Decision record
Willjude Vimalraj S/O Raymond Suras
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Law Society applied under ss 94A(1) and 98(1) LPA to strike off the respondent, admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor in 2021, who had been convicted of nine forgery charges and one false evidence charge (arising from a false statement in his admission affidavit that he was not subject to any criminal investigation). While an SPF Investigating Officer, he forged witness statements. He was sentenced to 25 months' imprisonment. The Court of 3 Judges found dishonesty integral to the offences, held striking off to be the presumptive sanction with no exceptional circumstances, and ordered him struck off the Roll with costs of $6,000 plus disbursements of $1,110.75.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Dishonesty integral to the commission of the offences
- Breach of significant public trust as an Investigating Officer of the SPF
- Fraudulently secured admission to the Bar by making a false statement in admission affidavit
- Serious harm to the administration of justice
- 29 additional forgery charges taken into consideration
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=7110.75"]