Career and Experience

LLB (Hons), University of Singapore, 1975

LLM, University of Cambridge, 1985
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Admitted to: Singapore Bar (1978)
Radakrishnan graduated from the University of Singapore in 1975 with an LLB (Hons) and subsequently obtained his Masters Degree from the University of Cambridge. ​
​​He joined the Singapore Legal Service in 1975 and worked as a Legal Officer in the Ministry of Defence, served as Deputy Public Prosecutor and State Counsel in the Attorney-General’s Chambers and as Magistrate, District Judge and Coroner in the Subordinate Courts for several years. He has undertaken a wide variety of civil litigation, criminal and commercial fraud work at both Trial and Appellate Court levels. He is the joint managing-director of the law corporation.

​Having been a Prosecutor, Judge and now a practicing lawyer, he has the advantage of seeing the perspectives from different sides and be able to give the best advice to his clients. He is also a very active member in Society. He was previously the President of a large Social Club in the East Coast and is now a very active committee member in a leading Golf and Country Club in Singapore. All these experiences have added to his ability to give the best advice to his clients on various issues.

Reported cases

  • ​Low Gim Siah v Law Society of Singapore [1991] 2 SLR(R) 917
  • Sekar Rajamani v Public Prosecutor [1991] SGHC 84
  • Lee Swee Yang v Public Prosecutor [1991] SGHC 117
  • Ponnusamy s/o Palaniappa v Lalyithah Manivasgar (m w) [1993] SGHC 189
  • Public Prosecutor v Somporn Chinphakdee [1994] SGHC 209
  • Lee Kwang Peng v Public Prosecutor and another appeal [1997] 3 SLR 278
  • Lim Lye Huat Benny v Public Prosecutor [1996] 1 SLR 253
  • Low Gim Siah v The Law Society of Singapore [1992] 1 SLR 166
  • Challenger Technologies v Dennison Transoceanic Corporation [1997] 3 SLR 582
  • Chief Military Prosecutor v CPL Ang Eng Sui [2001] SGMCA 3
  • Goh Han Heng v Public Prosecutor [2003] 4 SLR 374
  • CX v CY (minor: custody and access) [2005] 3 SLR 690
  • Public Prosecutor v Lee Han Sang [2005] SGDC 9
  • Public Prosecutor v Cheong Boon Leong Christopher [2006] SGDC 286
  • Tan Yong Seng Alec v Vivian Ju-Ching Li (m.w.) [2008] SGDC 119
  • Public Prosecutor v Tharema Vejayan s/o Govindasamy [2009] SGHC 144
  • Public Prosecutor v Selena Chiong Chin May [2013] SGDC 268
  • Public Prosecutor v A. Tay [2017] SGDC 331
  • Public Prosecutor v Ambrose Dionysius [2018] SGDC 35
  • Public Prosecutor v Ekawit Tangtrakarn [2018] SGDC 241