At least a hundred such applications are made each year and almost all pass uneventfully , noted the judge. - The Straits Times/ANN SINGAPORE, April 11 (The Straits Times/ANN): An application by a trainee lawyer to be called to the Bar - usually an uneventful process - raised so many questions that a High Court judge said the matter should be swiftly and vigorously pursued by the relevant authorities.
Lawyer Tan Jeh Yaw, who supervised the six-month training stint of Kuoh Hao Teng, had made the unusual move of objecting to the trainee s application for admission to the Bar.
Tan claimed Kuoh played computer games and watched movies during office hours and did not complete the work assigned to him - allegations the trainee denied.