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PP v Hamidah Binte Awang & anor [2019] SGHC 161
2019On 8 July 2019, the Honourable High Court Judge, Justice Lee Seiu Kin (“Justice Lee”), released this judgment on...
Double Standards of Rationality by Marcus
22 May 2019Double Standards of Rationality by Marcus Teo* The review of decisions on grounds of irrationality (rationality review) is central...
- amendmentarticlecertificate of substantive assistancecourt of appealcrimedeath penalty Singaporedrugdrug offencedrug traffickingJudicial Powerjudicial reviewlawlaw gazettemere couriermisuse of drugs actprosecutorial discretionrule of lawseparation of powersWednesbury unreasonableness
A Sacred Duty of Being a Criminal Lawyer
29 March 2019We acted for the daughter of the founders of a luxury watch retail chain, in a criminal matter, who...
- access to justicecourt of appealcrimecriminal lawcriminal lawyercriminal litigationdefencedrugdrug offencedrug traffickinghigh courtjusticelaw
Alleged Drug Trafficker Acquitted of Capital Offence Charge
2019Public Prosecutor v Moad Fadzir Bin Mustaffa & Zuraimy Bin Musa [2019] SGHC 33; Moad Fadzir bin Mustaffa v...
The Accused Was a Mere Courier
2019Zamri Bin Mohd Tahir v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGCA 9 1. Introduction In 2017, the High Court (the “HC”)...
Death Penalty in Singapore — a Matter of Life and Death
7 December 2018Some interesting statistics about the death penalty:- Approximately 106 countries worldwide have abolished the death penalty for all crimes....
- capital offencecapital punishmentcrimecriminal lawcriminal lawyercriminal litigationdeath penalty Singaporedeterrentdrugdrug offencedrug traffickingeugene thuraisingamlaw
Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam v Attorney-General [2018] SGHC 112
2018We act for the applicant in the case of Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam v Attorney-General [2018] SGHC 112 ("Nagaenthran"),...
Ali bin Mohamad Bahashwan v PP and other appeals [2018] 1 SLR 610
2018Our client was charged with and convicted of trafficking in heroin under section 5(1)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs...
PP v Hamidah Binte Awang & anor [2019] SGHC 161
2019On 8 July 2019, the Honourable High Court Judge, Justice Lee Seiu Kin (“Justice Lee”), released this judgment on...
Double Standards of Rationality by Marcus
22 May 2019Double Standards of Rationality by Marcus Teo* The review of decisions on grounds of irrationality (rationality review) is central...
- amendmentarticlecertificate of substantive assistancecourt of appealcrimedeath penalty Singaporedrugdrug offencedrug traffickingJudicial Powerjudicial reviewlawlaw gazettemere couriermisuse of drugs actprosecutorial discretionrule of lawseparation of powersWednesbury unreasonableness
A Sacred Duty of Being a Criminal Lawyer
29 March 2019We acted for the daughter of the founders of a luxury watch retail chain, in a criminal matter, who...
- access to justicecourt of appealcrimecriminal lawcriminal lawyercriminal litigationdefencedrugdrug offencedrug traffickinghigh courtjusticelaw
Alleged Drug Trafficker Acquitted of Capital Offence Charge
2019Public Prosecutor v Moad Fadzir Bin Mustaffa & Zuraimy Bin Musa [2019] SGHC 33; Moad Fadzir bin Mustaffa v...
The Accused Was a Mere Courier
2019Zamri Bin Mohd Tahir v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGCA 9 1. Introduction In 2017, the High Court (the “HC”)...
Death Penalty in Singapore — a Matter of Life and Death
7 December 2018Some interesting statistics about the death penalty:- Approximately 106 countries worldwide have abolished the death penalty for all crimes....
- capital offencecapital punishmentcrimecriminal lawcriminal lawyercriminal litigationdeath penalty Singaporedeterrentdrugdrug offencedrug traffickingeugene thuraisingamlaw
Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam v Attorney-General [2018] SGHC 112
2018We act for the applicant in the case of Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam v Attorney-General [2018] SGHC 112 ("Nagaenthran"),...
Ali bin Mohamad Bahashwan v PP and other appeals [2018] 1 SLR 610
2018Our client was charged with and convicted of trafficking in heroin under section 5(1)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs...
Implications for Accused Persons, section 409 Penal Code by Suang
18 April 2018Public Prosecutor v Lam Leng Hung and Others [2018] SGCA 7 – Implications for Accused Persons Previously Convicted of an...
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Death penalty faced by drug convict
19 March 2018Our Eugene Thuraisingam and Suang Wijaya acted as “McKenzie friends” to convicted Singaporean drug trafficker Hishamruddin Mohd, who was...
- capital offencecapital punishmentcourt of appealcrimecriminal lawcriminal lawyercriminal litigationdeath penalty Singaporedrugdrug offencedrug traffickingeugene thuraisingamlawmisuse of drugs act
Ilechukwu Uchechukwu Chukwudi v PP [2017] SGCA 44
2017We have acted for the accused in this case since 2013 as assigned counsel under the Legal Assistance Scheme...
Liew Zheng Yang v Public Prosecutor [2017] SGHC 157
2017We acted for the appellant in this case, successfully arguing that the District Court’s conviction of the appellant for...
Court orders review of drug conviction, to make findings on PTSD
2 August 2017The conviction of an alleged Nigerian drug trafficker was ordered to be reviewed, after we successfully argued before the...
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Drug buyer should not be punished like drug trafficker
14 July 2017In a landmark ruling, we persuaded the High Court to overturn the conviction of a man who had asked...
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Prabagaran a/l Srivijayan v Public Prosecutor and other matters [2017] 1 SLR 173
2017We had conduct of four applications by persons who had been sentenced to death as a result of:- (a)...
A Sacred Duty of Being a Criminal Lawyer
29 March 2019We acted for the daughter of the founders of a luxury watch retail chain, in a criminal matter, who...
Death Penalty in Singapore — a Matter of Life and Death
7 December 2018Some interesting statistics about the death penalty:- Approximately 106 countries worldwide have abolished the death penalty for all crimes....
Death penalty faced by drug convict
19 March 2018Our Eugene Thuraisingam and Suang Wijaya acted as “McKenzie friends” to convicted Singaporean drug trafficker Hishamruddin Mohd, who was...
Court orders review of drug conviction, to make findings on PTSD
2 August 2017The conviction of an alleged Nigerian drug trafficker was ordered to be reviewed, after we successfully argued before the...
Drug buyer should not be punished like drug trafficker
14 July 2017In a landmark ruling, we persuaded the High Court to overturn the conviction of a man who had asked...
PP v Hamidah Binte Awang & anor [2019] SGHC 161
2019On 8 July 2019, the Honourable High Court Judge, Justice Lee Seiu Kin (“Justice Lee”), released this judgment on...
Alleged Drug Trafficker Acquitted of Capital Offence Charge
2019Public Prosecutor v Moad Fadzir Bin Mustaffa & Zuraimy Bin Musa [2019] SGHC 33; Moad Fadzir bin Mustaffa v...
The Accused Was a Mere Courier
2019Zamri Bin Mohd Tahir v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGCA 9 1. Introduction In 2017, the High Court (the “HC”)...
Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam v Attorney-General [2018] SGHC 112
2018We act for the applicant in the case of Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam v Attorney-General [2018] SGHC 112 ("Nagaenthran"),...
Ali bin Mohamad Bahashwan v PP and other appeals [2018] 1 SLR 610
2018Our client was charged with and convicted of trafficking in heroin under section 5(1)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs...
Liew Zheng Yang v Public Prosecutor [2017] SGHC 157
2017We acted for the appellant in this case, successfully arguing that the District Court’s conviction of the appellant for...
Ilechukwu Uchechukwu Chukwudi v PP [2017] SGCA 44
2017We have acted for the accused in this case since 2013 as assigned counsel under the Legal Assistance Scheme...
Prabagaran a/l Srivijayan v Public Prosecutor and other matters [2017] 1 SLR 173
2017We had conduct of four applications by persons who had been sentenced to death as a result of:- (a)...
