He was found guilty on two charges of lying to a Parliamentary Committee of Privileges last year
[SINGAPORE] The Law Society of Singapore (LawSoc) initiated disciplinary proceedings against Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh because it was required to do so under the Legal Profession Act, it said on Friday (Mar 13).
In response to The Business Times’ queries on the nature of the disciplinary actions taken against Singh, a Law Society spokesperson said that he was “convicted of offences involving ‘fraud or dishonesty’ within the meaning of Section 94A(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966”.
The Act states that if a regulated legal practitioner has been convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty, an application for an order that the solicitor be struck off the roll of advocates and solicitors must be made, with reference to Section 98 of the Act, “Application for order that solicitor be struck off roll of advocates and solicitors, etc.”.
This application for the order not only includes being struck off the roll of advocates and solicitors, but also suspension from practice for up to five years, a penalty of up to S$100,000, censure, among others.
The Law Society then “initiated disciplinary proceedings against Mr Pritam Singh in compliance with Section 98 of the Act on Mar 4, 2026”.
“As the matter is pending before the Court, it would not be appropriate for the Law Society to comment on the matter,” added the spokesperson, without further elaboration.
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A case management conference – a private hearing that allows both parties and the Registrar to discuss the conduct of the case – was heard on Mar 12 by Assistant Registrar James Low.
The Law Society was represented by a Drew & Napier team led by Senior Counsel Cavinder Bull, while Singh represented himself.
In February last year, Singh was found guilty on two charges of giving false answers to a Parliamentary Committee of Privileges. In January this year, Parliament passed a motion that deemed Singh unfit to continue as Leader of the Opposition, and he was formally removed from the position by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
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