Elite lawyers seen only 12 days in court last year

Each Senior Counsel spent, on average, just one day in the Court of Appeal last year and another 11 days arguing a trial in court.

This, Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong said, differs greatly from other countries where Senior Counsel dominate appeal hearings.

In his speech at the opening of the legal year yesterday, CJ Chan also said he is deciding whether to put on the Supreme Court website and the Singapore Academy of Law website information about the amount of time each Senior Counsel spent in court.

Seen last earn more, the new legal moto ?

The 2009 conondrum, to be seen or to be heard.