Lawyer accused of helping law grad cheat exam body

Accused allegedly lied grad had completed training needed to enrol in Bar exam course

Sarbrinder Singh has 23 years of experience in various areas of law and was called to the Bar in 1995.
Sarbrinder Singh has 23 years of experience in various areas of law and was called to the Bar in 1995. ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
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In the first such reported case here, a lawyer was charged last week with falsely stating in a letter that a law graduate had completed six months of supervised training in a bid to enrol him in the Singapore Institute of Legal Education's (Sile) Part B course of the Singapore Bar Examinations 2016.

Lawyer Sarbrinder Singh, 49, was also charged with criminal intimidation in an unrelated case, where he allegedly threatened to circulate explicit photos and videos of a foreign woman, which would have injured her reputation and caused her alarm.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 17, 2019, with the headline Lawyer accused of helping law grad cheat exam body. Subscribe