UPDATE: The Straits Times reported on Tuesday that the Attorney General is considering five more applications by candidates who had cheated in the 2020 Bar Exams. This means the number of trainee lawyers who cheated has grown from six to 11.
A day later, a spokesperson for the Attorney-General's Chambers told The Straits Times that the Attorney General is considering five other applications by candidates who had cheated in the 2020 Part B Examinations, bring the total number of trainee lawyers who cheated to 11. On Monday, Justice Choo said that the AG’s objection was that the original six applicants were “not fit and proper persons to be admitted to the Bar” as they had cheated in the Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations in 2020.
The remaining applicant colluded with another examinee and cheated in three of the papers. That other person was not subject to any complaint, according to Justice Choo. The applicant explained that her answers were the same as the other person as they studied together and shared study notes.“The SILE rejected her explanation because her answers in the three papers were not just similar, but contained the same pattern and errors.
“When so many applicants cheated in a professional qualifying examination in so many papers, including one for ‘Ethics and Professional Responsibility’, then something is wrong somewhere,” Justice Choo said. There were many questions raised as a result of the incident, according to Justice Choo. “Unlike advocates and solicitors in practice, there is no disciplinary process for the qualifying applicant to the Bar save the discretion of the court hearing the application for admission.”
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