• Represented the German father in the first-ever case decided in Singapore under the International Child Abduction Act (ICAA) and the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Court of Appeal ordered the child to be returned to his father in Germany and found that the Singaporean mother had wrongfully retained the child in Singapore. (BDU v BDT [2014] SGCA 12)
• Represented a Singaporean mother against an Irish father in Singapore’s 5th Hague Convention international child abduction case, involving arguments on breach of custodial rights under the ICAA and Irish law on custody.
• Represented a French father against a Kazakh mother in landmark litigation on the cancellation of Dependant’s Passes and its impact on custody, care and control of children in Singapore. (TYC v TYD [2017] SGFC 23)
• Represented a Singaporean mother against an American father before the Singapore High Court, involving novel arguments on common intention constructive trusts and division of matrimonial property in the context of an annulled marriage. (BMM v BMN [2017] 4 SLR 1315)
• Represented a single, unwed mother in the first-ever case in Singapore involving a single parent’s adoption of her biological child.
• Represented a public-listed company in a common law derivative action to bring a director/shareholder to account for breaches of fiduciary duties to a joint venture company and other related derivative and shareholder actions involving the same parties. The arguments involved the novel legal issue on the applicable limitation period in common law derivative actions. (Sinwa SS (HK) Co Ltd v. Morten Innhaug [2010] SGHC 157; Sinwa SS (HK) Co Ltd v. Nordic International Limited & Ors [2014] SGCA 63; Sinwa SS (HK) Co Ltd v Nordic International Ltd and another [2016] SGHC 111; Nordic International Ltd)

Member, The Law Society of Singapore
Member, Singapore Academy of Law
Member, Criminal Legal Aid Scheme (CLAS) Committee
Member, Law Awareness Committee
Chairperson, Family Justice Support Scheme (FJSS) Committee
Volunteer Lawyer, CLAS
Assigned Solicitor, Legal Aid Bureau
Primary Justice Project Lawyer, Community Justice Centre

Member, Law Society of Singapore
Member, Singapore Academy of Law
Assigned Solicitor, Legal Aid Bureau
Volunteer Lawyer, Family Justice Support Scheme (FJSS)
Professional Deputy and Donee

English, Mandarin

• Defended a Singapore food manufacturing company against enforcement of a Taiwanese judgment tainted with illegality (Wu Shun Foods Co Ltd v. Ken Ken Food Manufacturing Pte Ltd [2002] SGHC 176)
• Represented 18 plaintiffs in their successful professional negligence claim against their solicitors for negligent execution of their late father’s will. The case also involved novel arguments on the doctrine of conditional revocation of a will. (AEL & Ors v. Cheo Yeoh & Associates [2014] SGHC 129)
• Represented Jane Rebecca Ong (JRO) in 2-year taxation of the opposing party’s bill, where the Singapore High Court first defined the word “disbursement” under Singapore law (Ong Jane Rebecca v. Lim Lie Hoa & Ors [2008] 3 SLR 189
• Represented JRO in her professional negligence claim against PricewaterhouseCoopers and her former solicitors for their valuation of her late father-in-law’s estate. (Ong Jane Rebecca v PricewaterhouseCoopers & Ors [2009] 2 SLR 796)
• Single-handedly located 3 pages of a trust deed amidst 72,000 pages of documents, which was the key document that the UK Courts relied upon to set aside several adverse orders in the JRO litigation. (ST Article)

Obtained on 4 March 2021 an unprecedented Order for the administration in bankruptcy of a deceased person’s estate, and the appointment of private trustees in bankruptcy under the new Insolvency Restructuring and Dissolution Act (IRDA).

Obtained retrospective leave from the Court of Appeal to use documents and information obtained from examination of judgment debtor proceedings, in separate devastavit proceedings against an executor. This landmark decision set out a comprehensive framework on the relevant factors in determining whether the Riddick principle may be circumvented. (Jane Rebecca Ong v Lim Lie Hoa and other appeals and other matters [2021] SGCA 63)

Member, Law Society of Singapore
Member, Singapore Academy of Law

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