Lessons from the First Case Under the Administration of Justice (Protection) Act 2016
In Wham Kwok Han Jolovan v Attorney-General and other appeals, a judgment delivered on 16 March 2020, the Court of Appeal (CA) set out the parameters for liability for scandalising contempt under section 3(1)(a) of the Administration of Justice (Protection)
Message from Co-chairpersons, Young Lawyers’ Committee
Congratulations to all the newly called Advocates and Solicitors of the Singapore Bar on this momentous occasion in each of your lives! By now, you may have a fleeting sense of what life in legal practice will be like for the
Reconsidering the Presumption of Constitutionality and Pre-Constitutional Legislation
The Presumption of Constitutionality is an oft-cited but seldom explored theme in Constitutional Law, and would appear to have been settled after the Court of Appeal decision in Lim Meng Suang & anor v Attorney-General. However, the recent Indian Supreme
Message from Co-chairs, Young Lawyers’ Committee
Firstly, congratulations on this milestone of your professional career! Numerically, the young lawyers’ community forms a significant demographic in the legal community. There were 1,825 lawyers qualified in the junior category of the profession in 2017. A junior category lawyer