Our Philosophy
At Beacon, we understand that when a person is charged with a criminal offence, the last thing he or she would want is any undue publicity in the press or social media. An innocent person would not want his or her name sensationally splashed in the papers. Similarly, a person who has uncharacteristically made a mistake and committed an offence does not need to have his or her mistake amplified in the press.
At Beacon, we do not believe in achieving publicity at the expense of our clients' reputation and well-being. As such, although we have been fairly successful in our criminal defence work, we do not list our success stories on our website or social media. We also try, whenever possible, to keep our clients' cases from being reported in the press; except on the rare occasions when our clients wish to be quoted in the press or other media. An example of a rare occasion was when a client who was remanded for 5 months, before we successfully argued for his acquittal of all charges after a 9 day trial; and wanted his story to be told in the press. Another rare occasion was one of our Pro Bono clients who volunteered to be featured in a promotional video for the Law Society Of Singapore Pro Bono Services Office (now known as Pro Bono SG) in order to raise awareness for the Pro Bono services available to the public.
Penal Code Offences
At Beacon, we have represented clients charged with a wide variety of offences under the Penal Code (Cap. 224); ranging from property offences like theft, cheating and criminal breach of trust or criminal misappropriation and robbery, to offences affecting the human body like voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt, criminal intimidation, outrage of modesty and rape.
Non-Penal Code Offences
While the Penal Code (Cap. 224) is the basic code for criminal offences in Singapore, there are numerous other statutes which impose criminal liabilities on persons who breach their provisions. At Beacon, we have considerable experience in representing clients in cases involving offences under a myriad of statutes and subsidiary legislation; for example, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act (Cap. 2A), the Animals & Birds Act (Cap. 7), the Bankruptcy Act (Cap. 20), the Business Registration Act (Cap. 32), the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36), the Common Gaming Houses Act (Cap. 49), the Copyright Act (Cap. 63), the Customs Act (Cap. 70), the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (Cap. 91A), the Films Act (Cap. 107), the Goods & Services Tax Act (Cap. 117A), the Immigration Act (Cap. 133), the Legal Profession Act (Cap. 161), the Massage Establishments Act (Cap. 173), the Medicines Act (Cap. 176), the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order & Nuisance) Act (Cap. 184), the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185), the Moneylenders Act (Cap. 188), Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risks & Compensation) Act (Cap. 189), the Poisons Act (Cap. 234), the Prevention of Corruption Act (Cap. 241), the Public Entertainments & Meetings Act (Cap. 257), the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276), the Securities & Futures Act (Cap. 289), the Trademarks Act (Cap. 332), the Vandalism Act (Cap. 341), the Womens' Charter (Cap. 353) and the Womens' Charter (Offences against Women & Girls) Rules (Cap. 353, R1).
At Beacon, we understand that when a person is charged with a criminal offence, the last thing he or she would want is any undue publicity in the press or social media. An innocent person would not want his or her name sensationally splashed in the papers. Similarly, a person who has uncharacteristically made a mistake and committed an offence does not need to have his or her mistake amplified in the press.
At Beacon, we do not believe in achieving publicity at the expense of our clients' reputation and well-being. As such, although we have been fairly successful in our criminal defence work, we do not list our success stories on our website or social media. We also try, whenever possible, to keep our clients' cases from being reported in the press; except on the rare occasions when our clients wish to be quoted in the press or other media. An example of a rare occasion was when a client who was remanded for 5 months, before we successfully argued for his acquittal of all charges after a 9 day trial; and wanted his story to be told in the press. Another rare occasion was one of our Pro Bono clients who volunteered to be featured in a promotional video for the Law Society Of Singapore Pro Bono Services Office (now known as Pro Bono SG) in order to raise awareness for the Pro Bono services available to the public.
Penal Code Offences
At Beacon, we have represented clients charged with a wide variety of offences under the Penal Code (Cap. 224); ranging from property offences like theft, cheating and criminal breach of trust or criminal misappropriation and robbery, to offences affecting the human body like voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt, criminal intimidation, outrage of modesty and rape.
Non-Penal Code Offences
While the Penal Code (Cap. 224) is the basic code for criminal offences in Singapore, there are numerous other statutes which impose criminal liabilities on persons who breach their provisions. At Beacon, we have considerable experience in representing clients in cases involving offences under a myriad of statutes and subsidiary legislation; for example, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act (Cap. 2A), the Animals & Birds Act (Cap. 7), the Bankruptcy Act (Cap. 20), the Business Registration Act (Cap. 32), the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36), the Common Gaming Houses Act (Cap. 49), the Copyright Act (Cap. 63), the Customs Act (Cap. 70), the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (Cap. 91A), the Films Act (Cap. 107), the Goods & Services Tax Act (Cap. 117A), the Immigration Act (Cap. 133), the Legal Profession Act (Cap. 161), the Massage Establishments Act (Cap. 173), the Medicines Act (Cap. 176), the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order & Nuisance) Act (Cap. 184), the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185), the Moneylenders Act (Cap. 188), Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risks & Compensation) Act (Cap. 189), the Poisons Act (Cap. 234), the Prevention of Corruption Act (Cap. 241), the Public Entertainments & Meetings Act (Cap. 257), the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276), the Securities & Futures Act (Cap. 289), the Trademarks Act (Cap. 332), the Vandalism Act (Cap. 341), the Womens' Charter (Cap. 353) and the Womens' Charter (Offences against Women & Girls) Rules (Cap. 353, R1).