The complaint alleges that Ms Kwa Kim Li had failed to follow Mr Lee Kuan Yew's instructions to destroy his superseded wills.SINGAPORE - The Court of Appeal is considering a rare procedural issue that could affect whether lawyer Kwa Kim Li will face a disciplinary tribunal over a complaint that she failed to destroy the prior wills of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.
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. Among other things, she said she used the word "destroy" in a colloquial manner to explain the impact of revocation of a will to lay persons.The Law Society decided to proceed with the second complaint.
Justice Thean said that when an inquiry committee has recommended a formal investigation, the Law Society council had no power to refer the case back for reconsideration.On Wednesday, Senior Counsel Gregory Vijayendran, representing the Law Society, argued that the council can still ask for a further report, even when an initial inquiry committee report recommended formal investigations.
He argued that the council is obliged to determine that there should be a formal investigation once an inquiry committee has recommended such a course of action.Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon questioned what Ms Kwa meant, considering that she had attached copies of the "destroyed" wills in her e-mail to the siblings.Justice Chao Hick Tin asked Mr Vergis what the purpose of this particular complaint was.
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