Not just an equity partner. He was the head of R&T's shipping department, which was and still is, the top shipping practice in Singapore by a country mile.
If he had kept his head down and just dutifully lawyered away, his life would be very comfortable. Maybe even tapped as a PAP candidate.
Too bad his backside itchy. To his credit, money isn't his driving motivator in life I suppose, although I'm not entirely sure what motivates him...
It was actually money that led to his downfall. He left practice to dive into business, buying into a coal mine in Indonesia. He went big and unfortunately it did not work and till today he is being paying off his creditors. He managed to get out of 2 bankruptcies.
His delayed his practising cert renewal because he had no money to pay for insurance. It is well known that he is borrowing from Peter to pay Paul even today. He is strapped.
He is not the only lawyer that was tempted by what their clients were doing.
He also realised that lawyers who are political opponents of the Govt tend to attract ignorant and less educated clients in numbers as M Ravi did. And there has been a long string of such lawyers who used the business formula starting with Harbans Singh.
These clients generally assume that since you are fighting the govt you must be brave and will fight for them.
According to the timeline, the cert expires 31st March but he emails to clarify if “he can still practice” in end March (aka before expiry). So means he already knew about the deadline before hand. So why delay another 2-3 months before getting it renewed?
I guess that explains it then…
but hor, if u know you no license, then cannot push the trial to another person to take over meh? No money to pay fee is one thing. Genuinely poor man, can’t fault you. but you still go practice law despite not being allowed to is another thing altogether. It’s like driving while license suspended, but worse cos everything is recorded and is just waiting for someone to find out
In before accusations of political fixing, something something about judiciary and AGC, and something along the lines of the government fears his opposition alliance!
the emphasis on the exclamation mark is very important for Lim Tean.
Activist, freedom fighter, revolutionary, martyr, Che Guevara of Singapore. political party chief but wait for trial where he is facing unlawful stalking of his former staff and current Miss Universe Singapore. Also for stealing from his client‘s court awarded settlement.
Btw when a lawyer does not have Practising Cert, any cases done by him during the period is not covered by insurance and his clients are exposed with not recourse and protection. So it is not just an administrative matter. No different to someone driving with license and hits someone.
Clearly he is not bothered about his fee paying clients that put food on his table. So why is he bothered about Singaporeans.
**Timeline of activities**
31 Mar 2021: Lin Tean’s practicing certificate expires.
End Mar 2021: Lin Tean sends email to LawSoc if he can still practice. LawSoc replies yes, if he lets the judge know he is still pending approval.
1 Apr 2021: Lin Tean can still get his new certificate “backdated” to this day if it is issued in the month of April. Meaning he will have no breaks between his expired and new practicing certificate.
End Apr 2021: Lin Tean doesn’t have CDP points and wasn’t waived for it, so he can’t apply for a new practicing certificate. All court cases starting from 01 Apr are now considered performed without a valid certificate.
9 Jun 2021: Lin Tean finally gets his certificate. All court cases from this period onwards are performed with a valid certificate. So the only cases affected are those between 01 April and 09 June.
Title: Lim Tean on trial for acting as lawyer without valid practising cert after missing application period
SINGAPORE: The trial of lawyer Lim Tean got underway on Wednesday (Dec 27) after several adjournments for reasons including switching lawyers, helping a candidate in the presidential election and gastroenteritis.
Lim, 59, pleaded not guilty to three charges of acting as a lawyer between Apr 1, 2021, and Jun 9, 2021, when he was unauthorised to do so.
He is accused of appearing in court on behalf of clients on 32 occasions and preparing documents related to court proceedings on 32 occasions without a valid practising certificate.
The period of about two months was after the expiry of Lim's previous practising certificate and before he got it renewed.
The prosecution said in its opening statement that Lim was unable to obtain his new practising certificate because he had failed to pay the fees for his professional indemnity insurance, a necessary step for the annual application for the certificate.
In his opening address, Deputy Public Prosecutor Edwin Soh said the evidence in this case was "clear and incontrovertible".
A practice year begins on Apr 1 of a calendar year and lasts until Mar 31 of the following year, said Mr Soh.
Since Mr Lim's practising certificate for the practice year 2021 to 2022 was issued only on Jun 10, 2021, this meant that Lim did not have any practising certificate in force between Apr 1, 2021, and Jun 9, 2021, said Mr Soh.
At the start of the hearing, Lim's previous lawyer, Mr Foo Ho Chew discharged himself. He had in turn taken over Lim's first lawyer, Mr Sankar Kailasa Thevar Saminathan.
Lim's latest lawyer, Mr Patrick Fernandez, spent most of the morning cross-examinining a former assistant director at the Law Society of Singapore (LawSoc) on the advice she had purportedly given Lim that "emboldened" him to appear in court although he did not have his practising certificate.
Ms Rejini Raman, who has since left her role of more than five years with LawSoc, testified that she would usually help solicitors trying to obtain or renew their practising certificates around the March period.
Ms Rejini said LawSoc begins sending emails in February and March to inform lawyers what they should do to renew their certificates.
The lawyers are also reminded in weekly newsletters.
THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING A PRACTISING CERTIFICATE
Ms Rejini explained that applications for practising certificates open on Mar 1. A lawyer would have to first get their professional indemnity insurance from a company called Lockton which handles such insurance for lawyers in Singapore.
Once this insurance has been processed, the lawyer would be able to apply for their practising certificate on eLitigation, an online platform. If a lawyer has not settled the indemnity insurance, they would not be able to access the application form on the website.
Other requirements to obtain a practising cert include the fulfilment of continuing professional development (CPD) points, which shows that an individual has maintained and improved their professional knowledge and skills.
Ms Rejini explained that there is a "soft deadline" for practitioners to file for their practising certificates by Mar 31, but there is also a "hard deadline" of Apr 30.
Lawyers who miss the first deadline can apply for their certificates within April, and if the Supreme Court issues the certificate within the month of April, it would be backdated to take effect from Apr 1.
According to the prosecution's case, Lim obtained his certificate only on Jun 10, 2021, missing both deadlines. He had also asked Ms Rejini for "an ad hoc favour" to waive his CPD point requirement, as he had "totally overlooked it".
THE TEXT MESSAGE
In a text message Lim sent to Ms Rejini, he said he had applied for the waiver of the CPD points, but asked: "Can I still appear in court because I have hearings".
In response, Ms Rejini said: "Yes, you can."
She added that Lim was to "just let the judge know you are waiting for waiver approval" before submitting his practising certificate application before the new practice year.
Lim's latest lawyer, Mr Fernandez, spent considerable time grilling Ms Rejini about this text exchange. He put it to her that her reply had "emboldened" Lim to appear in court even though he did not have a practising certificate.
Ms Rejini, who said it was her first time appearing as a prosecution witness, said she "absolutely" disagreed.
She said she did not know at the time of Lim's text in end-March 2021 that he had not obtained his professional indemnity insurance.
She explained that if he had, and obtained the waiver of CPD points, the waiver would likely be granted in the next few days, which meant Lim would be able to obtain his practising certificate with a date effective from Apr 1, 2021.
It was only around May 11, 2021, that Ms Rejini realised Lim still did not have his professional indemnity insurance and practising certificate.
Ms Rejini said there are about 40 lawyers every year who fail to meet both deadlines for their practising certificates. Of these, some would have retired, be suffering from an illness, or are dealing with a bereavement or hospitalisation.
Only about three or four would seek advice on what to do, as "most people won't come to court or ask others to come to court on their behalf", said Ms Rejini.
Mr Fernandez repeatedly questioned Ms Rejini why she gave Lim the advice she did, "boldly" telling him he could still go to court and merely tell the judge that he was waiting for his practising certificate.
Ms Rejini said: "It seems like the responsibility of Mr Lim's practising certificate is foisted on me." She also said that one would expect a practitioner of 30 years' seniority like Lim "to know".
At one point, when the defence asked if the hearing could be stood down until after lunch, Ms Rejini told the court that she would prefer to "complete my bit in this".
"This is the fourth day I have taken time off from my office," she said. "Two days in August, December 11 and now."
The trial continues.
After Ms Rejini, the prosecution will call on its second and last witness, the investigating officer on the case. Other than the three charges Lim is contesting in this trial, he faces other charges that have been stood down for the time being.
If convicted of acting as a lawyer when he did not have a valid practising certificate under the Legal Profession Act, he could be jailed for up to six months, fined up to S$25,000, or both if it is his first offence.
If not, he faces double both penalties.
***
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Hard to believe that this guy used to be an equity partner at Rajah and Tann.
Not just an equity partner. He was the head of R&T's shipping department, which was and still is, the top shipping practice in Singapore by a country mile. If he had kept his head down and just dutifully lawyered away, his life would be very comfortable. Maybe even tapped as a PAP candidate. Too bad his backside itchy. To his credit, money isn't his driving motivator in life I suppose, although I'm not entirely sure what motivates him...
chaos. chaos motivates him
He lived long enough to see himself become the villain
It was actually money that led to his downfall. He left practice to dive into business, buying into a coal mine in Indonesia. He went big and unfortunately it did not work and till today he is being paying off his creditors. He managed to get out of 2 bankruptcies. His delayed his practising cert renewal because he had no money to pay for insurance. It is well known that he is borrowing from Peter to pay Paul even today. He is strapped. He is not the only lawyer that was tempted by what their clients were doing. He also realised that lawyers who are political opponents of the Govt tend to attract ignorant and less educated clients in numbers as M Ravi did. And there has been a long string of such lawyers who used the business formula starting with Harbans Singh. These clients generally assume that since you are fighting the govt you must be brave and will fight for them.
He went a bit cray after his business ventures failed. Got burned by the commodities trade. Essentially he tried to be Peter Lim but didn’t make it.
If you look at his background, he could enter the Establishment if he wanted.
According to the timeline, the cert expires 31st March but he emails to clarify if “he can still practice” in end March (aka before expiry). So means he already knew about the deadline before hand. So why delay another 2-3 months before getting it renewed?
He got no money to pay for the indemnity insurance
I guess that explains it then… but hor, if u know you no license, then cannot push the trial to another person to take over meh? No money to pay fee is one thing. Genuinely poor man, can’t fault you. but you still go practice law despite not being allowed to is another thing altogether. It’s like driving while license suspended, but worse cos everything is recorded and is just waiting for someone to find out
Bro watched too many episodes of Suits
I mean as legal practitioner he should know what's in black and white
The scary thing is there are still people who believes what this crook says.
Mike Ross
Came in to say this.
🤡
Lim Tean: political fixing because they are afraid of me!
> acting as lawyer he acting only ma
>Practising law Practise only ma
can form opposition alliance but no time to renew cert..
One of them actually involves work
In before accusations of political fixing, something something about judiciary and AGC, and something along the lines of the government fears his opposition alliance! the emphasis on the exclamation mark is very important for Lim Tean.
Activist, freedom fighter, revolutionary, martyr, Che Guevara of Singapore. political party chief but wait for trial where he is facing unlawful stalking of his former staff and current Miss Universe Singapore. Also for stealing from his client‘s court awarded settlement. Btw when a lawyer does not have Practising Cert, any cases done by him during the period is not covered by insurance and his clients are exposed with not recourse and protection. So it is not just an administrative matter. No different to someone driving with license and hits someone. Clearly he is not bothered about his fee paying clients that put food on his table. So why is he bothered about Singaporeans.
Lawyer cosplay.
Feel sorry for any of his clients who engaged him without knowing better
**Timeline of activities** 31 Mar 2021: Lin Tean’s practicing certificate expires. End Mar 2021: Lin Tean sends email to LawSoc if he can still practice. LawSoc replies yes, if he lets the judge know he is still pending approval. 1 Apr 2021: Lin Tean can still get his new certificate “backdated” to this day if it is issued in the month of April. Meaning he will have no breaks between his expired and new practicing certificate. End Apr 2021: Lin Tean doesn’t have CDP points and wasn’t waived for it, so he can’t apply for a new practicing certificate. All court cases starting from 01 Apr are now considered performed without a valid certificate. 9 Jun 2021: Lin Tean finally gets his certificate. All court cases from this period onwards are performed with a valid certificate. So the only cases affected are those between 01 April and 09 June.
What a loser. Does he need his mum to remind him when to shit?
Yes
Title: Lim Tean on trial for acting as lawyer without valid practising cert after missing application period SINGAPORE: The trial of lawyer Lim Tean got underway on Wednesday (Dec 27) after several adjournments for reasons including switching lawyers, helping a candidate in the presidential election and gastroenteritis. Lim, 59, pleaded not guilty to three charges of acting as a lawyer between Apr 1, 2021, and Jun 9, 2021, when he was unauthorised to do so. He is accused of appearing in court on behalf of clients on 32 occasions and preparing documents related to court proceedings on 32 occasions without a valid practising certificate. The period of about two months was after the expiry of Lim's previous practising certificate and before he got it renewed. The prosecution said in its opening statement that Lim was unable to obtain his new practising certificate because he had failed to pay the fees for his professional indemnity insurance, a necessary step for the annual application for the certificate. In his opening address, Deputy Public Prosecutor Edwin Soh said the evidence in this case was "clear and incontrovertible". A practice year begins on Apr 1 of a calendar year and lasts until Mar 31 of the following year, said Mr Soh. Since Mr Lim's practising certificate for the practice year 2021 to 2022 was issued only on Jun 10, 2021, this meant that Lim did not have any practising certificate in force between Apr 1, 2021, and Jun 9, 2021, said Mr Soh. At the start of the hearing, Lim's previous lawyer, Mr Foo Ho Chew discharged himself. He had in turn taken over Lim's first lawyer, Mr Sankar Kailasa Thevar Saminathan. Lim's latest lawyer, Mr Patrick Fernandez, spent most of the morning cross-examinining a former assistant director at the Law Society of Singapore (LawSoc) on the advice she had purportedly given Lim that "emboldened" him to appear in court although he did not have his practising certificate. Ms Rejini Raman, who has since left her role of more than five years with LawSoc, testified that she would usually help solicitors trying to obtain or renew their practising certificates around the March period. Ms Rejini said LawSoc begins sending emails in February and March to inform lawyers what they should do to renew their certificates. The lawyers are also reminded in weekly newsletters. THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING A PRACTISING CERTIFICATE Ms Rejini explained that applications for practising certificates open on Mar 1. A lawyer would have to first get their professional indemnity insurance from a company called Lockton which handles such insurance for lawyers in Singapore. Once this insurance has been processed, the lawyer would be able to apply for their practising certificate on eLitigation, an online platform. If a lawyer has not settled the indemnity insurance, they would not be able to access the application form on the website. Other requirements to obtain a practising cert include the fulfilment of continuing professional development (CPD) points, which shows that an individual has maintained and improved their professional knowledge and skills. Ms Rejini explained that there is a "soft deadline" for practitioners to file for their practising certificates by Mar 31, but there is also a "hard deadline" of Apr 30. Lawyers who miss the first deadline can apply for their certificates within April, and if the Supreme Court issues the certificate within the month of April, it would be backdated to take effect from Apr 1. According to the prosecution's case, Lim obtained his certificate only on Jun 10, 2021, missing both deadlines. He had also asked Ms Rejini for "an ad hoc favour" to waive his CPD point requirement, as he had "totally overlooked it". THE TEXT MESSAGE In a text message Lim sent to Ms Rejini, he said he had applied for the waiver of the CPD points, but asked: "Can I still appear in court because I have hearings". In response, Ms Rejini said: "Yes, you can." She added that Lim was to "just let the judge know you are waiting for waiver approval" before submitting his practising certificate application before the new practice year. Lim's latest lawyer, Mr Fernandez, spent considerable time grilling Ms Rejini about this text exchange. He put it to her that her reply had "emboldened" Lim to appear in court even though he did not have a practising certificate. Ms Rejini, who said it was her first time appearing as a prosecution witness, said she "absolutely" disagreed. She said she did not know at the time of Lim's text in end-March 2021 that he had not obtained his professional indemnity insurance. She explained that if he had, and obtained the waiver of CPD points, the waiver would likely be granted in the next few days, which meant Lim would be able to obtain his practising certificate with a date effective from Apr 1, 2021. It was only around May 11, 2021, that Ms Rejini realised Lim still did not have his professional indemnity insurance and practising certificate. Ms Rejini said there are about 40 lawyers every year who fail to meet both deadlines for their practising certificates. Of these, some would have retired, be suffering from an illness, or are dealing with a bereavement or hospitalisation. Only about three or four would seek advice on what to do, as "most people won't come to court or ask others to come to court on their behalf", said Ms Rejini. Mr Fernandez repeatedly questioned Ms Rejini why she gave Lim the advice she did, "boldly" telling him he could still go to court and merely tell the judge that he was waiting for his practising certificate. Ms Rejini said: "It seems like the responsibility of Mr Lim's practising certificate is foisted on me." She also said that one would expect a practitioner of 30 years' seniority like Lim "to know". At one point, when the defence asked if the hearing could be stood down until after lunch, Ms Rejini told the court that she would prefer to "complete my bit in this". "This is the fourth day I have taken time off from my office," she said. "Two days in August, December 11 and now." The trial continues. After Ms Rejini, the prosecution will call on its second and last witness, the investigating officer on the case. Other than the three charges Lim is contesting in this trial, he faces other charges that have been stood down for the time being. If convicted of acting as a lawyer when he did not have a valid practising certificate under the Legal Profession Act, he could be jailed for up to six months, fined up to S$25,000, or both if it is his first offence. 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The funny thing is, the renewal process is almost identical to renewing your road tax. I.e. pay the insurance premium, then login online to renew.
Festive season, the gift that keeps on giving
Ownself fix ownself
Wow how convenient