Saturday, May 25, 2019

[365.19] Lawyers who put own interests above clients' could be struck off


Lawyers who put own interests above clients' could be struck off
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Errant #lawyers who put their personal interests above those of their clients will be struck off from practice unless there are exceptional reasons.
The #Court of Three Judges made this clear yesterday in setting out a new three-tier structure of sanctions to deal with lawyers' misconduct that involves conflict of interest in relation to their clients.
"Misconduct arising from a conflict of interest is reprehensible because it entails a grievous violation of a lawyer's duty of unflinching and undivided loyalty to a client," said Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon in judgment grounds yesterday.
"In all disciplinary proceedings involving a conflict of interest, the sanction to be imposed should reflect both the culpability of the errant solicitor and the harm caused by his misconduct," he added on behalf of the court, which included Judge of Appeal Tay Yong Kwang and Justice Belinda Ang.

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