IMPORTANT NOTICE – Scam Alert

It has come to our attention that an individual or a group of individuals has impersonated our Consultant, Mr Andrew Ohara, in attempts to cheat monies.

From the accounts of the victims, the individual claimed that he was Mr Andrew Ohara of our firm and required moving services to clear out an office unit of a company under liquidation. He would then request for the moving company to pay a security deposit to a bank account. The contact number used by the impersonator also used Mr Ohara’s photograph as its WhatsApp profile picture in his attempt to mislead.

We emphasise that our firm and our Mr Ohara is not in any way involved in such a scam. We have made a police report and will cooperate with the authorities in their investigations.

If you are contacted by someone claiming to be our staff with a request for a deposit to be paid to us, please contact our firm directly for verification. It was fortunate that one potential victim had contacted our firm directly and we were able to prevent his loss.

By sharing our experience, we hope to alert everyone to guard against such scam tactics.

2020 Review

At the close of 2020, in a year that has been challenging for many, we take the opportunity to reflect on our Community Engagement efforts.

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, we continued to provide quality legal representation to clients from underprivileged communities. We had to be creative in our approach because of the COVID-19 pandemic, holding most of our meetings with clients and arranging for e-commissioning and translation of affidavits via video conferencing platforms. This was especially crucial during the Circuit Breaker period with spouses trapped at home with their abusers, family violence occurring behind closed doors and when victims had limited access to help or access to their children.

Although it was difficult for people to gather, our lawyers still managed to conduct more than 20 legal awareness talks via Zoom with our social service agency partners. Our Managing Director, June Lim, also spoke on CNA 938 Live several times to share her insights on legal issues such as the increasing number of COVID-related divorces, a Public Defender’s Office in Singapore and the long-term impact on children from divorced families.

We were also proud to announce that our very first Trainee, Loh Ya Xin, was called to the Bar via Zoom. Together with our two other Trainees Siew Jowen and Liang Liwen, we hope to train more lawyers to be passionate and yet practical in their service to the community.

Wishing everyone a less challenging 2021!

~ June Lim, Managing Director

Merry Christmas!

Our firm will be closed for the holidays from 24 December 2020 to 3 January 2021. We will resume work on Monday, 4 January 2021. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a less challenging 2021!