Lawyer M Ravi faces fine over professional misconduct
Published on Oct 24, 2014 7:12 AM
Mr M. Ravi had released court papers to the media before serving them on the Attorney-General.
By K.C. Vijayan Senior Law Correspondent
Activist lawyer M. Ravi is facing a $7,000 fine for releasing court documents to the media before serving them on the Attorney-General. The fine is also for issuing press statements meant to interfere with the cases.
A disciplinary tribunal, appointed by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon to look into possible misconduct, recommended the penalty. In its report released yesterday, the tribunal, which comprised Senior Counsel Giam Chin Toon and lawyer Gina Lee-Wan, also ordered Mr Ravi to pay $3,000 in costs to the Law Society.
Mr Ravi's improper professional conduct involved cases of four clients brought against the Attorney-General.
One was a gay man's bid to get the courts to ban workplace discrimination against homosexuals. The other three were judicial reviews, including the deportation of a foreign worker involved in last December's Little India riot.
