The legal community in Singapore had been depleted,
and it still looked to England for replenishment.

Among the young English lawyers who came to practice at the Singapore Bar during that time, most, like Kenneth Hilborne, would live and work for a spell before returning.

Others, like Howard Cashin, would in fact be coming home.

Listen to Chapter Two:

You didn’t come this far to stop

Kenneth Hilborne

Born on 29th April 1919, Kenneth Hilborne was a Londoner and qualified solicitor in England who was admitted to the Singapore Bar on 5th July 1948. He was chiefly a conveyancer, and practised in Hilborne & Murphy until it was closed in 1955. He then formed Hilborne & Co and was later joined by Chung Kok Soon. Shortly after this, he retired and left Singapore. Hilborne passed away in September 2008.

Howard Cashin

Born in Singapore on 29th November 1920, Howard Cashin read law at University College Oxford in 1939. He was called to the Bar at Inner Temple, and then to the Singapore Bar on 14th September 1951. He practised at Rodyk & Davidson but left in 1960 to join Murphy & Dunbar. He took over as senior partner upon Murphy’s departure in 1973. This marked the beginning of his career as the Bar’s leading criminal lawyer. He retired from Murphy & Dunbar in 1988, remaining as consultant. He was a keen sportsman. Cashin passed away on 5th September 2009, aged 89.