THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v RAVI S/O MADASAMY

Case Significance

Law Society of Singapore v Ravi s/o Madasamy [2023] SGHC 65 was heard by the Court of Three Judges — Sundaresh Menon CJ, Tay Yong Kwang JCA and Belinda Ang JCA — on Originating Summons No 2 of 2022, with judgment delivered by Sundaresh Menon CJ on 21 March 2023. The Law Society applied for the respondent, Mr Ravi s/o Madasamy, an advocate and solicitor of 20 years' standing then practising with Carson Law Chambers, to be sanctioned under s 83(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966. The misconduct in issue arose from comments Mr Ravi made in an interview with The Online Citizen Asia and later posts on Facebook following the release of the Court of Appeal's oral grounds in Gobi a/l Avedian v Public Prosecutor on 19 October 2020; a disciplinary tribunal had investigated four primary and three alternative charges, and the excerpt sets out the issues rather than the final sanction.