Gurdaib Singh S/o Pala Singh

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

The Respondent pleaded guilty to two charges of grossly improper conduct under s 83(2)(b) of the Legal Profession Act: failing to refund US$250,000 held in escrow and drawing S$5,000 from a client account by cash cheque without a Judge's leave. The Court of Three Judges found his conduct fell below required standards of integrity, probity and trustworthiness and brought grave dishonour to the profession. Although no dishonesty was expressly found and no personal gain was shown, the court ordered that he be struck off the roll and pay S$6,000 costs to the Law Society.

Duties found breached:

• No improper use of client money

Aggravating factors:

• Failure to make full restitution of the US$250,000 to the Complainant
• Deliberate breach of a formal professional undertaking undermining integrity of the profession
• Serious breach of Solicitors' Accounts Rules, not a mere technical breach

Mitigating factors:

• No evidence the Respondent gained personally from the breach of undertaking
• Pleaded guilty to both charges

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["review_dishonesty_finding_cue_present"]