CHESTER LEE JUN MING

Q: Which legislation does [2023] SGHC 282 consider?

The judgment refers to Legal Profession Act (Cap 161) and Penal Code (Cap 224). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

[2023] SGHC 282 High Court (General Division) 9 October 2023 HC/AAS 258/2023 · HC/AAS 363/2023 · HC/AAS 370/2023 21 min read

4 cases cited Cited by 1 case

Outcome

Application allowed

I allowed the Applications.

Source: [2023] SGHC 282, High Court (General Division), decided 9 October 2023. Read directly from the judgment.

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	9 October 2023
Judge	Sundaresh Menon
Charges / claim	Legal Profession
Outcome	Application allowed
Counsel	Allen & Gledhill LLP, Attorney-General's Chambers, BR Law Corporation, Fullerton Law Chambers LLC, Harry Elias Partnership LLP, Singapore Institute of Legal Education, Tito Isaac & Co LLP, Avery Chong, Brinden Anandakumar, Cui Shenzhi, Daniel Loh Weijie, Isaac Tito Shane, Jeyendran Jeyapal, Lim Chu Yech, Mathavan Devadas, Mehaerun Simaa d/o Ravichandran @ Raqiib Chandra, Pesdy Tay, Sanjiv Kumar Rajan, Sindhu Nair d/o Muralidharan Nair, Toh Wei Yi

Source: [2023] SGHC 282, High Court (General Division), decided 9 October 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Legal Profession — Admission

Practice Areas

Legal Profession

Judges (1)

Sundaresh Menon Delivered

Counsel (20)

Allen & Gledhill LLP Firm Attorney-General's Chambers Firm BR Law Corporation Firm Fullerton Law Chambers LLC Firm Harry Elias Partnership LLP Firm Singapore Institute of Legal Education Firm Tito Isaac & Co LLP Firm Avery Chong Counsel Singapore Institute Of Legal Education Brinden Anandakumar Counsel Law Society Of Singapore Cui Shenzhi Counsel Law Society Of Singapore Daniel Loh Weijie Counsel Applicant Isaac Tito Shane Counsel Applicant Jeyendran Jeyapal Counsel Attorney-General Lim Chu Yech Counsel Applicant Mathavan Devadas Counsel Applicant Mehaerun Simaa d/o Ravichandran @ Raqiib Chandra Counsel Law Society Of Singapore Pesdy Tay Counsel Attorney-General Sanjiv Kumar Rajan Counsel Law Society Of Singapore Sindhu Nair d/o Muralidharan Nair Counsel Applicant Toh Wei Yi Counsel Applicant

Parties (6)

Attorney-General Non-Party Law Society of Singapore Non-Party Singapore Institute of Legal Education Non-Party Chester Lee Jun Ming Applicant Chong Weng Teng Applicant Lin Shuang Ju Applicant

Case Significance

Re Lee Jun Ming Chester and other matters [2023] SGHC 282 is a grounds of decision of Sundaresh Menon CJ in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 9 October 2023 in Admission of Advocates and Solicitors Nos 258, 363 and 370 of 2023. The three applications, brought by Chester Lee Jun Ming, Chong Weng Teng and Lin Shuang Ju under section 12 of the Legal Profession Act 1966 and rule 25 of the Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2011, sought admission as Advocates and Solicitors of the Supreme Court. The stakeholders, comprising the Attorney-General, the Law Society of Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Legal Education, did not object, and on 22 September 2023 Sundaresh Menon CJ heard and allowed the applications, providing detailed grounds in this decision.

[2023] SGHC 282 explained

CHESTER LEE JUN MING ([2023] SGHC 282) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 9 October 2023. 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 [2023] SGHC 282 about?

CHESTER LEE JUN MING ([2023] SGHC 282) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. 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 [2023] SGHC 282 consider?

The judgment refers to Legal Profession Act (Cap 161) and Penal Code (Cap 224). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2023] SGHC 282 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2023] SGHC 129 and [2023] SGHC 59. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

How influential is [2023] SGHC 282?

Within this corpus, [2023] SGHC 282 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 Lee Jun Ming Chester [2023] SGHC 282 about?

It concerned three applications by Chester Lee Jun Ming, Chong Weng Teng and Lin Shuang Ju for admission as Advocates and Solicitors of the Supreme Court, heard and allowed by Sundaresh Menon CJ on 22 September 2023, with detailed grounds given on 9 October 2023.

What did the court decide on the admission applications in [2023] SGHC 282?

Sundaresh Menon CJ allowed all three admission applications on 22 September 2023, the Attorney-General, the Law Society of Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Legal Education having raised no objection and being satisfied the applicants were fit and proper persons.