Ravi Fined $10k for Over Enthusiasm in Defending Clients. Like This Also Can?

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AGC AND LAW SOCIETY WANTS TO FINE LAWYER M RAVI FOR MISCONDUCT

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28 Oct 2014 - 5:13pm








Lawyer M Ravi could be fined $7,000 for professional misconduct.

Mr Ravi is going to be fined for sending out court documents and sending out media statements to the press before submitting them on the Attorney-General.
Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon had appointed a disciplinary tribunal to investigate Ravi in March this year. Counsel Giam Chin Toon and lawyer Gina Lee-Wan are also on the tribunal.

Mr Ravi was also asked by the tribunal to pay $3,000 in costs to the Law Society.

The fine comes after the Attorney-General (AGC) complained to the Law Society about Mr Ravi. Thereafter, the Law Society applied to Chief Justice Menon for the tribunal.







The Law Society was represented by Senior Counsel Andre Yeap, charged that over the period of five months from August to December last year, Mr Ravi had released court papers and emailed media statements to the press, with the intention to meddle with the cases.

Mr Ravi has pleaded guilty to all of the seven charges levied against him and promised not to commit the same conduct again. The tribunal had recommended a $1,000 fine for each charge, for a total of $7,000.
He also sent out a media statement to apologise.

The tribunal accepted Ravi’s guilty plea about his “over-enthusiasm” in representing his clients and thus unwittingly overstepped the line".
The tribunal's recommendation will now be considered by the Law Society.


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