24 April 2013

Singapore - Legal Profession – Admission: Re Caplan Jonathan Michael QC

This application was made pursuant to s 15 of the Legal Profession Act (Cap 161, 2009 Rev Ed) (hereinafter referred to as “the current LPA” to distinguish it from its predecessor versions) for Mr Jonathan Michael Caplan QC (“Mr Caplan QC”) to be admitted as an advocate and solicitor of Singapore for the purpose of representing one Chew Eng Han (“the Accused”) as his defence counsel in District Arrest Cases Nos 023158 to 023167 of 2012, including any appeals therefrom (“the Criminal Proceedings”). The application was opposed by the Public Prosecutor (“the PP”), the Attorney-General (“the AG”) and The Law Society of Singapore (“the LSS”). After hearing the parties’ submissions, I dismissed the application and gave brief oral grounds for my decision. I now set out my full grounds.

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