The newspapers reported that in the past 3 years there were 241 public liabilty lawsuits against Singapore government departments that were handled by the Attorney-General's chambers.
The Attorney-General's Chambers headed by Prof Walter Woon, is the government's lawyer. They will only handle claims of more than $750. Claims below this amount are handled by the department itself.
"Public liability lawsuits" probably refers to cases where there was alleged negligence by the relevant department, for example, if due to poor maintenance of the government building, someone who entered it was injured.
In Parliament, it was disclosed that of the 241 lawsuits mentioned over, 206 were settled out of court. Of the remainder, 35 went to court, out of which, there was payment in 28 cases. The report did not state how much was paid in total to claimants. We await the official parliamentary reports to show if this was discussed in parliament.
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