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Shulin Lee sits down with Shashi Nathan to talk about how he overcame those sleepless nights after his first murder trial in 1994, his commitment to the Criminal legal bar, his views on Diversity & Inclusion in the Legal industry and how he pays it forward – doing for others what others have done for him.
Shashi is a prolific Criminal Lawyer in Singapore. A career that spans across more than 30 years, he’s now the APAC Head of Disputes with Withers KhattarWong. His cases involve offences of murder, drug trafficking, and kidnapping. Shashi is listed as a lead counsel under the Supreme Court’s list of Assigned Counsel for Capital Cases and he has defended numerous clients charged for capital offences.
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0:00 Intro
2:25 Initial dreams of being a corporate lawyer dashed
3:54 Start to his Litigation career
7:43 Rite of passage to criminal law
8:58 Help from senior members
9:44 The “Under one Roof” case
10:15 Thrusted into the limelight
11:51 Timely help from a senior criminal lawyer
13:00 Butcher case – how he overcame the challenges
15:12 Why he helps other criminal lawyers – paying it forward
16:06 How the Bar became his mentor and he grew to love it
17:55 Is his career the stuff of TV courtroom dramas?
18:20 Why defend a client who’s guilty of a serious crime?
21:52 Sleepless nights over his first murder trial
25:24 The emotional toll of the role of a criminal lawyer
26:41 What keeps him going?
29:24 His close-knit team and secret to retaining good talent
32:17 Strong advocate for diversity. Female partners in practice
38:15 Changing gender stereotypes in Criminal law
41:24 Advice to aspiring lawyers
People mentioned on the show:
Diana Ngiam –
Leo Fernando –
Supreme Court Judge S Rajendran
Ramesh Tiwary –
Sant Singh –
Sadhana Rai –
Subhas Anandan –
Suresh Damodara –
Tania Chin –
Wendell Wong –
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Aside from lawyers, maybe you could interview those in law enforcement too? I was always interested in how police officers think, etc!
This is gold 🙂
This is an absolute gem! Lovely interview with few probes and very sincere sharing! Can't wait to hear more!