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Judicial Developments in Ethical Lawyering in Singapore

Alvin Chen

(2013) 25 SACLJ 395

Abstract:
Over the past nine years, the Singapore courts have issued a number of significant decisions relating to the ethics of lawyering in areas such as conflicts of interest, remuneration and the administration of justice. This article discusses and evaluates the significant themes underlying recent judicial developments in professional ethics, in particular judicial expectations of how solicitors should interpret ethical rules, personal and professional conflicts of interest, the duty to the administration of justice and redressing imbalances in fee arrangements.