GABRIEL SILAS TANG RAFFERTY
Outcome
Application dismissedI therefore dismiss the Application.
Source: [2024] SGHC 82, High Court (General Division), decided 22 March 2024. Read directly from the judgment.
Key facts
| Court | High Court (General Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Sundaresh Menon |
| Charges / claim | Legal Profession |
| Outcome | Application dismissed |
| Counsel | Attorney-General's Chambers, Avery Chong Law Practice, Chia Wong Chambers LLC, Fernandez LLC, Chong Soon Yong Avery, Darryl Chew Zijie, Mohd Arshad, Patrick Fernandez, Shi Pei-Yi Sarah, Tay Jia Yi Pesdy |
Source: [2024] SGHC 82, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
Re Gabriel Silas Tang Rafferty [2024] SGHC 82 was decided in the General Division of the High Court of Singapore by Sundaresh Menon CJ on 22 March 2024, with judgment reserved after hearings on 30 January and 13 February 2024. The matter, Admission of Advocates and Solicitors No 224 of 2022, was brought under Section 12 of the Legal Profession Act 1966 and Rule 25 of the Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2011, concerning the application of Mr Gabriel Silas Tang Rafferty for admission to the legal profession. The judgment emphasised that the court examines an applicant's qualities of character, and that a lack of candour in the admission process is especially troubling. The applicant was represented by Fernandez LLC, with the Attorney-General's Chambers, the Law Society of Singapore (Chia Wong Chambers LLC) and the Singapore Institute of Legal Education (Avery Chong Law Practice) also appearing.
[2024] SGHC 82 explained
GABRIEL SILAS TANG RAFFERTY ([2024] SGHC 82) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 22 March 2024. It is categorised under Legal Profession. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.
What is [2024] SGHC 82 about?
GABRIEL SILAS TANG RAFFERTY ([2024] SGHC 82) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Legal Profession — Admission”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
Which legislation does [2024] SGHC 82 consider?
The judgment refers to Legal Profession Act (Cap 161). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.
What earlier Singapore cases does [2024] SGHC 82 cite?
Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2024] SGHC 61. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.
How influential is [2024] SGHC 82?
Within this corpus, [2024] SGHC 82 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.
What was Re Gabriel Silas Tang Rafferty [2024] SGHC 82 about?
The case concerned an application by Mr Gabriel Silas Tang Rafferty for admission as an Advocate and Solicitor, brought under Section 12 of the Legal Profession Act 1966 and Rule 25 of the Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2011. Sundaresh Menon CJ examined questions of the applicant's character and candour.
Who heard the admission application in [2024] SGHC 82?
Sundaresh Menon CJ heard the matter in the General Division of the High Court, reserving judgment after sittings on 30 January and 13 February 2024 before delivering it on 22 March 2024. The application was Admission of Advocates and Solicitors No 224 of 2022.
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2024] SGHC 82)