Law Society of Singapore v Yap Bock Heng Christopher

JurisdictionSingapore
CourtHigh Court (Singapore)
Judgment Date25 September 2014
Docket NumberOriginating Summonses Nos 1149 of 2013 and 157 of 2014
Date25 September 2014

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12 cases
  • Law Society of Singapore v Hanam, Andrew John
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 10 May 2023
    ...of Singapore v Uthayasurian Sidambaram [2009] 4 SLR(R) 674; [2009] 4 SLR 674 (refd) Law Society of Singapore v Yap Bock Heng Christopher [2014] 4 SLR 877 (refd) Lie Hendri Rusli v Wong Tan & Molly Lim [2004] 4 SLR(R) 594; [2004] 4 SLR 594 (refd) Lock Han Chng Jonathan v Goh Jessiline [2008]......
  • Law Society of Singapore v Lun Yaodong Clarence
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 28 October 2022
    ...(folld) Law Society of Singapore v Tan See Leh Jonathan [2020] 5 SLR 418 (folld) Law Society of Singapore v Yap Bock Heng Christopher [2014] 4 SLR 877 (folld) Seow Theng Beng Samuel v Law Society of Singapore [2022] 3 SLR 830 (folld) Woon Brothers Investments Pte Ltd v MCST Plan No 461 [201......
  • Iskandar bin Rahmat v Law Society of Singapore
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 8 January 2021
    ...(see Re Nalpon Zero at [55], [67]–[70], which was later cited with approval in Law Society of Singapore v Yap Bock Heng Christopher [2014] 4 SLR 877 at [39]). Several cases were cited and these were said to represent the position in England and in Singapore. A number of academic authorities......
  • Law Society of Singapore v Hanam, Andrew John
    • Singapore
    • 10 May 2023
    ...See Leh Jonathan (“Jonathan Tan”) [2020] 5 SLR 418 at [10] and Law Society of Singapore v Yap Bock Heng Christopher (“Christopher Yap”) [2014] 4 SLR 877 at [27]. For instance, a fine would not be appropriate in the face of aggravating factors, such as a record of previous misconduct, or if ......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Legal Profession
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2015, December 2015
    • 1 December 2015
    ...remained owing. 21.77 The DT cited the decision of the Court of Three Judges in Law Society of Singapore v Yap Bock Heng Christopher[2014] 4 SLR 877 on the seriousness of breaches of r 33 of the PCR 2010 regardless of whether dishonesty in the usual sense was involved: 27 In our view, it wo......
  • Legal Profession
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2014, December 2014
    • 1 December 2014
    ...the solicitor can satisfy one of the exemptions in r 34 of the said Rules. 21.11 In Law Society of Singapore v Yap Bock Heng Christopher[2014] 4 SLR 877 (Yap Bock Heng Christopher), the respondent solicitor was acting for the complainant in respect of the latter's detention by the Indonesia......