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Trident Law Corporation contributes to LexisNexis Annotated Laws of Singapore
12 December 2022 • Principal Mr R. Thrumurgan @ Thiru, Head of Crime Mr Thangavelu, Ms Tan Jun Yin, Ms Tanaya Shekhar Kinjavdekar, Mr Lokman Hakim bin Mohamed Rafi, Mr Gabriel Gan Yang Kiat and Sanjay Pala Krishnan co-authored the annotations for the Organised Crime Act 2015 (2020 Rev Ed), the Prevention of Corruption Act 1960 (2020 Rev Ed) and the Prevention of Human Trafficking Act 2014 (2020 Rev Ed). read more
NSF acquitted of 9 molest charges
28 October 2022 • She claimed molest. He said that she consented. Following a trial in Military Court, our Mr R. Thrumurgan @ Thiru, Ms Tan Jun Yin and Mr Lokman Hakim secured a full acquittal for an NSF who was accused of molesting his female colleague on 9 occasions. read more
No Case to Answer – No Ordinary Outcome!
12 November 2021 • The State Courts acquitted our client of 6 charges under the Road Traffic Act and Motor (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act after our Mr Thangavelu and Ms Tanaya Kinjavdekar successfully argued that that the Prosecution had not made out a prima facie case against our client. In such a rare scenario, our client did not even need to take the stand! read more
Confessions ruled inadmissible; Malaysian truck driver escapes the gallows (twice)
26 July 2021 • Following an unprecedented 40-day trial within a trial, our Mr Thangavelu successfully persuaded the High Court to throw out all 7 confessions alleged to have been made by an accused person. read more
PP v Ng Wan Ping
25 August 2020 • Acquitted! Our team secured an acquittal for our client who was alleged to have kicked an officer from the National Environment Agency. read more
PP v Khema Bhatta
6 May 2020 • Acquitted! Mr. R. Thrumurgan secures Singapore’s first-ever acquittal in labour trafficking charges under the Prevention of Human Trafficking Act following a 36-day trial. read more
Parents on trial for five-year old son’s death acquitted of murder
3 April 2020 • In a rather tragic case, Mr. Thangavelu secured an acquittal on a murder charge against a mother alleged to have murdered her child. The High Court directed the Prosecution to submit alternative charges against the mother following the conclusion of the trial. read more
Party + Drinks = Accusation of Molest
25 March 2020 • Our client was charged with molesting a stranger in a night club. Having been appointed immediately after our client’s arrest, the Trident Law team acted swiftly to procure all video footage and accounts of potential witnesses. read more
Cop failed to comply with rules
6 July 2011 • In this landmark case, the Court of Appeal acquitted our client of murder following one of Singapore’s longest criminal trials. The Kadar case, as this case is now popularly known in legal circles, introduced new obligations on the Prosecution to provide evidence (in its possession) which could assist the Defence. read more
American acquitted of paying for sex with minor
13 May 2014 • Charge dropped for an American accused of paying for sex with minor read more
Afro Asia case: Man cleared of murder
17 February 2016 • 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
Firm wins appeal against tax on $4.6m property gain
5 December 2006 • In this unusual case, Mr. Velu persuaded the Income Tax Board of Review to overrule the decision of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (“IRAS”) on the treatment of a $4.6M profit made on the sale of a property. read more
Drug boss’s girlfriend escapes gallows
3 September 2010 • In the first case of its kind, the High Court acquitted our client of a drug-trafficking charge after accepting our client’s defence that although she knew that she was dealing in drugs, she did not know that it was heroin. read more
Employer: I was framed. Court acquits her after 5-day trial
18 January 2006 • 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
Eight years after he is sentenced, drug trafficker’s 25-year jail term cut by 12 years
8 October 2015 • In another unusual case, our client who had previously been sentenced to 25 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane, had his original sentences set aside when we successfully argued that his original convictions were wrong. Our client was released some 2 months after the High Court and the Prosecution agreed with our submissions on the law. read more
PP v NABK: Acquittal in a theft case
4 June 2019 • 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
Nightclub manager cleared of killing DJ
27 November 2001 • Tried on a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, the accused was acquitted by the High Court even though 2 prosecution eye-witnesses implicated the accused and the accused himself did not have any recollection of what had transpired. read more
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“Unusually Convincing” standard for non-sexual offence – Prosecution Withdraws Appeal
25 November 2020 • The “Unusually Convincing” standard features most often in sexual offences where the testimony of a single eyewitness (usually the alleged victim) is common. Unusually (pun intended), our team had this standard applied in a non-sexual case as well! Read on to find out more. read more
New Crimes in a New Time
28 October 2020 • Thanks to the internet, more sophisticated crimes are committed with minimal resources, making the public more vulnerable. Here is a snapshot of the legislative framework to address some of the new crimes which have surfaced and evolved in recent times. read more