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The Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1986 removed the Law Society's general right to comment on all impending legislation.

The Law Society's New Home Tracey Yeo, 'Southward Ho! A Permanent Home Close to the River', Singapore Law Gazette, Jun 1999, at 4 Following the footsteps of Singapore's pioneers, the Law Society of Singapore has laid down its roots close to the

The course was reprised the following January in an expanded form. On 3 January 1995, 170 members of the Society attended a seminar ‘In Pursuit of Excellence in Advocacy’, and this was followed by a three-day intensive workshop for 50

By the 1980s, the personal computer had arrived on the desktop of many law firms. While not yet ubiquitous, they were considered the next natural 'upgrade' from the fax and telex machines which were by then being used extensively by

When it was established in 1967, the Advocates and Solicitors Society of Singapore did not appear to have an official crest of its own. If it did, the Society never used the crest in any of its publications or publicity

...the Legal Profession Act in 1986, by streamlining the disciplinary process and by requiring lay participation in the process to ensure transparency and accountability. However, it was not possible to force the Law Society to broaden its remit by taking

Picking Up the Pieces Lee Kuan Yew's excoriating attack on the Law Society during the 1986 Select Committee hearings left the Bar and the Society in shock and dismay. It was a devastating, demoralising blow. On 2 January 1987, the Law

Lee Kuan Yew’s note to the Attorney-General in January 1986 led to a series of exchanges between the two men as well as Minister for Law EW Barker and Second Minister for Law S Jayakumar on how to tighten the

The Election of Francis T Seow as President While the successful launch and implementation of CLAS was the crowning achievement of Harry Elias' presidency, much else was accomplished during his two years in office. The Sub-Committee on Practice Directions – comprising

TPB Menon's Dream of a Law Foundation In 1978, Council Member TPB Menon penned a six-page 'Paper on the Future of the Legal Profession' in which he proposed, among other things, the establishment of a Law Foundation by the Society. The Law