Change - Announcement Of Appointment :: Re-Designation Of Independent Director To Non-Executive Chairman And Independent Director

Mr Tan has had six (6) complaints lodged against him with the Law Society of Singapore ("Law Society") in the course of his legal practice spanning over 30 years. These complaints arose from acrimonious litigation matters and for three (3) of them in the context of contested discovery of documents. In 1992, a complaint was lodged against Mr Tan alleging that he was rude towards a director of the opposing party during the inspection of documents pursuant to a discovery order. The complaint did not proceed after investigations by the Inquiry Committee of the Law Society ("Inquiry Committee"). In 1994, a complaint was lodged against Mr Tan alleging that he had disclosed privileged information. The complaint was dismissed after investigations by the Inquiry Committee. In 2004, two (2) complaints were lodged against Mr Tan Teng Muan in the same suit relating to the alleged irregular attestation of an affidavit for discovery and purported breach of an alleged undertaking for a discovered tape recording. The complaints were dismissed after investigations by the Inquiry Committee. In August 2011, a complaint was lodged against Mr Tan for not applying for Grant of Probate relating to an estate matter (a matter upon which Mr Tan had no instruction from client to act) and not giving any reply to the complainant or his son (both of whom were not clients of Mr Tan). The complaint was dismissed after investigations by the Inquiry Committee. In April 2015, a fellow solicitor complained that Mr Tan had filed an affidavit on behalf of his client in an injunction application to restrain that solicitor and his firm from further acting in the matter without first allowing that solicitor or his firm to respond. The complaint was dismissed after investigations by the Inquiry Committee.