A Glocalised Legal Profession

• Main Author: LOW, Gary
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Singapore; law; practice of law; Asian Studies; Law; Legal Profession
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1583; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99105659402601&context=L&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,The%20Legal%20System%20of%20Singapore:%20Institutions,%20Principles%20and%20Practices&offset=0
• Institution: Singapore Management University

As part of its English colonial heritage, Singapore's is characteristically a common law legal system, following until recently many of its archaic customs and practices. One key difference with the English system, however is that unlike the latter - where barristers have rights of audience which solicitors typically do not - Singapore's legal profession is a fused one. Lawyers called to the Singapore bar are both advocates and solicitors who are entitled to advise their clients and plead their case directly in court.