THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE v RAVI S/O MADASAMY

Case Significance

Law Society of Singapore v Ravi s/o Madasamy and another matter [2024] SGHC 141 was decided on 31 May 2024 by a Court of 3 Supreme Court Judges, comprising Sundaresh Menon CJ, Tay Yong Kwang JCA and Steven Chong JCA, in Originating Applications Nos 5 of 2023 and 10 of 2023, with Steven Chong JCA delivering the judgment of the court following a hearing on 9 May 2024. The respondent, Mr Ravi s/o Madasamy, is described as a lawyer of more than 25 years' standing who had been found guilty on more than 10 occasions of improper conduct by the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Law Society of Singapore, with sanctions ranging from monetary penalties to suspensions from practice on two previous occasions. The judgment notes that the respondent was, at the time, serving a five-year suspension that commenced on 21 March 2023. It records that on previous occasions there had been no express finding of dishonesty against him, but that in the two present matters part of the conduct fell to be considered differently. The catchword for the case is "Legal Profession — Professional conduct — Grossly improper conduct". The Law Society of Singapore was represented by Allen & Gledhill LLP and the respondent by Eugene Thuraisingam LLP, with Eugene Singarajah Thuraisingam among the respondent's counsel.