Bribery: Fine Imposed Instead of Imprisonment
October 7, 2019
This article shares the case of an offender who pleaded guilty to the bribery charges in Singapore under the Prevention of Corruption Act, and his appeal.
Outrage of Modesty: Accused Acquitted
September 19, 2019
This article shares the case of the accused person allegedly charged with the offence of outrage of modesty in Singapore,; who was eventually acquitted.
Principle of Proportionality: Criminal Offender’s Fetishism
July 26, 2019
This article shares the fundamental principle of sentencing (proportionality) of a theft offender in Singapore, where the Prosecution’s appeal was dismissed.
Public Prosecutor v Low Ji Qing [2019] SGHC 174
July 23, 2019
“There is no society where the rule does not exist that the punishment must be proportional to the offence.” -Emile Durkheim, 1938 This appeal was concerned with this fundamental principle of sentencing – proportionality. How does it interplay with the seemingly conflicting principle of specific deterrence, and in particular, the related principle of escalation when […]
Fresh Evidence on PTSD and PTSS in a Capital Criminal Offence
July 9, 2019
This article shares the latest development in this capital offence case where we have successfully persuaded the Court that Ilechukwu had suffered PTSD and PTSS.
Statutory Criminal Offence – Section 7 of the Misuse of Drugs Act
May 30, 2019
This article shares the case of a statutory offence under the Misuses of Drugs, what is an abnormality of mind and certificate of substantive assistance in Singapore.
Alleged Drug Trafficker Acquitted of Capital Offence Charge
February 16, 2019
This article shares the case of our client who faced the death penalty for drug trafficking. He was convicted and sentenced on a lesser offence as he did not share a common intention to traffic the drugs.
The Accused Was a Mere Courier
This article shares the ambit of the acts of a mere courier as defined in the Misuse of Drugs Act, and persuaded the Court that our client was a mere courier.
Singapore Court of Appeal Potentially Erred in Convicting the Accused
November 16, 2017
This article shares the case where the Court of Appeal agreed that there was a powerful probability that it had made an error in its 2015’s death penalty decision.
Can One Conspire With Another to Traffic Drugs to Oneself?
September 10, 2017
This article shares the case where we successfully argued that the Court’s conviction of the appellant for the charge of conspiring with another to traffic drugs to himself was wrong in law.
Protection from Harassment Act – False Statements of Fact
July 23, 2017
This article shares the argument we submitted in Court on how the word ‘person’ under the Protection from Harassment Act to be construed.
Misuse of Drugs Act – Presumption of Knowledge of Nature of Drugs
July 16, 2017
This article shares the clarification by the Court of Appeal on the presumption of knowledge of drugs under section 18 (2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act.
