Legal Profession

23 cases · January 2025 to February 2026

Key Issues & Sub-Topics

Disciplinary proceedings 7

Professional conduct — Breach 4

Bill of costs 2

Show cause action 2

Admission 2

Conflict of interest 1

Duties — Paramount duty to the court 1

Disciplinary proceedings — Review of determination of disciplinary tribunal 1

Professional conduct — Artificial intelligence — Fictitious authority 1

Professional privileges — Section 128(1) of the Evidence Act 1893 (2020 Rev Ed) 1

Admission — Anonymisation of grounds of decision 1

Disciplinary proceedings — Section 97 of the Legal Profession Act 1966 (2020 Rev Ed) 1

Professional conduct — Communications with witnesses represented by other counsel — Rules 7(3) and 8(3) of the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015 1

Disciplinary proceedings — Sentencing 1

Professional conduct — Grossly improper conduct 1

+ 12 more sub-topics

Court Distribution

SGHC 35 SGMC 1 SGCA 1 SGDC 1 SGHCR 1

Key Statutes

Legal Profession Act (Cap 161)

19 cases

Penal Code (Cap 224)

4 cases

Evidence Act (Cap 97)

4 cases

Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap 322)

3 cases

Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 68)

2 cases

Civil Law Act (Cap 43)

2 cases

Restructuring and Dissolution Act

2 cases

Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act

2 cases

Work Injury Compensation Act (Cap 354)

2 cases

Companies Act (Cap 50)

2 cases

Interpretation Act (Cap 1)

1 case

Limitation Act (Cap 163)

1 case

Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act (Cap 30C)

1 case

Senior Courts Act

1 case

Insolvency Act

1 case

Key People & Firms

Top Judges

Sundaresh Menon 8 Steven Chong 6 Belinda Ang Saw Ean 5 Tay Yong Kwang 5 Hri Kumar Nair 3

Top Firms

Attorney-General's Chambers 5 Allen & Gledhill LLP 4 Providence Law Asia LLC 3 WongPartnership LLP 2 Arbiters Inc Law Corporation 2

Top Lawyers

Jeyendran Jeyapal 3 Chng Luey Chi 2 Jasleen Kaur 2 Vergis S Abraham 2 Kyle Chong Kee Cheng 2

Cases

LIM CHAI HING v MOTOR INSURERS' BUREAU OF SINGAPORE & 2 Ors

23 February 2026

THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v WILLJUDE VIMALRAJ S/O RAYMOND SURAS

22 January 2026

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

13 January 2026

WEN HANRONG v HUATIONG CONTRACTOR PTE LTD & Anor

[2025] SGDC 324

ARBITERS INC LAW CORPORATION v DE BEAUTE (SSC) PTE LTD

22 December 2025

[2025] SGHC 244

Sunil Kishinchand Bhojwani v Law Society of Singapore

17 December 2025

[2025] SGHC 230

LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v TAN JEH YAW

8 December 2025

[2025] SGHC 234

THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v YEO YAO HUI, CHARLES (YANG YAOHUI)

28 November 2025

[2025] SGHC 220

SELVAM LLC v AMLA PTE. LTD.

6 November 2025

[2025] SGHC 205

THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v LI ZHONGSHENG

14 October 2025

[2025] SGHCR 33

TAJUDIN BIN GULAM RASUL & Anor v SURIAYA BINTE HAJA MOHIDEEN

29 September 2025

[2025] SGHC 175

The Law Society of Singapore v Dhanwant Singh

4 September 2025

[2025] SGHC 159

RAI VIJAY KUMAR v THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE

[2025] SGHC 156

ARIFFIN ISKANDAR SHA BIN ALI AKBAR

[2025] SGHC 155

PULARA DEVMINIE SOMACHANDRA

PULARA DEVMINIE SOMACHANDRA

[2025] SGHC 137

CLARENCE LUN YAODONG v LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE

[2025] SGHC 136

The Law Society of Singapore v Yeo Poh Tiang (Yang Baozhen)

[2025] SGHC 128

Madison Pacific Trust Limited & 3 Ors v David Salim & Anor

REN XIN WU V LEE KUAN FUNG & ANOR

THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v CHEN KOK SIANG JOSEPH

16 January 2025

ATTORNEY-GENERAL v SHANMUGAM MANOHAR & Anor

13 January 2025