Monograph provides quick and easy reference for lawyers

Singapore, 7 November 2007 – Twenty-six court cases covering different aspects of the law on corruption in Singapore is the subject of a latest book written by Tan Boon Gin, a former District Judge of the Subordinate Courts.

Tan who is currently Director of Corporate Finance and Enforcement (Capital Markets Department) at the Monetary Authority of Singapore was a specialist in corruption and white collar crime when he was a Deputy Public Prosecutor (“DPP”) at the Attorney-General’s Chambers.

In his book, The Law on Corruption in Singapore: Cases and Materials, Tan uses his vast experience in corruption cases both as DPP and District Judge to lay out the basic principles of the law on corruption and supplements his exposition with excerpts from 26 major court decisions involving cases that were heard in the Subordinate and Supreme Courts from 1970 to 2007. Through innovative classifications, Tan has condensed the law on corruption into manageable pieces and provided order to the numerous cases, thus giving much needed clarity on the law.

In his foreword, The Honourable the Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong said the book “provide[s] legal practitioners with easy and quick access to the basic principles of the law on corruption as laid down in these decisions. The author has done this by identifying and explaining the basic principles applied or established in the factual matrices of the related cases. The analysis also covers some important evidential and procedural aspects of the offence, including statutory presumptions and confessions and admissions of defendants”.

The Law on Corruption in Singapore: Cases and Materials is jointly published by the Subordinate Courts of Singapore and Academy Publishing, a division of the Singapore Academy of Law. Priced at S$40 (exclusive of GST) the book is available at major bookstores in Singapore. Orders can also be placed online via the Singapore Academy of Law website www.sal.org.sg. For more information, call 63324388.

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About the author
Tan Boon Gin is the Director of Corporate Finance and Enforcement, Capital Markets Department at the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He was previously a Justices’ Law Clerk at the Supreme Court and Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Attorney-General’s Chambers, where he specialised in corruption and white collar crime, before leaving to practise at Messrs Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. He later served as a District Judge at the Subordinate Courts prior to being seconded to the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He is an advocate and solicitor and holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and Harvard Law School.

About Academy Publishing 
Academy Publishing is a division of the Singapore Academy of Law. It was officially launched on 18 May 2007 by the President of the Academy, the Honourable the Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong. This division was set up to publish books and other texts on Singapore law, and its objectives are threefold:to provide affordable legal materials to the legal profession (including corporate counsel), law academics, law students, and the Judiciary; to provide an alternative avenue to the academics in our law schools to publish their writings and thereby to encourage them to produce more works; and to disseminate the laws of Singapore to a wider public in the region and internationally.

The titles to be published are selected by a Commissioning Panel helmed by the Honourable Justice Andrew Phang Boon Leong. Two series of books are currently planned:the Law Practice Series, and the Monograph Series.

Academy Publishing is not profit-driven and its immediate priority is to publish books on areas of law that fulfil practice and student needs, although other kinds of legal texts will also be included. The writers who have already agreed to publish specific titles with Academy Publishing include Supreme Court Judges, practitioners and academics.

About Singapore Academy of Law
The Singapore Academy of Law (“The Academy”) is the umbrella body of the legal community in Singapore and has more than 7,000 members.

The Academy’s activities are driven by three strategic priorities – enhancing legal knowledge, improving efficiency of legal practice through the use of technology and supporting the legal industry. The work in each of these areas is directed towards raising the standards and quality of legal practice and building a strong legal community in Singapore.

Besides its role as the official law reporting agency in Singapore, The Academy’s other functions include providing continuing legal education for its members, legal publications, promoting legal research and scholarship, the reform and development of the law, and alternative dispute resolution.

For more details on the Singapore Academy of Law, visit www.sal.org.sg