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Reported decisions and representative matters from more than two decades of litigation, arbitration and mediation.

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REGULATORY BREACHES

EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES

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ARBITRATION & MEDIATION

TAX DISPUTES

DEFAMATION

WILLS, INHERITANCE & ESTATES

PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE

PROPERTY & LAND

INSURANCE DISPUTES

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Acting for an airline against a local agent alleged to have knowingly issued tickets for journeys not flown.

Uzbekistan Airways v Jetspeed Travel Pte Ltd [2008] SGHC 138

Advising directors of a public listed company on the legality and regularity of payments by its overseas joint venture party to its counterpart.

Acting for a contractor in an injunction to restrain receipt of monies under a performance bond on a construction project.

Acting for the buyer in a contract for a steel drum production line, where technical standards, specifications and variation of contract were in issue.

Acting for creditors in recovering friendly loans where the legality of the loans was raised.

Acting for customers, guarantors and third parties against banks and financial institutions over stocks and securities, mortgages, guarantees, pledges of fixed deposits, liens, letters of hypothecation and bills of exchange.

Acting for an employer in a State Courts trial against ex-employees who incorporated a competing business and breached confidential information.

Acting for a large corporation in a dispute with its former solicitors over an exorbitant Bill of Costs.

Acting for a company that received monies for its own and third-party invoices, on the extent to which it had to account.

Sincastle Enterprises Pte Ltd v Sulzer Chemtech Pty Ltd [2011] SGHC 206

Acting for a creditor opposing the Official Assignee's application for the discharge of a bankrupt.

Acting for an overseas Chinese in a stay of Singapore proceedings pending a foreign proceeding (forum non conveniens), taken on appeal to the Court of Appeal.

Disputes over title and ownership of cars where the dealers absconded.

Kau Joo Guan v Kwek Seow Hui t/a Car Dynasty [2015] SGDC 279; Straits Times, 16 Dec 2015

Acting for an overseas entity in the Singapore International Commercial Court.

Yuanta Asset Management International Ltd v Telemedia Pacific Group [2018] SGCA(I) 03

Acting for a deputy chairman of an association against allegations of breach of fiduciary duties over transport rates and the bidding process.

Singapore School Transport Association v Ang Chee Seng [2023] SGDC 220

COMPANY LAW

Acting for a company resisting a claim to recover monies said to be lent to a bankrupt for the purchase of shares in the company.

Acting for directors and shareholders in winding up on the just and equitable ground, on a breakdown of mutual trust in a quasi-partnership.

Re Sen Art Pte Ltd [2001] SGHC 41

Acting for auditors who faced criminal proceedings for failure to report breaches of the Companies Act.

Acting for directors against allegations of breach of fiduciary and director's duties.

Acting for a company executive accused of breach of trust over misplaced funds, where honest and innocent mistake was raised.

Acting for a former employee and director in a breach of duties claim in which an Anton Piller order was obtained and executed.

Acting for directors and shareholders in oppression of minority rights and breach of director's duties.

Wong Kai Wah v Wong Kai Yuan [2014] SGHC 147

Acting for a former director and shareholder in a family company dispute where personal expenses were offset against director's fees and oppression was alleged.

ARBITRATION & MEDIATION

Acting as arbitrator in a SIAC dispute between dentists over amounts due to a retiring partner in a chain of dental clinics.

Ng Chin Siau v How Kim Chuan [2007] SGCA 46

Acting in an international arbitration between a local and an overseas company over an unpaid balance for a cargo delivery.

Acting for the Appellant in the SICC appeal, succeeding in setting aside the International Judge's ruling on breach of contract, inducing breach and conversion.

Yuanta Asset Management International Ltd v Telemedia Pacific Group [2018] SGCA(I) 03

Acting for parties in commercial disputes at the Singapore Mediation Centre.

Acting as arbitrator under SIAC and the Law Society Arbitrator Scheme in disputes referred under contracts between parties.

Acting for a bank customer in a financial investment dispute successfully mediated by a Senior Judge of the Supreme Court.

Acting for former directors and employees in a mediation before Senior Counsel over alleged misappropriation of funds.

WILLS, INHERITANCE & ESTATES

Acting for an executor in a claim for commission and remuneration for administering the estate.

Acting for an executor in opposing creditors' claims after caveats were lodged against the letter of administration.

Acting for administrators and executors in grants of letters of administration and probate.

Acting for a beneficiary in a Family Justice Court trial against a sibling over a will that did not provide for him and the other siblings.

Acting for siblings in disputed wills and the interpretation of their provisions.

Ong Wui Jin v Ong Wui Teck [2009] SGHC 50; Straits Times, 2 Jun 2008

Acting for siblings in a dispute over the accounts, properties and distribution of their late mother's estate.

Acting for the beneficiaries in the leading Court of Appeal judgment on inheritance disputes.

Low Ah Cheow v Ng Hock Guan [2009] SGCA 25; Straits Times, 16 May 2008

Negotiating an amicable resolution of a wills dispute between the deceased's only son and non-family beneficiaries, settled mid-trial.
Acting for former directors and employees in a mediation before Senior Counsel over alleged misappropriation of funds.

PROPERTY & LAND LAW

Acting for a Management Corporation against subsidiary proprietors for arrears of maintenance and sinking funds, and in disputes between proprietors.

Acting for a vendor against a purchaser who failed to complete, on appeal to the Court of Appeal.

Acting for a vendor in a declaration over a mutual exchange of properties in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Resisting specific performance where the sale was subject to the mortgagee's consent.

Coastland Properties Pte Ltd v Lin Geok Choo [1999] SGHC 328

Acting for a purchaser rescinding for bad title.

Coastland Properties Pte Ltd v Ho San Kong Hoey [1998] 2 SLR(R) 95

Acting for an individual in a contentious sale of property shared with a sibling.

Acting for a son in a dispute with his mother over his share of an HDB flat (resulting trust and advancement).

Acting for a tenant of rent-controlled premises recovering overpaid rents (waiver, limitation, rent control).

Acting for a landlord before the Tenant Compensation Board to recover possession of controlled premises for redevelopment.

Acting for a tenant where misrepresentation, exemption clauses and the Unfair Contract Terms Act were raised.

REGULATORY BREACHES & ORDERS

Defending individuals and corporations against allegations of international, corporate and other financial crimes.

Acting for an accused in a driving disqualification case, charged with failing to renew insurance after contracting to sell the vehicle.

Acting for an arrested individual seeking permission to leave the jurisdiction for urgent business.

Acting in an appeal for an accused charged with criminal intimidation of a neighbour.

Acting for a local hotel accused of harbouring illegal immigrants.

Acting for a divorcee in an appeal against a committal order, where judicial mercy was exercised by the Court of Appeal for the first time.

VDZ v VEA [2020] SGCA 75; Straits Times, 26 Aug 2020

Acting for a family member in obtaining a personal protection order for domestic violence.

Acting for former directors and employees in a mediation before Senior Counsel over alleged misappropriation of funds.

Acting for the Plaintiff in an action for infringement of copyright in a drawing, table and computer programme.

Acting for a seafood steamboat restaurant in a trademark dispute over its name and logo, taken to the Singapore Mediation Centre.

Acting for a jewellery store defending alleged copyright infringement and passing off.

Acting for a furniture designer and manufacturer in a furniture copyright dispute.

Acting for a vendor in passing off and trademark infringement involving a large multinational company.
Acting for former directors and employees in a mediation before Senior Counsel over alleged misappropriation of funds.

DEFAMATION

Acting for plaintiffs and defendants in defamation and false information across all forms of media, including electronic media.

Acting for neighbours of a strata-titled property in a defamation suit, successfully mediated.

Appealing successfully to the High Court in a Super Tutor defamation action on the basis that proof of publication was necessary for two website posts, reducing damages. The basis was affirmed by the Appellate Division.

EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES

Acting for employees and employers in cases involving payments, termination, restrictive covenants and confidential information.

Acting for an employer against workers over proper rates of payment, determined by the Commissioner for Labour and appealed to the High Court.

Acting for an employee defending a claim for breach of fiduciary duty of fidelity and duty to account for secret profits.

Acting for a company executive accused of breach of trust over misplaced funds.

Acting for a General Manager claiming commission on substantial sales, where an implied term was in issue.

INSURANCE DISPUTES

Acting for the insured in a fire insurance claim for damage to goods and premises.

Acting for companies and individuals in insurance claims.

Acting for companies and workmen in workers' compensation and repatriation disputes.

PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE & DISCIPLINE

Acting for accountants, teachers and other professionals before professional bodies, disciplinary tribunals and regulators.

Acting for claimants in a wide variety of medical negligence cases, including negligent prescription and administration of drugs, pre-surgery diagnosis, post-operative care and consent to treatment.

Acting for tertiary educational institutions in disciplinary proceedings against lecturers and staff.

Acting for a Rotary Club member in a dispute over proper election procedures.

TAX DISPUTES

Acting and advising on all aspects of personal and corporate taxation, including tax considerations for foreign investors.

Acting for a private limited company alleged liable for GST on its subsidiary sole proprietorship's turnover over $1m, obtaining a decision that no GST was payable.

Acting for an auditor sued for professional negligence over allegedly wrong tax advice.

Acting for an international company in a dispute with IRAS over income of over $20m from leasing seismic equipment to a related entity, obtaining a decision that no tax was payable.