A Singapore lawyer has been disbarred for misleading a mentally ill woman into giving him a gift of more than $370,000 and also naming him the sole beneficiary of her will.
In its Monday order disbarring lawyer James Wan, a three-judge panel of Singapore’s Court of Appeal noted that it was the first time the court had considered a breach of Rule 46 of Singapore’s Legal Profession Rules. The rule states that when a client intends to make a significant gift to a lawyer, that lawyer must advise the client to seek independent counsel concerning the gift.
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