Legal Privilege

Legal Privilege is a specialized practice area in Singapore's legal system. This area encompasses 14 cases from 2006 to 2024.

Leading Law Firms

Analysis of law firms specializing in Legal Privilege, ranked by case volume and success rates.

Law FirmCases
Drew & Napier LLC50.00% success rate4 cases28.6% of area
WongPartnership LLP50.00% success rate2 cases14.3% of area
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP0.00% success rate2 cases14.3% of area
Allen & Gledhill LLP0.00% success rate2 cases14.3% of area
Advocatus Law LLP0.00% success rate2 cases14.3% of area
Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC100.00% success rate2 cases14.3% of area
Tan Kok Quan Partnership0.00% success rate1 cases7.1% of area
Chancery Law Corporation100.00% success rate1 cases7.1% of area
Gabriel Law Corporation0.00% success rate1 cases7.1% of area
Moiz Sithawalla with Lavinia Rajah100.00% success rate1 cases7.1% of area

Notable Lawyers

Leading lawyers practicing in Legal Privilege, ranked by case volume and success rates.

LawyerCases
Tan Chee Meng16.67% success rate2 cases14.3% of area
Sunil Sudheesan100.00% success rate1 cases7.1% of area
Yeo Yi Ling Eileen0.00% success rate1 cases7.1% of area
Charlene Wee Swee Ting0.00% success rate1 cases7.1% of area
Tan Tian Luh100.00% success rate1 cases7.1% of area
Harjean Kaur0.00% success rate1 cases7.1% of area
Hari Veluri100.00% success rate1 cases7.1% of area
Saadhvika Jayanth0.00% success rate1 cases7.1% of area
Chia Voon Jiet100.00% success rate1 cases7.1% of area
Daniel Chia Hsiung Wen0.00% success rate1 cases7.1% of area

Recent Judgments

Displaying 14 most recent judgments out of 14 total cases

No.TitleCourtDecision DateOutcomes
1Lutfi Salim bin Talib v British and Malaysian Trustees: Specific Production & Common Interest PrivilegeGeneral Division of the High Court24 Mar 2024
Appeal allowed in part and dismissed in part.
2Yap Kian Sing v Public Prosecutor: Appeal Against Drug Trafficking SentenceGeneral Division of the High Court10 Dec 2023
Appeal Allowed in Part
3-23 Oct 2023
Unknown
4Ajeet Gobindram Vaswani v Salvatore Gregory Takoushian: Privilege & Waiver of Legal AdviceGeneral Division of the High Court18 Apr 2023
Applications dismissed
5Wee Shuo Woon v HT S.R.L.: Legal Professional Privilege & Confidentiality after Data BreachCourt of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore29 Mar 2017
Appeal Dismissed
6UOB v Lippo Marina: Discovery & Litigation Privilege in Fraud & Conspiracy SuitHigh Court18 Jan 2017
Specific discovery of the Affidavit is disallowed.
7CIFG v Polimet: Legal Professional Privilege & Joint Retainer in Contractual DisputesHigh Court22 Dec 2015
Appeal Allowed
8Boustead Singapore Ltd v Arab Banking Corp: Fraud, Demand Guarantees & UnconscionabilityHigh Court10 Mar 2015
Judgment for Plaintiff; ABC is injuncted from receiving payment from Boustead under the facility agreement demand and is injuncted from making payment to BCD on BCD’s counter-guarantee demands. The event-of-default notice is invalid.
9Ten Leu Jiun Jeanne-Marie v National University of Singapore: Wrongful Termination of Candidature & Without Prejudice PrivilegeHigh Court28 Oct 2014
Appeal Allowed
10Beckkett v Deutsche Bank: Anti-Suit Injunction & Election of Remedies in Cross-Border Share DisputeHigh Court11 Feb 2010
Beckkett is ordered to elect between pursuing assessment of damages in Singapore or pursuing its claim in Indonesia within 14 days. The election is final and irrevocable.
11Gelatissimo Ventures v Singapore Flyer: Striking Out Privileged Communication in Pre-Action DiscoveryHigh Court20 Oct 2009
Appeal Dismissed
12Tentat Singapore v Multiple Granite: Legal Advice Privilege & Waiver in Loan DisputeHigh Court19 Aug 2008
Plaintiff's application granted; the defendants are not allowed to tender the email or secondary evidence of it in the suit.
13Ser Kim Koi v Metalform Asia: Director's Access to Company Documents & Legal PrivilegeHigh Court30 Aug 2006
Plaintiff's application is disallowed.
14Tan Kay Beng v PP: Theft & Criminal Intimidation Sentencing AppealHigh Court06 Jul 2006
Appeal Allowed