WHAT has an iconic Made-in-Singapore law firm got to do with global warming?
It’s never going to be a judicial talking point but Colin Ng & Partners LLP (CNP) actively took part in Earth Hour, joining a global mega observation.
From The Great Pyramids to The Acropolis, The London Eye to The Las Vegas strip, The Singapore Flyer to The Merlion, nearly 4,000 cities in 88 countries celebrated Earth Hour at 8.30pm local time on Saturday, March 28, 2009.
Under the Earth Hour initiative, households, communities and businesses around the world turned off …

IN THIS ISSUE

Next match lineup: State v. X by Emily Choo & Lynette Lim (here)

Restricting Freedoms of Expression in New Media by Rachel Leow (here)

The Defence of Unsoundness of Mind: Unsound Law? by Amos Toh (here)
Subhas Anandan, The Best I Could by Justin Yeo (here)
Pro Bono Feature: CLAS – Defending the Cause of the Less Fortunate (here)
Pro Bono Feature: “Criminal Law and Pro Bono” – NUS Pro Bono Group Annual Seminar Series 2009, in partnership with KhattarWong (here)

ANG HOUFU
Chief Editor (Singapore Law Review)
Television makes everything simple – does the glove fit? If it does, …

The message sent out by all the speakers of the public forum “Criminal Law and Pro Bono” was unequivocal: Every person accused of a crime should have access to legal representation. When such persons cannot afford lawyers, pro bono work becomes a crucial part of the system of justice.
Held on the 6th March, the seminar—organised by the NUS Pro Bono Society as part of its Seminar Series 2009—involved four distinguished speakers, Mr. Foo Cheow Ming, Partner, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, KhattarWong; Mr. Sunil Sudheesan, Legal Associate in KhattarWong; Mr. Lim …

It may appear ironic to some that the government, the very institution that works to prosecute someone accused of capital offence, is sometimes the one that provides legal aid to defend these actions.
But perhaps an even greater irony is that the government’s Counsel to the Legal Assistance Scheme for Capital Offences (‘LASCO’) and Legal Aid Bureau provides legal aid for civil cases such as matrimonial disputes, but not criminal cases other than those amounting to capital offences.
Their argument is that it would be paradoxical to both charge and defend the …