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SINGAPORE: The Court of Appeal on Monday (Mar 14) affirmed the determination by the Council of the Law Society to dismiss a complaint made against the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s lawyer, Ms Kwa Kim Li.
The complaint was one of four made against Ms Kwa by Dr Lee Wei Ling and Mr Lee Hsien Yang, who are Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s children and the executors of his estate.
Referred to by the court as the “first complaint”, it alleges that Ms Kwa failed to comply with Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s instructions to destroy his six superseded wills.
The other complaints against Ms Kwa are:
- That she wrongfully disclosed privileged and confidential documents to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong without the approval of the executors (the second complaint);
- That she failed to keep proper contemporaneous records of the instructions she received from Mr Lee Kuan Yew and the advice she gave him (the third complaint); and
- That she gave the executors of the estate a false and misleading impression in letters dated Jun 4, 2015 and Jun 22, 2015, by failing to mention certain discussions between her and Mr Lee Kuan Yew (the fourth complaint).
Ms Kwa, the managing partner of law firm Lee & Lee, prepared a total of six wills for Mr Lee Kuan Yew between Aug 20, 2011, and Nov 2, 2012. She was not involved in the preparation of his seventh and final will.
The final will restored equal shares of the estate among Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s three children, and reintroduced a clause asking for his house at 38 Oxley Road to be demolished.
More at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sin...r-kwa-kim-li-court-appeal-law-society-2562876
