IT IS the first case of its kind: A lawyer has been fined $1,000 by the Law Society for giving his views of an ongoing case in his blog.
Mr Alfred Dodwell was taken to task by the society for 'publicly promoting his view of the witnesses and the merits of an ongoing court proceeding, albeit through the medium of blogs'.
The action, reflected last week in the Government Gazette, was taken as Mr Dodwell 'had failed to meet the standard of conduct befitting' a lawyer.
Read the full report in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
