Quan Chee Seng Michael

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

Quan, a solicitor of 13 years' standing acting for clients in sale of their HDB flat, was found guilty on all four charges. He withdrew the full sale proceeds of $138,895.16 in cash, paid portions to a licensed moneylender (Assets) and a housing agent (Corin), and procured acknowledgements from clients that they had received the full sum in cash when they had not. The High Court found his conduct was part of a deliberate dishonest scheme to disguise excessive interest rates charged to clients and to avoid documentary evidence. Expressly finding dishonesty, the Court ordered him struck off the roll and to bear the Law Society's costs. Respondent was absent and unrepresented.

Duties found breached:

• No conflict between current clients
• Handle inadvertently received material
• No improper use of client money

Aggravating factors:

• Deliberate scheme to disguise excessive interest charged to clients
• Took advantage of clients' ignorance
• Total disregard for clients' interests
• Solicitor of 13 years' standing