M. Ravi ordered to return $120k paid by clients to his former law firm
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SINGAPORE — Disbarred lawyer M. Ravi has been ordered to return $120,000 which was paid to his former law firm by a group of clients who had engaged him to act for them. The firm, K. K. Cheng Law, had handed over the money to Ravi after the clients paM. Ravi ordered to return $120k paid by clients to his former law firm
SINGAPORE — Disbarred lawyer M. Ravi has been ordered to return $120,000 which was paid to his former law firm by a group of clients who had engaged him to act for them. The firm, K. K. Cheng Law, had handed over the money to Ravi after the clients paid the sum. After Ravi was ordered to stop practising for failing to take his prescribed psychiatric medication, the clients successfully sued the firm for a refund. In turn, the firm filed a civil action against Ravi for the return of the sum it had transferred to him. In a judgement published on Aug 21, District Judge Chiah Kok Khun said Ravi should return the sum to the firm. Judge Chiah found that an e-mail sent by Ravi to the firm, in which he said he will take responsibility and will indemnify the firm, constituted an indemnity he had given to the firm against the clients' claims. The judge rejected Ravi's contention that his bipolar disorder had affected his mental capacity when he wrote the e-mail. Aside from the indemnity, the judge found that Ravi must make restitution because he had been unjustly enriched at the expense of the firm. Read more