
  • Solicitors-accounts
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Legal profession [2026] SGHC 9

The Law Society of Singapore v K V Sudeep Kumar & Anor

Disciplinary case against two Singapore lawyers for allowing a struck-off lawyer to control a client matter. One was suspended five years; the other was struck off.

  • Unauthorised practice of law
  • Supervision of staff
  • Dishonesty and misrepresentation
  • Sanctions (suspension and striking off)
  • Effect of antecedents on discipline
  • Disciplinary-proceedings
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Legal profession [2025] SGHC 175

The Law Society of Singapore v Dhanwant Singh

A Singapore disciplinary case where a lawyer who wholly failed to supervise a conveyancing clerk was suspended for five years after the clerk’s misconduct.

  • Supervision of staff
  • Misconduct
  • Sanctioning (suspension)
  • Professional negligence
  • Legal-profession-discipline
  • Lawyer-supervision-of-staff
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Legal profession [2025] SGHC 159

RAI VIJAY KUMAR v THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE

The High Court dismissed a lawyer’s review of disciplinary findings, upheld convictions for directly contacting represented doctors and misleading witnesses, and confirmed its limited powers under s 97 LPA.

  • Direct communication with represented persons
  • Misleading witnesses
  • Adverse inferences
  • Scope of s97 lpa powers
  • Subpoena and witness statements
  • Legal-profession-discipline
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Legal profession [2025] SGHC 44

THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v CHEN KOK SIANG JOSEPH

The Court of Three Judges struck off a solicitor for multiple professional misconducts, including dishonesty, conflicts of interest, poor supervision, and failure to keep clients informed.

  • Conflicts of interest
  • Client communication and consent
  • Supervision of staff
  • Dishonesty and fabricated documents
  • Powers of attorney and warrants to act
  • Contemporaneous records
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Civil procedure [2024] SGHC(A) 37

Arbiters Inc Law Corporation v Arokiasamy Steven Joseph & Anor

The court held the engagement letters were valid CBAs in form, but void as unreasonable because the solicitor’s fees were excessive and unexplained.

  • Contentious business agreement
  • Enforceability of engagement letters
  • Assessment/taxation of costs
  • Overcharging / unreasonable fees
  • Referral to professional regulator
  • Contentious-business-agreement
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Civil procedure [2024] SGCA 54

LIM OON KUIN & 2 Ors v Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Singapore Court of Appeal held Henderson v Henderson did not apply without a prior merits determination and allowed amendments to proceed, setting aside striking out orders.

  • Abuse of process
  • Henderson v henderson doctrine (extended res judicata)
  • Amendments to proceedings
  • Striking out
  • Res judicata
  • Costs
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Legal profession [2024] SGHC 218

THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v NEDUMARAN MUTHUKRISHNAN

The court found a solicitor dishonest for misleading a client about payments and failing to disclose fee arrangements, suspended him for four years, and rejected charges based on client money.

  • Dishonesty to client
  • Client's money
  • Fees disclosure
  • Solicitors' accounts
  • Sanctioning
  • Solicitor-discipline
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Legal profession [2024] SGHC 90

THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v EZEKIEL PETER LATIMER

The Court of Three Judges struck off a solicitor for failing to disclose key client information, mishandling litigation, and not keeping clients informed.

  • Failure to disclose to client
  • Conflict of interest and withdrawal
  • Lack of diligence and competence
  • Failure to keep client informed
  • Undertakings and their risks
  • Sanctioning — striking off vs suspension
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Legal profession [2024] SGHC 82

GABRIEL SILAS TANG RAFFERTY

The High Court dismissed an admission application after finding the applicant had plagiarised twice, concealed one incident, and shown continuing lack of candour.

  • Admission to the bar
  • Duty of candour
  • Plagiarism
  • Withdrawal vs dismissal of application
  • Rehabilitation and deferment period
  • Admission-to-the-bar
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