A COURT of Three Judges has expressed concern about lawyers representing multiple clients in the same case after one lawyer was suspended for a year for professional misconduct.
In issuing its guidelines last week, the court – comprising Justices Chao Hick Tin, Andrew Phang and V.K. Rajah – advised lawyers to avoid getting themselves into such situations.
Mr S. Uthayasurian had acted for six parties involved in a property development project in Tanglin Hill.
The transaction involved an investor who was talked into developing a property owned by the Brunei government.
The man who proposed the project and disbursed the funds, Mr Louis Ang, was an undischarged bankrupt. Continue reading
