Court of Appeal reserves judgment over complaint against Lee Kuan Yew's lawyer

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SINGAPORE - The Court of Appeal is considering a rare procedural issue that could affect whether lawyer Kwa Kim Li willthat she failed to destroy the prior wills of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Ye

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This complaint - referred to in court as the first complaint - alleges that she had failed to follow his instructions to destroy his superseded wills. On Wednesday , a five-judge Court of Appeal reserved judgment after hearing arguments that mostly dealt with the powers of the Law Society council to refer a matter back to an inquiry committee for reconsideration.

In Ms Kwa's case, the inquiry committee issued a report in May 2020 recommending that two of the four complaints, including the first complaint, be referred to a disciplinary tribunal.In a second report in August 2020, the inquiry committee changed its stance on the first complaint after hearing Ms Kwa's explanations.

 

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