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Cases
Confessing To A Murder You Didn’t Commit
Our Mr. R. Thrumurgan represented Ismil bin Kadar in Singapore’s longest pro bono criminal trial. The Kadar case, as this case is now popularly known in legal circles, was described by the Court of Appeal as an extraordinary case with several twists and turns in the 6 years that it took Mr. R. Thrumurgan to secure Ismil bin Kadar’s acquittal on appeal. read more
Can You Be Guilty of Trafficking Without Knowledge?
In another “first” for Singapore criminal defence lawyers, our Mr. R. Thrumurgan secured an acquittal of our client on capital drug trafficking charges. This was the first case in Singapore where the defence of not knowing the exact nature of the drugs was successful. read more
Murder by Fire in the CBD!
In yet another “first” for criminal lawyers in Singapore, Trident Law’s criminal law team secured the first and only acquittal in Singapore for a section 300(d) murder charge. read more
Acquitted of all 4 Charges!
Mr. R. Thrumurgan secured another first by being the first criminal lawyer in Singapore to secure acquittals after trial on labour trafficking charges under the Prevention of Human Trafficking Act. read more
An Involuntary Kick!
Our client was charged with kicking an officer from the National Environment Agency (“NEA”) in the stomach. Our team took clear and cogent instructions from our client that her leg had been involuntarily raised when she lost her balance due to being pulled backwards by her mother and sister, who were trying to stop her from arguing with the NEA officer. read more
Framed by Domestic Helper; Employer Acquitted!
In a maid-abuse case which turned on the complainant’s word against that of the accused, Mr. Thangavelu completely demolished the complainant’s credibility during cross-examination. read more
Case Re-opened; Sentence of 25 years jail cut by 12 years
In another unusual case handled by Trident Law’s criminal law defence team, we managed to cut the jail term imposed on our client by 12 years on the basis that our client’s original convictions were wrong in law. read more
Gains from the Sale of Property; Profit or Capital Gains?
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (“IRAS”) had classified the $4.6M gain made by Mr. Thangavelu’s clients as profit subject to corporate tax. Although an appeal to IRAS failed, Mr. Thangavelu brought the matter to the Income Tax Board of Review. read more
Culpable Homicide – Eye Witnesses vs The Laws of Physics
Our client, a general manager of a high-end KTV establishment, was charged with causing the death of a video jockey who worked in the same KTV. The case against our client was that he kicked the deceased out of a bus which was then travelling along the CTE.
read moreCommercial Sex with Minor – Minor Details, Major Outcomes
Trident Law took over this case from another law firm. Our client had been charged with having commercial sex with a minor. Despite representations made by our client’s previous lawyers, the Prosecution did not agree to withdraw the charge against our client read more
Charges Reduced from Murder to Unlawful Assembly
2 of our clients were charged with others for having committed murder at a local KTV club. When our Mr. R. Thrumurgan was engaged shortly after our clients were arrested, he acted quickly in meeting the clients in remand and obtained full accounts of what transpired. read more
Early Advice during Police Investigations Cleared MNC Senior Management
Our Mr. R. Thrumurgan was instructed by a Japanese MNC to provide legal assistance to their senior management who were investigated by both the CPIB and the CAD. read more
Challenge to reliability of scanning system led to an acquittal on theft
Our team secured an acquittal in a theft case which involved the reliability of systems in a warehouse of a multinational technological conglomerate. read more
Successfully rebutting the presumption of knowledge under the Misuse of Drugs Act
Our team assisted a litigant-in-person in drafting 2 sets of submissions for an appeal before the High Court in D Rashpal Singh Sidhu v PP [2019] SGHC 25. read more
Assets frozen by the Commercial Affairs Department released to our client
Our client, a Singaporean, had his assets frozen by the Commercial Affairs Department (“CAD”) following allegations of criminal wrongdoing. read more
