Joo Toon LLC's principal area of practice is dispute resolution by means of litigation, arbitration and mediation.
Mr Lim Joo Toon is a former District Judge and former Senior Assistant Registrar. His former judicial experience provides a unique advantage of being able to view and analyse legal disputes objectively from the perspectives of the Court.
Mr Lim has immense experience and in-depth knowledge acquired in the course of private practice, as formerly State Counsel, Attorney-General’s Chambers, and as an Arbitrator in international and domestic disputes.
The firm has distinguished itself in two main areas of the law, namely, disputes relating to wills, see, for e.g., Low Ah Cheow and others v Ng Hock Guan, which is now the locus classicus and the landmark authority in this area of law, and Ong Wui Jin and Others v Ong Wui Teck and Straits Times report titled ‘Battle over late tycoon’s $7M estate’, another Straits Times report titled ‘Siblings Fight Over S$50,000 In Cancer Mum’s Will’ and company law, see, for e.g., Wong Kai Wah v Wong Kai Yuan and Another.
The firm is also noted for arbitration, both as counsel and as arbitrator, see, for e.g., Ng Chin Siau and others v How Kim Chuan.
In a number of contractual disputes, the firm has successfully acted for foreign and international foreign companies, see, for e.g., Uzbekistan Airways v Jetspeed Travel Pte Ltd and Sincastle Enterprises Pte Ltd v Sulzer Chemtech Pty Ltd and another and Ssangyong – Guan Ho Joint Venture v Loh Tiong Soo t/a Jireh Technical Services and for local enterprises, see, for e.g., Gateway 21 Consultants Pte Ltd v Gateway 21 Pte Ltd and Johnson Controls (S) Pte Ltd v Ho-Air Conditioning and Engineering Pte Ltd and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd v Lulla-Motion (S) Pte Ltd.
In land law, the firm has been successful in resisting order for specific performance, see for e.g., Coastland Properties Pte Ltd v Lin Geok Choo, and Law Gazette article titled 'Sale of Property — When Prior Consent of the Seller’s Mortgagee is Required' and in resisting completion for the sale on the ground of bad titles ,see, for e.g., Coastland Properties Pte Ltd v Ho San Kong Hoey.
In cases relating to disputes concerning title and ownership of cars where the dealers have absconded, the firm was successful in obtaining such an order, see for e.g., Kau Joo Guan v Kwek Seow Hui t/a Car Dynasty and One Motor Pte Ltd and Straits Times report titled ‘Dealer Absconds With Money But Buyer Still Gets Merc’ and the Singapore Law Blog article titled 'Implications for Sale of Second-Hand Cars in Singapore'.
In addition, the firm is also recognised for its work in other areas of dispute, such as, breaches of orders & regulations, family law, defamation, employment and copyright & trademark.
Examples of our cases can be found at under Our Cases.
Our team is fully committed and dedicated to the provision of legal services in the most advantageous and cost effective manner.
Our team will be pleased to attend to your enquiries and discuss the various options open to you and the estimated fees involved. Such fees may be fixed or agreed in advance, either as a lump sum or by reference to the stages of the work.