Lawyer Abbay Singh can no longer practice as a lawyer after he was found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct by the Independent Legal Services Commission.

Commissioner John Connors in his judgment said that on the 25th of October 2006, Singh was convicted in the High Court of Fiji for attempting to pervert the course of justice.

On the 24th July 2003, the trial was due to start in the Magistrates Court of one Sahad Attai Khan, was charged with corruptly seeking as a LTA officer, $200 for the registration of a second hand vehicle.

The owner of the car and the person from whom it was alleged he had sought the money was Rajendra Narayan.

Singh was Khan's defense counsel.

Prior to this hearing, Narayan informed the investigating officer that he had been approached by Singh, following advice from the DPP's office Narayan was given a digital recording device to record any further conversation with Singh.

The next day a conversation took place between Singh and Narayan where Singh mentioned the court case the next day and advised Narayan to change his evidence to some extent, and Singh told him what to say in its place.

Singh told Narayan to keep to his original story which he need not lie about, but when it came to describing handing over the money to Khan he should say that he never actually handed the money over to Khan and he should add that he did not see him do any of this and the rest he should leave it to him.

The Law Society was supposed to take action on this matter but nothing eventuated and the matter was taken to the Independent Legal Services Commission by the Chief Registrar.

On another complaint, it was highlighted that Singh had charged clients for services rendered however Commissioner Connors said he was not satisfied that the evidence before him is sufficient after which the complaint was dismissed.

Commissioner Connors however fined Singh the sum of $1,000 to be paid to the Commission within 14 days, and ordered the copies of these orders be forwarded to the relevant authorities in Australia and New Zealand in relation to the fourth complaint, after Singh was found guilty on unsatisfactory professional conduct as defined in section 81 of the Legal Practitioners Decree.