Seow Theng Beng Samuel v Law Society of Singapore

JurisdictionSingapore
JudgeSundaresh Menon CJ,Andrew Phang Boon Leong JCA,Steven Chong JCA
Judgment Date16 November 2021
CourtHigh Court (Singapore)
Docket NumberOriginating Summons No 4 of 2020 (Summons No 2 of 2021)

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4 cases
  • Law Society of Singapore v Lun Yaodong Clarence
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 28 October 2022
    ...(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 [2011] 4 SLR 777 (folld) Facts In July 2019, the respondent joined Foxwood LL......
  • Law Society of Singapore v Seow Theng Beng Samuel
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 18 May 2022
    ...5 SLR 1261, HC (refd) Loh Der Ming Andrew v Koh Tien Hua [2022] 3 SLR 1417 (refd) Seow Theng Beng Samuel v Law Society of Singapore [2022] 3 SLR 830 (refd) Facts The respondent was a solicitor of 20 years' standing. He was charged before a disciplinary tribunal under ss 83(2)(b)(i) and 83(2......
  • Law Society of Singapore v Lun Yaodong Clarence
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 28 October 2022
    ...to protect the public and uphold confidence in the integrity of the legal profession (Seow Theng Beng Samuel v Law Society of Singapore [2022] 3 SLR 830 at [16]) – were squarely engaged. This was because the respondent’s conduct affected, on two levels, the public for whose protection the r......
  • Law Society of Singapore v Seow Theng Beng Samuel
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 18 May 2022
    ...hearing of OS 4 be held in abeyance, pending the completion of the Newton hearing. In Seow Theng Beng Samuel v Law Society of Singapore [2021] SGHC 258, we dismissed the respondent’s application, holding that he had failed to establish any real risk of serious prejudice to the conduct of OS......
1 books & journal articles
  • Legal Profession
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2021, December 2021
    • 1 December 2021
    ...[2021] 3 SLR 487. 31 CBB v Law Society of Singapore [2021] 3 SLR 513. 32 CBB v Law Society of Singapore [2021] 1 SLR 977 at [38]. 33 [2022] 3 SLR 830. 34 Set out at para 22.71(c) above. 35 Law Society of Singapore v Seow Theng Beng Samuel [2022] SGHC 112. 36 [2022] 3 SLR 731. 37 Shanmugam M......