Pritam Singh struck off rolls of advocates and solicitors
Pritam Singh was struck off the roll of advocates and solicitors on Thursday (Aug 13), following a disciplinary hearing. The Workers’ Party chief declined to comment as he left court. This article ( Pritam Singh struck off rolls of advocates and solicitors ) first appeared on The Independent Singapore News .
Singapore's opposition leader, Pritam Singh, has been removed from the rolls of advocates and solicitors by the Court of Three Judges, according to a judgment announced on Thursday, August 13. Singh, a non-practising lawyer who has represented Aljunied in Parliament since 2011, was found guilty of lying to a parliamentary committee in March 2024.
He was fined S$14,000 and sentenced on February 17, 2025. Despite an appeal, the High Court upheld the conviction on December 4, 2025. The disciplinary proceedings were initiated by the Law Society on March 12, 2024, following Singh's false answers to the Committee of Privileges. The Court of Three Judges, presided over by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, determined that the legal threshold for disbarment had been met.
Singh left the court after declining to comment to the press. Both Singh and the Law Society agreed that the legal threshold for disbarment had been met. Singh's lawyer, Senior Counsel Chelva Retnam Rajah, stated that his client accepted the consequences of the decision, while the Law Society's counsel, Senior Counsel Cavinder Bull, asserted that Singh should be treated like any other lawyer in a similar situation. Singh has been ordered to pay S$5,808 in costs and disbursements.
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