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The Tan Kok Quan Partnership law firm has been appointed to act for an Independent Panel commissioned by Sengkang City Council (SKTC) to handle matters related to a court appeal involving Workers’ Party (WP) deputies Sylvia Lim and Pritam Singh and others.
Court documents show that Ms Marina Chin, the firm’s joint managing partner, was formally appointed on October 28, the date on which the assets and liabilities of Punggol East’s single-member constituency (SMC) were transferred to SKTC.
The newly formed SKTC has taken over the management of the former Punggol East SMC, which used to be under the Pasir Ris-Punggol City Council (PRPTC). But following the electoral boundary changes for GE2020, Punggol East is now in Sengkang GRC.
Subsequently, SKTC appointed the Independent Panel to decide how to proceed with the appeal.
The panel, made up of law professor Kevin Tan and lead attorney Kenneth Tan and Lok Vi Ming, is tasked with handling all matters in pending appeals against a Superior Court ruling involving the PRPTC.
PRPTC had filed the lawsuit to recover the alleged losses suffered by the former Punggol East SMC when it was under the WP from 2013 to 2015. It initiated the civil lawsuit after the Aljunied-Hougang City Council, led by WP, brought them. accused in court.
WP councilors, as well as the PRPTC, filed an appeal against the High Court ruling last year which ruled, among other things, that Ms Lim and then WP Secretary General Low Thia Khiang had breached their duties. fiduciaries with the city council. . Singh, the current WP Secretary General, was found to have breached his duty of skill and care.
The Supreme Court was notified last month about the appointment of Ms. Chin as a lawyer.
It is understood that the formal appointment of an attorney to the Independent Panel in connection with the appeal suggests that SKTC could succeed PRPTC as the party to proceed on the appeal, with court approval.
Singapore Management University Associate Law Professor Benjamin Ong said SKTC is “likely” to seek a court order to replace PRPTC as part of the lawsuit. He added that the court can, ex officio, order that PRPTC be replaced by SKTC under the Rules of the Court.
The hearing before a five-member Court of Appeal, consisting of Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, Court of Appeal Justices Andrew Phang, Judith Prakash and Tay Yong Kwang, as well as Judge Woo Bih Li, will be held at the end of this month.
The PRPTC case is one of three appeals scheduled to be heard.
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