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Monthly Archives: January 2017

The One Who Got Away

23 Monday Jan 2017

Posted by Adrian Wee in Criminal Law, Uncategorised

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“He must be guilty. The police wouldn’t charge him unless they had sufficient evidence“.

I hear that being said a lot. About someone who’s arrest has made the papers, about an ongoing trial, or even about a client. I usually smile politely, not because explaining how that isn’t always true is usually pointless (it is), but because I will always remember the One Who Got Away.

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A Beginner’s Guide to The POHA- Protecting yourself from harassment

20 Friday Jan 2017

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It seems like everyone who’s anyone has, at some point, to claim to have been harassed. Beyonce’s done it, socialites have done it, even the Singapore Government has done it- albeit with varying degrees of success.

While it is easy to dismiss harassment as a problem of the rich and famous, the unfortunate reality is that anyone can be the victim of harassment. Have you ever had a business dispute or ended a romantic relationship? In some cases, when relationships break down and parties react emotionally, some people resort to causing alarm, annoyance or even acts of violence.

What then, can you do if you are a victim? Enter the Protection From Harassment Act, or POHA (how this acronym was derived from the name of the statute is beyond my powers of comprehension, although no doubt numerous government white papers exist to explain this).

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Here We Go Again

19 Thursday Jan 2017

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Here’s to new beginnings! Like a person who has been recently bitten by a Walking Dead zombie and died, ELA is coming back- just in a slightly different form.

The Firm, Characterist LLC, will be launching a brand new corporate identity soon and with it, a brand new website. I’ve decided, in tandem with the launch, to remake ELA.

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