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The SICC is a division of the General Division of the High Court and part of the Supreme Court of Singapore. All appeals from the SICC will be heard by the Court of Appeal of Singapore.

Judges of the Appellate Division, Judges of the High Court and International Judges of the Supreme Court may be designated by the Chief Justice to hear cases in the SICC. The Chief Justice and Justices of the Court of Appeal may also hear cases in the SICC.

The Chief Justice and Justices of the Court of Appeal including Judges of the Appellate Division, Judges of the High Court, Senior Judges and International Judges designated by the Chief Justice, may hear appeals from the SICC.

The judges who may hear cases in the SICC and appeals from the SICC include the following:

Portrait of Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon

Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on 6 November 2012. He is the first Singapore-born Chief Justice. Chief Justice Menon graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore in 1986 and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1991. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore in 1987, and as an attorney and counsellor-at-law in New York in 1992.

After he was called to the Bar in Singapore, he practised with major local and international law firms, primarily as an advocate, in the fields of commercial litigation and arbitration, construction law and insolvency law. From 2006 to 2007, he served as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2008. In 2010, he was appointed the 6th Attorney-General of Singapore, a post he relinquished in 2012 shortly before his appointment as a Judge of Appeal. He was appointed to the Presidential Council for Minority Rights upon his appointment as Attorney-General in 2010 and was later appointed as its Chairman in 2012, upon his appointment as Chief Justice.

Between 2012 and 2020, Chief Justice Menon served on the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, and he has been serving as a member of the International Chamber of Commerce Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services since 2021.

He is also an elected member of the American Law Institute, an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in England and the President of the Singapore Academy of Law. Chief Justice Menon was conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Laws by the University of Western Australia in 2022 for his services to the law.

Chief Justice Menon is married with three children.

Portrait of Justice Tay Yong Kwang,        Justice of the Court of Appeal

Justice Tay Yong Kwang was appointed Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court on 1 August 2016. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore in 1981. In 1984, he was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore. He obtained his Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge in 1986.

Justice Tay started his judicial career with the Supreme Court in 1981, first as an Assistant Registrar and then as Deputy Registrar. He served in the Official Assignee and Public Trustee’s Office from 1989 to 1990.

From 1991 to 1997, he served as a District Judge at the Subordinate Courts (renamed as the State Courts in 2014). In 1997, he was appointed Judicial Commissioner and subsequently a High Court Judge in 2003 before his current appointment.

Portrait of Justice Steven Chong,        Justice of the Court of Appeal

Justice Steven Chong was appointed Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court on 1 April 2017. He received his Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the National University of Singapore in 1982. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in 1983 and started practising law as an associate in Drew & Napier that same year. He was made Joint Managing Partner in 1997. In 1998, he moved to Rajah & Tann as Senior Partner before becoming Managing Partner in 2003. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 1998.

Justice Chong was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 1 October 2009 and subsequently a High Court Judge in June 2010.

He assumed office as the 7thAttorney-General on 25 June 2012 and served for two years. During his stint, he established the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) Media Relations Unit, launched the Public Prosecution Outreach Programme, led AGC to conclude key international treaties, including the European Union-Singapore Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and initiated legislative amendments to empower the Attorney-General to represent statutory boards in legal proceedings which led to the passing of the Attorney-General (Additional Functions) Act 2014. He resumed appointment as a High Court Judge on 25 June 2014 until his current appointment.

On 8 December 2020, Justice Chong was appointed as an expert member of the International Commercial Expert Committee of the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China.

Portrait of Justice Belinda        Ang Saw Ean, Justice of the Court of Appeal

Justice Belinda Ang Saw Ean was appointed the President and Judge of the Appellate Division on 2 January 2021. Justice Ang obtained her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1976. Thereafter, she was admitted as a Barrister-at-Law of the Middle Temple and an advocate and solicitor in Singapore. In 1979, she received her Master of Laws (with distinction) from the University College, London. On 21 September 2016, Justice Ang was called to the Middle Temple Bench.

Justice Belinda Ang was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore on 1 February 2002 and was elevated to Judge of the High Court on 2 January 2003. Justice Ang’s areas of focus are in Shipping and Arbitration matters, Finance, Securities, Banking, and Complex Commercial cases. Since 30 July 2018, Justice Ang has been sitting regularly in the Court of Appeal.

She joined M/s Godwin & Co in 1980 and was made junior partner in 1983. She also founded M/s Ang & Partners in 1985, her own boutique law firm. She was appointed Senior Counsel in 1998.

In November 2017, Justice Ang was appointed by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon to serve as the Judge in charge of the High Court.
In addition, Justice Ang is the chairperson and director of the Board of the Singapore Mediation Centre. She also sits on the Executive Board of the Singapore Academy of Law. Since 25 January 2018, Justice Ang has been appointed a member of the Panel of Referees of the Journal of the Malaysian Judiciary. In January 2019, she was also appointed a member of the Lloyd’s Law Reports Editorial Board

Portrait of Justice Woo Bih Li, Judge of the Appellate Division

Justice Woo Bih Li, Judge of the Appellate Division, was appointed President of the Appellate Division of the High Court on 1 November 2022. He was appointed Judicial Commissioner in 2000 and subsequently a High Court Judge in 2003. He also sits in the Court of Appeal from February 2019 and was appointed Judge of the Appellate Division in 2021.

Justice Woo received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Singapore (renamed as National University of Singapore in 1980) in 1977 before being admitted locally as an advocate and solicitor in 1978.

As a Judge, he dealt with Finance, Securities, Banking, Complex Commercial Cases, Employment, Tort Claims, Public Law and Judicial Review, and Criminal Trials.

Justice Woo started his practice in 1980 with the law firm of M/s Allen & Gledhill where he became a partner. In October 1992, he set up the law firm of M/s Bih Li & Lee. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 1997.

Portrait of Justice Kannan Ramesh,        Judge of the Appellate Division

Justice Kannan Ramesh was appointed Judge of the Appellate Division on 1 November 2022. He was appointed Judicial Commissioner in May 2015, and Judge of the High Court in April 2017. He was also appointed as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Brunei Darussalam (“SCBD”) on a part-time basis on 7 Oct 2019 where he hears both commercial and civil cases in SCBD. He received his Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the National University of Singapore in 1990. He was then admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore in 1991, and appointed Senior Counsel in 2012.

Before his appointment as Judicial Commissioner, Justice Ramesh was Managing Partner of Messrs Tan Kok Quan Partnership from 2008, where he specialised in dispute resolution, insolvency and restructuring, and international arbitration.

He was also appointed as Board Member of the Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing Pte Ltd and M1 Limited. In the former, he had an added role as Executive Committee Member, while in the latter, he was Chairman of M1’s Risk Committee, as well as Member of their Nominating and Audit Committees.

He is a member of Singapore Academy of Law’s Law Reform Committee, and New York’s International Insolvency Institute (III) and part of III’s Arbitration and Conciliation working group. He was instrumental in establishing the Judicial Insolvency Network (JIN) which issued in October 2016, guidelines for court-to-court communications and cooperation in cross-border insolvencies.

Justice Ramesh wrote Getting the Deal Through – Restructuring and Insolvency in 51 Jurisdictions Worldwide in 2010. He also authored the Singapore Chapter of the World Bank publication, Doing Business – Closing a Business Survey, published in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Portrait of Justice Debbie Ong, Judge of the Appellate Division

Justice Debbie Ong was appointed Judge of the Appellate Division on 1 November 2022. She was appointed Judicial Commissioner in 2014, High Court Judge on 30 September 2017 and Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts on 1 October 2017. Justice Ong earned her Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1989 and Master of Laws at the University of Cambridge in 1991. She was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore in 1990.

Her legal career began as an academic at NUS’ Faculty of Law in 1989, specialising in family law. While teaching, she also assisted the Family Courts as a court mediator and the Supreme Court as amicus curiae. In addition, she served as Chairperson of the Centre Governance Committee of the Tampines Family Service Centre, and Resource Consultant for the Law Society’s Family Law Practice Committee.

She was a member to various boards and councils, such as, the Review Board constituted under the Children and Young Persons Act and the Advisory Board of “Marriage Central” constituted under the National Family Council. She is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Child and Family Quarterly Journal (United Kingdom), the Family Justice Rules Working Party, the Family Law Reform Working Group and the SAL’s Publications Committee and the Legal Education Cluster Committee. She currently co-chairs the inter-agency Committee to Review and Enhance Reforms in the Family Justice System.

Justice Ong published the book entitled International Issues in Family Law in Singapore in January 2015, and has contributed numerous articles in local as well as international scholarly journals.

Her accolades include winning the Singapore Academy of Law Merit Award and Legal Aid Bureau Amicus Award in 2013.

Portrait of Justice See Kee Oon,        Judge of the Appellate Division

Justice See Kee Oon was appointed Judge of the Appellate Division in October 2023. He received his Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore in 1991. He also holds a Masters in Law from the University of Cambridge, and a Masters in Public Management from the National University of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

He joined the Singapore Legal Service in 1991 and was appointed a Deputy Registrar and Magistrate in the Subordinate Courts (renamed as State Courts in 2014) before joining the Supreme Court in 1995 as a Justices’ Law Clerk. In 1997, he returned to the Subordinate Courts as District Judge. In 2007, he joined the Ministry of Law and headed the Insolvency and Public Trustee’s Office until 2009. He then returned to the Subordinate Courts in 2009 and was appointed Senior District Judge of the Criminal Justice Division in 2010. He became Chief District Judge of the Subordinate Courts in 2013 and continued to hold the appointment, now known as Presiding Judge of the State Courts, until March 2020.

Justice See chairs the SAL Legal Heritage Committee and is a board member of the SAL Executive Board and the Singapore Judicial College. He also sits on the Military Court of Appeal.

Portrait of Justice Choo Han Teck,        Judge of the High Court

Justice Choo Han Teck was appointed Judicial Commissioner in 1995 and a High Court Judge in 2003. Justice Choo received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Singapore (renamed as National University of Singapore in 1980) in 1979 and Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge in 1986.

He began his career as a legal assistant in M/s Murphy & Dunbar in 1980, before joining the National University of Singapore as a lecturer in 1984. Four years later, he joined M/s Allen & Gledhill as a partner, and in 1992, moved to M/s Helen Yeo & Partners in the same capacity.

He was also appointed President of the Military Court of Appeal in 2004.

Portrait of Justice Lee Seiu Kin,        Judge of the High Court

Justice Lee Seiu Kin was appointed a High Court Judge on 11 April 2006. His area of focus include construction and shipbuilding, intellectual property, employment and criminal matters. Born in Malaysia, Justice Lee was educated at St Paul’s Institution, Seremban and National Junior College, Singapore. He was awarded a Colombo Plan scholarship and obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree from the University of Adelaide in 1977. He worked as a civil engineer in the Public Works Department from 1977 to 1984, during which he obtained a Master of Science (Construction Engineering) from the National University of Singapore in 1982, and an MBA (with Distinction) from INSEAD in 1984. He was registered as a Professional Engineer in 1983. Justice Lee read law at the National University of Singapore where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree in 1986. He went on to obtain a Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge in 1987. He joined the Singapore Legal Service in October 1987. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1991. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2003.

Justice Lee read law at the National University of Singapore where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree in 1986. He went on to obtain a Master of Laws from University of Cambridge in 1987. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1991. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2003.

Justice Lee was posted to the Attorney-Generals Chambers (AGC) as State Counsel and went on to become Senior State Counsel in 1994. He served in the Criminal, Civil and International Affairs Divisions of the AGC and also helmed its Computer Information Systems Department from 1989. On 15 October 1997, he was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court and served in that capacity for five years. He was concurrently the President of the Industrial Arbitration Court from September 1999 until October 2002. On 15 October 2002, Justice Lee was appointed second Solicitor-General, a position he held until his current appointment at the Supreme Court. He served on the boards of the Infocomm Development Agency (2003 to 2005), Competition Commission of Singapore (2005 to 2006), Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (2005 to 2006) and Monetary Authority of Singapore (2006).

Justice Lee is currently the Chairman of the Internal Security Department's Advisory Board as well as the ASEAN Law Association (Singapore) and the Board of Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) Ventures Ltd, a subsidiary of SAL.

Justice Lee was a member of the Legal Service Commission from April 2006 to January 2022.

He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal; during the National Day Awards 2017 for his contributions to the legal sector.

Portrait of Justice Vinodh        Coomaraswamy, Judge of the High Court

Justice Vinodh Coomaraswamy was appointed Judicial Commissioner in 2012 and a High Court Judge in 2013. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Nottingham University in 1990, and a Bachelor of Civil Law from Oxford University in 1998. He won first prize in the 1991 Trinity Bar Examinations, and later that year was called to the Bar of England & Wales by the Inner Temple. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore in 1992.

He began his legal career in Shook Lin & Bok in 1992 and became a partner in 1996. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2005. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He was also admitted in New South Wales (2005) and in New York (2007).

Portrait of Justice Chua Lee Ming, Judge of the High Court

Justice Chua Lee Ming was appointed Judicial Commissioner in 2015 and High Court Judge in January 2017. He earned his Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore in 1983 and was called to the Singapore Bar in 1984. He received his Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge in 1988.

Justice Chua began his legal career in 1984. He held various positions such as serving as Deputy Registrar and Magistrate of the Subordinate Courts (renamed as State Courts in 2014). He also served in the Supreme Court Registry for three years before becoming State Counsel and Deputy Public Prosecutor in the Attorney-General’s Chambers in 1989. Justice Chua left for private practice in 1990 and became a Partner of the law firm, Lee & Lee in 1991. In 1998, he joined the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd (renamed as GIC Pte Ltd in 2013), where he later became the General Counsel.

He was a founding member of the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association, and has served on various committees of the Law Society of Singapore as well as the School of Law Advisory Board, Singapore Management University. Justice Chua continues to serve on various committees of the Singapore Academy of Law.

Portrait of Justice Valerie Thean, Judge of the High Court

Justice Valerie Thean was appointed Judicial Commissioner on 30 September 2014 and subsequently as High Court Judge of the Supreme Court on 30 September 2017. She was awarded the President’s Scholarship in 1988 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) from Downing College, Cambridge University, in 1991. She subsequently obtained her Master of Laws from Harvard Law School, in 1995.

Justice Thean joined the Singapore Legal Service in 1992. After her first posting as a Justices’ Law Clerk, she held various appointments within the public service, including Assistant Registrar at the Supreme Court, Senior State Counsel at the Attorney General’s Chambers, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Law and Senior District Judge of the Family and Juvenile Justice Division of the State Courts. She taught arbitration as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore Law Faculty.

Justice Thean was appointed the first Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Court (FJC) on 1 October 2014, a position she held concurrently while serving as a Judicial Commissioner.

Portrait of Justice Hoo Sheau        Peng, Judge of the High Court

Justice Hoo Sheau Peng was appointed Judicial Commissioner on 30 September 2014 and subsequently High Court Judge on 30 September 2017. A President’s Scholar, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (Class I) from the University of Cambridge in 1992. She also holds a Master of Laws (Intellectual Property and Technology) from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and a Master in Public Management from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS.

Justice Hoo began her career as a Justices’ Law Clerk, and has been in the Singapore Legal Service for more than 20 years. She had served as Principal District Judge and Registrar of the Subordinate Courts (renamed as State Courts in 2014). In addition, she had also served as Deputy Chief Counsel (Advisory and Administration) of the Civil Division of the Attorney-General’s Chambers and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Singapore Legal Service.

Portrait of Justice Aedit Abdullah,        Judge of the High Court

Justice Aedit Abdullah was appointed Judicial Commissioner in 2014 and High Court Judge on 30 September 2017. Justice Abdullah obtained a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1994, as well as a Bachelor of Civil Law (First Class) from the University of Oxford in 1998 and a Master in Public Management from NUS in 2007.

He joined the Singapore Legal Service in 1995 and began his career as a Justices’ Law Clerk. He then taught at the Faculty of Law, NUS, before re-joining the Singapore Legal Service. He has held various appointments, such as Deputy Public Prosecutor, Deputy Senior State Counsel and District Judge of the Subordinate Courts (renamed as State Courts in 2014). He was appointed Chief Prosecutor (Economic Crimes and Governance Division), and subsequently Chief Prosecutor (Criminal Justice Division) at the Attorney-General’s Chambers in 2011 and served as special counsel at the Monetary Authority of Singapore from January 2008 to June 2009. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2012.

He is the chair and a member of various committees.

Portrait of Justice Pang Khang        Chau, Judge of the High Court

Justice Pang Khang Chau was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 1 August 2016 and High Court Judge on 1 August 2019.

Justice Pang joined the Legal Service in 1995 as a State Counsel in the Civil Division of the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) where he acted as counsel for the government in various legal proceedings, including in cases before the High Court and the Court of Appeal. In 1998, he was posted to the Ministry of Law as Deputy Director, Legal Policy Division before returning to the AGC in 2002.

In 2012, Justice Pang was appointed the Director-General of the International Affairs Division of AGC, overseeing a department of lawyers, responsible for advising government departments on international law matters and representing the government in international negotiations and international disputes. He had been involved in the Land Reclamation dispute before the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, as well as in the Pedra Branca dispute before the International Court of Justice. Justice Pang was also the Deputy Agent for the Government of Singapore in the Railway Land arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague and the leader of Singapore’s delegation in the negotiations with Indonesia over the maritime boundary in the eastern part of the Singapore Strait.

Portrait of Justice Audrey Lim, Judge of the High Court

Justice Audrey Lim was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 1 August 2016 and High Court Judge on 1 August 2019.

Justice Lim joined the Legal Service in 1994. She has considerable and varied legal experience in civil, criminal and family matters, with postings to the Supreme Court, State Courts, and Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC). She was appointed Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court in 2009, and subsequently the Deputy Chief Legislative Counsel of the Legislation Division of the AGC in 2013.

Portrait of Justice Vincent        Hoong Seng Lei, Judge of the High Court

Justice Vincent Hoong was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 10 April 2019 and High Court Judge on 3 January 2020. In addition to his appointment in the Supreme Court, he concurrently serves as the Presiding Judge of the State Courts and Deputy President, Industrial Arbitration Court. Justice Hoong's main areas of focus are building and construction, shipbuilding, company, insolvency, trusts, shipping and insurance, tort claims as well as criminal cases. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (2nd Class Upper Division) from the National University of Singapore in 1982 and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1983. He had a short stint in private practice before he joined the Legal Service in 1984.

From April 1984 to August 1997, he held various appointments in the Supreme Court as an Assistant Registrar and in the Subordinate Courts (renamed as State Courts in 2014) as a Magistrate and District Judge.

Justice Hoong managed the Singapore Land Registry of the Ministry of Law from September 1997 to May 2001 before being seconded to the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) as Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Legal Officer, and eventually as Chief Executive from May 2009 to March 2015. During his tenure at the SLA, he also held concurrent appointments as the Registrar of Titles & Deeds and Controller of Residential Property from May 2000 to 31 March 2015 and as the Commissioner of Lands from August 2002 to April 2009.

He was appointed the Registrar of the Supreme Court in April 2015, a position he held before his appointment as a Judicial Commissioner. He has more than 34 years of experience in both judiciary and the legal service.

Justice Hoong currently sits on the Singapore Academy of Law’s LawNet Management Committee. In addition, he chairs the Criminal Law Advisory Committee (Hearing), Criminal Legal Aid Scheme Steering Committee as well as The Community Justice Centre Limited.

He was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2015.

Portrait of Justice Dedar Singh Gill, Judge of the High Court

Justice Dedar Singh Gill was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 1 August 2018 and High Court Judge on 1 August 2020. Justice Gill graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (2nd Class Upper Honours) from the National University of Singapore in 1983.

Justice Gill last held the position of Managing Director of the Intellectual Property Department at Messrs. Drew and Napier LLC. He had appeared as counsel before the High Court and Court of Appeal for major corporate clients and had established a considerable reputation for his expertise and experience in intellectual property law.

Justice Gill was appointed by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon to manage the Intellectual Property (IP) list of the High Court and implement the recommendations submitted by the IP Dispute Resolution Framework Review Committee to review the Intellectual Property dispute resolution system in Singapore. In addition to hearing IP cases, Justice Gill also hears cases pertaining to contract, tort and negligence.

Portrait of Justice Mavis Chionh,        Judge of the High Court

Justice Mavis Chionh was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 12 March 2018 and High Court Judge on 12 March 2021. Justice Chionh graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence (1st Class Honours) from the University of Oxford before joining the Singapore Legal Service in 1991. She also has a Master of Laws (Chinese Law) from the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Justice Chionh has spent more than 25 years serving in a number of postings within the Singapore Legal Service, such as the then Subordinate Courts, the Civil Division of the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC), the Insolvency & Public Trustee’s Office, and the Crime Cluster of the AGC where she served as Chief Prosecutor of the Financial and Technology Crime Division (formerly known as the Economic Crimes and Governance Division) and as Chief Prosecutor of the Criminal Justice Division. Prior to her appointment as a Judicial Commissioner, she was 2nd Solicitor-General at the AGC.

Justice Chionh was appointed Senior Counsel in 2015 and received the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in the same year.

Portrait of Justice S. Mohan, Judge of        the High Court

Justice S. Mohan was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 3 January 2020 and High Court Judge on 1 November 2021. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (2nd Class Upper Honours) from the National University of Singapore in 1992 and was called to the Singapore Bar in 1993. Justice Mohan specialises in maritime, shipping and international trade disputes and accumulated more than 25 years of advocacy experience in legal practice as a maritime/shipping and international trade disputes lawyer. Prior to joining the Bench, Justice Mohan was the Managing Director of Resource Law LLC. As a lawyer, Justice Mohan appeared as counsel before arbitral tribunals, in the High Court and Court of Appeal on various contentious commercial matters involving, among others, maritime, shipping and international trade disputes.

Justice Mohan was among the first select group of legal practitioners to be recognised and accredited by the Singapore Academy of Law in 2019 as Senior Accredited Specialist in Maritime and Shipping law. He was also an accredited arbitrator on the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration panel of arbitrators and a Fellow of The Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Justice Mohan was also consistently recognised in legal directories such as Chambers Asia Pacific for his considerable shipping and admiralty experience.
As a judge, Justice Mohan’s areas of focus are shipping and admiralty, arbitration, banking and securities, complex commercial disputes, building and construction, and tort claims (including personal injury, defamation and professional/medical negligence).

Portrait of Justice Andre Maniam, Judge of the High Court

Justice Andre Maniam was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 4 May 2020 and High Court Judge on 1 November 2021. He graduated with LLB (Honours) from the National University of Singapore and was awarded the Adrian Clark Memorial Medal for being the top law student for his year. Justice Maniam had almost 30 years of experience as a lawyer, with the last 10 years as a Senior Counsel in various modes of dispute resolution including litigation, arbitration, and mediation. His practice covered a wide range of subject areas such as Administrative and Constitutional law, Arbitration, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Building and Construction, Commercial and Corporate disputes, Cross-Border trade, as well as Regulatory and Financial Crime matters.

Justice Maniam was on the panels of various arbitral institutes like the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the Asian International Arbitration Centre. He was also on the Singapore International Mediation Centre’s panel of specialist mediators.
He is a member of the Supreme Court’s Costs Panel Committee and the Singapore Academy of Law’s Professional Affairs Committee.

Justice Maniam previously headed the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group at WongPartnership LLP.

Portrait of Justice Philip Jeyaretnam, President of the SICC & Judge of the High Court

Justice Philip Jeyaretnam was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 4 January 2021 and High Court Judge on 1 November 2021 and appointed President of the SICC on 2 January 2023. His focus on the Bench has been in building and construction, shipbuilding, finance, securities, banking, complex commercial cases, company, insolvency, trusts, arbitration, medical negligence tort claims and criminal trials. He is also a member of the Judicial Service Commission, and the Presidential Council for Minority Rights.

Justice Jeyaretnam read Law at Cambridge and graduated with First Class Honours in 1986. He was called to the English Bar in 1987 and to the Singapore Bar in 1988 and was conferred the title of Senior Counsel in 2003 at the age of 38, one of the youngest lawyers to be appointed Senior Counsel. In 1988, he received the Airey Neave Award for research on the rule of law. In 1990, he was given a Fulbright Fellowship, which took him to the University of Iowa International Writers’ Program and to Harvard Law School.

While in practice, he was widely recognised as an expert in commercial litigation, arbitration and construction law in all major legal publications. In 2020, the Law Society conferred on him the CC Tan Award. He was managing partner of Rodyk & Davidson LLP from 2011, and, following its combination with Dentons, ASEAN CEO.

He was the founding chairperson of the Society of Construction Law (Singapore), from 2002 to 2004, and served as the President of the Law Society during the years 2004 to 2007. From 2009 to 2020, he was a member of the Public Service Commission. A novelist and short story writer, he received the Young Artist of the Year Award for his literary work in 1993 and a SEA Write Award in 2003.

Portrait of Justice Kwek Mean        Luck, Judge of the High Court

Justice Kwek Mean Luck was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 4 January 2021 and High Court Judge on 1 April 2022. His main areas of specialisation on the Bench are in building and construction, shipbuilding, finance, securities, banking, shipping and insurance, intellectual property and tort matters. In addition to his judicial work, Justice Kwek also co-chairs the Singapore Judicial College (SJC) cluster as part of the Singapore Judicial Service Implementation Committee as well as the Corporate Development and Services cluster in the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL).

He was awarded the PCS-OMS Scholarship to study in Cambridge University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (1st Class Honours) in 1995. He was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship to study in Harvard University, where he obtained a Master of Laws in 2000.

Justice Kwek began his legal career in the Supreme Court in 1998, serving first as a Justices’ Law Clerk in the Supreme Court, and subsequently as Assistant Registrar and Senior Assistant Registrar. He was called to the Bar in 2002.

He also held appointments in the Administrative Service, including Deputy Secretary (Industry) in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Deputy Secretary (Development) in the Public Service Division of the Prime Minister’s Office and as Dean and Chief Executive Officer of the Civil Service College.

Justice Kwek has served on the boards of several government agencies such as the National Heritage Board, Sentosa Development Corporation, Economic Development Board, Civil Service College and the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore. He was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship in 2012 and the Lien Ying Chow Legacy Fellowship in 2015.

In 2015, he was appointed Second Solicitor-General in the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC). He was appointed as the Solicitor-General in AGC in 2017. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2017.

Portrait of Justice Hri Kumar        Nair, Judge of the High Court

Justice Hri Kumar Nair was appointed High Court Judge on 2 January 2023. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with Second Class Honours (Upper) in Law in 1991. He was a director at Drew & Napier LLC and has more than 25 years of experience as a litigator. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2008 and is recognised in the legal field as an expert in dispute resolution and arbitration. Mr Nair’s main areas of practice include banking and finance, fraud and complex commercial disputes. He has also led investigations into the affairs of banks and listed companies. He has been involved in a series of high-profile cases, including a landmark case involving fraudulently issued cashiers’ orders and gaming contracts, an action involving a multi-million dollar fraud on foreign banks and defamation actions involving political figures and international publications.

Justice Nair was appointed and assumed office as Deputy Attorney-General on 1 Mar 2017. In his role as Deputy Attorney-General, Mr Nair has been involved in several high profile cases, including the appeal of the City Harvest Case and in important criminal cases such as Roshdi binAbdullah Altway v PP <2021>SGCA 103, which clarified the Prosecution’s duty of disclosure, and PP v Soh Chee Wen and Anor <2020> SGHC 186, which was the first decision in Singapore on the Prosecution’s right to assert litigation privilege.

Portrait of Justice Goh Yihan, Judge of the High Court

Justice Goh Yihan was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court on 1 October 2023. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (1st Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Law in 2006 as the valedictorian and obtained his Master of Laws from Harvard University in 2010. After graduating from NUS, he served as a Senior Justices’ Law Clerk and subsequently as an Assistant Registrar at the Supreme Court. He joined academia after leaving the Supreme Court in 2008. He was called to the Singapore Bar in 2011 and was appointed a Senior Counsel in January 2021. During his time in academia, Justice Goh remained active in the Singapore legal profession. He had served as amicus curiae to the Court of Appeal on numerous occasions. On 1 July 2022, Justice Goh was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court.

In academia, he first joined the NUS Faculty of Law as a Teaching Assistant in 2008 and was appointed Assistant Professor in 2011. He then joined the Singapore Management University (SMU) Yong Pung How School of Law as an Associate Professor in 2014 and was appointed Associate Dean (Research) in January 2016. At the age of 35, he became Dean of the Yong Pung How School of Law for a term of five years in July 2017. In 2019, he was concurrently appointed a Professor of Law. His many publications include The Interpretation of Contracts in Singapore (Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2018), and, together with Justice Andrew Phang, Contract Law in Singapore (Wolters Kluwer Law and Business, 2012 and 2nd Ed, 2021).

Presently, apart from his judicial duties, Justice Goh is a board member of the Singapore Judicial College. He is also Co-Chair of the SAL Legal Research and Publications Committee, and Co-Chair of the SAL Learning and Professional Development Committee.

Portrait of Justice Teh Hwee Hwee, Judge of the High Court

Justice Teh Hwee Hwee was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court on 1 October 2023, and was concurrently appointed Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts. Justice Teh obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Laws from Harvard University. She has been admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore and an Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.

She started her career in the Legal Service in 1992, as one of the first women appointed to the post of an Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court. She went on to serve in different capacities and held various appointments in the Judiciary and the Legal Service, including as State Counsel in the Attorney-General’s Chambers, the first Executive Director of the Singapore Mediation Centre, the first Divisional Registrar of the Court of Appeal and the first Divisional Registrar of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC). She was conferred the Public Administration Medal in 2012. In August 2022, Justice Teh was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court.

Justice Teh has been instrumental in driving a number of major reforms throughout her career. In the 1990s, she was involved in promoting the use of mediation in court processes, establishing the Singapore Mediation Centre and developing the alternative dispute resolution landscape in Singapore. Related to that work, she co-authored the Singapore edition of the book “Mediation - Principles Process Practice” and was co-editor of the book “An Asian Perspective on Mediation”. She also played a key role in establishing the SICC in 2015, and in leading a team in developing the SICC Rules 2021 that came into force on 1 April 2022 to enhance its procedure and practice as an international commercial court of choice. She oversaw the establishment of the Appellate Division of the High Court in 2021 and the transition to the current appellate structure in the Supreme Court.

Portrait of Justice Thomas        Bathurst AC, KC, International Judge

Justice Thomas Frederick Bathurst graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1969, followed by a Bachelor of Law in 1972 from the University of Sydney. He began his legal career in 1972 as a solicitor in New South Wales (NSW) and was admitted to the NSW Bar in 1977. Justice Bathurst was appointed Queen's Counsel (now called King's Counsel) in 1987.

Prior to his appointment to the Bench, Justice Bathurst served as the President of the Australian Bar Association from 2008 to 2010; and as President of the NSW Bar Association from 2009 to 2011. He was appointed as a member of the Australian Government’s Takeover Panel from 2006 to 2011.

On 1 Jun 2011, Justice Bathurst was appointed the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW and then concurrently as Lieutenant Governor of NSW in Feb 2012. During his tenure at the Bench, Justice Bathurst presided over cases in the areas of criminal law and commercial law; and had heard numerous cases of public interest.

In Jun 2014, Justice Bathurst was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia for his eminent service to the Judiciary and to the law, to the development of the legal profession, particularly through the implementation of uniform national rules of conduct and to the community of NSW.
Justice Bathurst retired as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW on 5 Mar 2022 and is currently a Fellow with the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA). His areas of expertise are in Commercial Law, including contractual disputes; Corporations Law; Trade Practices Law; and Administrative Law.

Portrait of Justice Sir Jeremy        Cooke, International Judge

Justice Cooke graduated from Oxford University and was called to the Bar in 1976 and appointed Queen's Counsel (now called King's Counsel) in 1990. He was appointed High Court Judge, King’s Bench, Commercial Court in 2001 and retired in 2016 after 15 years on the Bench. He served as the Judge in charge of the Commercial Court for a time and is highly respected for his expertise in commercial law. He is also known for his expertise in energy, insurance & reinsurance, professional negligence, shipping & maritime law, international trade, banking and derivatives. Justice Cooke is currently an International Judge with the Dubai International Financial Centre.

Portrait of Justice Sir        Henry Bernard Eder, International Judge

Justice Eder was formerly a Judge of the High Court of England and Wales, and was assigned to the King’s Bench Division and the Commercial Court from 2011 to 2015. Prior to his appointment to the Bench in the United Kingdom, he was a Barrister from 1975 to 2010, and was appointed Queen's Counsel (now called King's Counsel) in 1990. From 1999-2003, he was a Visiting Professor at University College London.

He is widely recognised as an expert in the areas of commercial disputes, civil claims and international arbitration involving all aspects of commercial law including banking, shipping, sale of goods, commodities, oil/gas and insurance. He was previously the Senior Editor of Scrutton on Charterparties and Bills of Lading. In addition to his role as an International Judge on the SICC, he is an international arbitrator/mediator.

Portrait of Justice Robert French,        International Judge

Portrait of Justice Roger Giles,        International Judge

Justice Giles was appointed an International Judge of the SICC on its establishment in January 2015. He graduated from the University of Sydney with a BA in 1961 and LLB (Hons) in 1965, and from the Oxford University with a BCL (Hons) in 1968. After a time in articles and as a solicitor, he was admitted to the NSW Bar in 1971 and became Queen's Counsel (now called King's Counsel) in 1983. In 1988, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of NSW, becoming Chief Judge of the Commercial Division in 1994 and a Judge of the Court of Appeal in 1998. He retired from that Court in December 2011.

Justice Giles principally practiced in equity and commercial law, but the Court of Appeal took him into most areas of civil and criminal law.

Portrait of Justice Dominique        T. Hascher, International Judge

Justice Hascher was appointed to the Supreme Judicial Court in France as Judge in 2012. He also holds the position of Secretary General of the Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union since his election in 2004. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Paris in 1977 and a Master of Laws from Harvard University in 1983 after earning a Fulbright scholarship.

He joined the French Judiciary in 1982 as trial court judge before working for the Ministry of Justice in 1986. From 1990 to 1998, he served as the General Counsel and Deputy Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. In 1998, he was appointed as Court of Appeal Judge before being promoted to Presiding Judge in 2008.

Justice Hascher has also lectured at the Hague Academy of International Law in 1999 and was visiting Professor at University College London in 2005 and at the University of Texas at Austin in 2007. He is President of the French Society of Comparative Law (2016), Honorary Bencher of Gray’s Inn (2005) and a member of the American Law Institute (2007).

Portrait of Justice Douglas        Samuel Jones AO, International Judge

Justice Douglas Jones is highly regarded as an International arbitrator, particularly in construction disputes. Chambers Asia Pacific had recognised him as the leading Asia Pacific Arbitrator for construction disputes. In 2018, he maintained his Band One ranking in the Chambers Asia-Pacific International arbitration category for an eighth consecutive year. In the same year, he was identified as one of the 10 most highly regarded arbitration practitioners in London and a leader in construction disputes.

Justice Douglas Jones, graduated with a Master of Laws in 1977 from the University of Queensland, Australia, joined Clayton Utz as a Partner and Head of the firm’s Construction group in 1993. He headed their International Arbitration and Private International Law group in 1995 and in 2000 was heading Clayton Utz’s National Major Projects Group.

Upon his retirement from Clayton Utz in 2014, Justice Douglas Jones became a full time independent International Arbitrator. His appointments in a number of professional bodies include President of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers; Past President, Chartered Arbitrator, and one of four Companions, of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; and Fellow of Resolution Australia, and of the Arbitrators & Mediators Institute of New Zealand.

Portrait of Justice        Lord Jonathan Hugh Mance, International Judge

Lord Mance read law at University College, Oxford, and was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1965 and appointed Queen's Counsel (now called King's Counsel) in 1982 and a Bencher in 1989. Lord Mance was a commercial lawyer, whose practice developed a substantial international element, including considerable periods in Hong Kong and The Bahamas. He was appointed a High Court Judge in 1993 and served on the British Bench for 25 years. In Oct 2009, Lord Mance became a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (when it was created) and he was appointed its Deputy President in 2017. He retired from the UK Supreme Court and successor to the House of Lords in June 2018.

He has written many judgments on international, commercial and European law at both the first instance and appellate levels. His specialisation in commercial law includes insurance and reinsurance, professional negligence, banking and international trade.

Portrait of Justice Beverley        McLachlin PC, International Judge

Former Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin is the longest serving Chief Justice of Canada. She retired in December 2017 after 28 years at the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice McLachlin was appointed to the Bench of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 1981, the Court of Appeal in 1985 and then as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 1988. In 1989, she was appointed Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada in 2000. She is currently a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada. Justice McLachlin has dealt with administrative law, family law, commercial and business law, press rights and intellectual property.

Portrait of Justice Yuko Miyazaki,        International Judge

Justice Yuko Miyazaki graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1976, followed by a Masters of Law from the Harvard Law School in 1984. She began her legal career in 1979 as the first full time female lawyer of law firm Nagashima & Ohno, one of Japan’s most prestigious law firms. She left the firm in 1984 to take on the appointment of legal counsel with the World Bank for two years before re-joining Nagashima & Ohno in 1986. She was appointed Partner from 1988 to 2016 and subsequently, Head of Tax Practice Group/Senior Counsel in 2017. In 2018, Justice Miyazaki became the sixth female Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. She retired in July 2021 and is currently a special advisor with Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (formerly Nagashima & Ohno).

As a lawyer, she handled mainly corporate, international commercial transactions, taxation (with particular emphasis on international taxation and tax litigation) and financial transactions. As a Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan, she presided over various appeal cases including civil, administrative, labour, intellectual property and criminal cases. As a visiting professor of the University of Tokyo School of Law from April 2004 to March 2007, Justice Miyazaki contributed to tax education by teaching taxation of financial transactions/products and international taxation. From 2008 to 2010, she taught international taxation at the Kyoto University Law School. Justice Miyazaki was a member of the National Bar Examination Commission from 2011 to 2013.

Portrait of Justice Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, International Judge

Lord Neuberger graduated from Oxford University and was called to the Bar in 1974. He was appointed Queen's Counsel (now called King's Counsel) in 1987. In 1996, he was appointed to the Bench and became a Judge of the Court of Appeal in 2004. Lord Neuberger was President of the UK Supreme Court from 2012 to 2017 and has extensive experience in most areas of law including commercial law.

Portrait of Justice Sir Vivian        Ramsey, International Judge

Until 2014, Justice Ramsey served for nine years on the bench as a Judge of the High Court (King’s Bench Division) of England and Wales, including a three-year period as Judge in charge of the Technology and Construction Court. He was also judge in charge of the implementation of the Jackson Reforms in the courts in England and Wales from 2012 to 2014.

He was educated in England and the United States, and then studied Engineering Science and Economics at Oxford before becoming a chartered civil engineer. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2013.

In 1979, he was called to the English Bar after studying law at the City University and Inns of Court School of Law. He was appointed a King’s Counsel in 1992 and a Bencher of Middle Temple in 2002. Before his appointment to the bench, he specialised internationally in the area of construction, engineering and technology disputes both in international arbitration and in courts outside the UK.

He is the co-editor of Keating on Construction Contracts, now in its 10th edition. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College, London.

Portrait of Justice Anselmo Reyes,        International Judge

Justice Reyes was appointed as a Judge of the Court of First Instance in Hong Kong and served in that capacity from 2003 to 2012. As a Judge, his specialisation was construction, arbitration, commercial and admiralty matters. Justice Reyes obtained a BA (Law), LLM and PhD in Law from Cambridge University in 1982, 1983 and 1987 respectively, and was called to both the Hong Kong and the Singapore Bar. He was appointed Senior Counsel in Hong Kong in 2001.

He is currently a Professor of Legal Practice in the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong and is an active practitioner in commercial arbitration. He was Representative of the Hague Conference on Private International Law Asia Pacific Regional Office in Hong Kong from 2013 to 2017. He is also an Overseas Bencher of the Inner Temple.

Portrait of Justice Sir Bernard Rix, International Judge

Justice Rix has extensive judicial experience at both first instance and appellate levels of court, as a Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales from 2000 to 2013; as the Judge in charge of the Commercial Court of London from 1998 to 1999; and a Judge of High Court of Justice from 1993 to 2000. He is recognised for implementing the Woolf Reforms to civil procedure in the London Commercial Court, and for re-drafting the Guide and Practice Directions of that court.

Before his appointment to the bench, he specialised in international commercial law and was appointed King’s Counsel in 1981. He is currently a Justice of the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands and an arbitrator. He is also a Professor of International Commercial Law at Queen Mary, University of London.

Portrait of Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri, International Judge

Justice Sikri was a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India from Apr 2013 to Mar 2019. He was appointed Judge of the High Court of Delhi in Jul 1999 and served as the Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court from Oct 2011 before being elevated to the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court in Sep 2012. He was subsequently appointed a Judge at the Supreme Court of India in Apr 2013.

As a Judge, Justcice Sikri issued a number of landmark judgments, particularly in the field of commercial and arbitration laws, tax laws, intellectual property matters and economic laws. He retired as the second most senior judge of the Supreme Court of India in Mar 2019.

He is currently a Visiting Professor in two National Law Schools in India and conducts arbitration and mediation sessions. Mr Sikri was conferred Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa in November 2013. In 2007, Managing Intellectual Property Association (“MIPA”) selected him as one of the 50 most influential persons in Intellectual Property in the world.

Portrait of Justice Christopher Scott Sontchi, International Judge

Judge Christopher Sontchi obtained his Bachelor of Arts Phi Beta Kappa with a distinction in political science in 1989 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his Juris Doctor from The University of Chicago Law School in 1992 and served as a law clerk in the Delaware Supreme Court from 1992 to 1993. He joined the law firm of Ashby & Geddes in 1993 as an attorney and was with the firm until 2006 where he represented nationally based enterprises with diverse interests in reorganisation proceedings filed in Delaware. Judge Sontchi was appointed Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware in 2006. He was designated Chief Judge for a three-year term from Jul 2018 to Jun 2021.

Judge Sontchi is a frequent speaker both in the United States and abroad on issues relating to corporate reorganisation. He is also a Lecturer in Law at The University of Chicago Law School and teaches corporate bankruptcy to international judges through the auspices of the World Bank and INSOL International (International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals). Judge Sontchi is a member of the International Insolvency Institute, Judicial Insolvency Network, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, American Bankruptcy Institute and INSOL International. He has published articles on valuation, asset sales and safe harbours for financial contracts.

Portrait of Justice Simon Thorley        KC, International Judge

Justice Thorley, KC was appointed as an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court in January 2015.

He studied Jurisprudence at Oxford University from 1968-1971 and received the degree of MA (Hons). He was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of The Inner Temple in 1972 and then began practice at the Intellectual Property Bar. He was appointed King’s Counsel in 1989. Justice Thorley has more than 40 years of experience in Intellectual Property and related law,and was a leading practitioner in that field until he ceased practice in 2014. He was a Deputy High Court Judge in England and Wales and was also the Deputy Chairman of the Copyright Tribunal in the United Kingdom for eight years. He was a co-editor of the 13th-15th Editions of Terrell on the Law of Patents, a standard work of reference on UK patent law. Justice Thorley served as Treasurer of the Inner Temple in 2013.

Portrait of Justice Zhang Yongjian, International Judge

Justice Zhang Yongjian, 64, graduated in 1989 from the University of Political Science and Law of China and was conferred a Doctor of Laws in 2007 by the Renmin University of China, where he majored in civil and commercial law. He is a National Adjudication Expert of the People’s Republic of China. He served as a Judge of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) of the People’s Republic of China from Apr 2000. From Dec 2012 to Mar 2016, Justice Zhang successively held the positions of the Chief Judge of the First Civil Division, member of the Adjudication Committee, the Chief Judge of the Second Civil Division, and the Chief Judge of the Fourth Civil Division of the SPC.

In Apr 2017, he was appointed Deputy Chief Judge of the First Circuit Court, and Senior Judge of the First Rank. In Jun 2018, he was appointed as Senior Judge of the China International Commercial Court. He retired from the Judiciary in 2019.

Since his retirement, Justice Zhang has held the appointment of Arbitrator with the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration, China Maritime Arbitration Commission, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, and the Shanghai Arbitration Commission. He has been a part-time Professor with the University of Political Science and Law of China since Sep 2020 and a member of the Board of Governors of the Asian Business Law Institute since Jan 2016.

Portrait of Justice James Allsop,        International Judge

Justice Allsop was appointed the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia in March 2013 and retired in April 2023. Prior to that, he was the President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal from June 2008 to February 2013 and a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia from May 2001 to June 2008. He also served as an additional Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory during the period 2003 to 2008.

In 2013, Justice Allsop was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for his distinguished service to the judiciary and to the law, for reforms he introduced to promote equity and access, and for his contributions to the administration of maritime law and legal education. He was promoted to Companion of the Order of Australia in 2023 for his eminent service to the judiciary and to the law, to organisational and technological reform, to legal education, and to insolvency law. Justice Allsop is also a Member of the American Law Institute, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, and Titulary Member of the Comite Maritime International. His areas of legal expertise include commercial law, maritime and transport law, insurance law, taxation, private and public international law, equity, public and administrative law, constitutional law, and criminal law.

Portrait of Justice James        Michael Peck, International Judge

Justice Peck was a Judge in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York from 2006 to 2014 and presided over the Chapter 11 and Securities Investor Protection Act cases for Lehman Brothers, which constituted the largest bankruptcy filings in US history. As a Judge, he also successfully mediated some of the most complex Chapter 11 cases, including American Airlines, General Motors, Residential Capital and Excel Maritime. His areas of focus include bankruptcy, creditors rights, business restructuring, financial contracts and derivatives as well as mediation and dispute resolution. He is a well-known American insolvency Judge and mediator who has handled and resolved some of the largest corporate insolvencies.

Justice Peck currently chairs the Business Bankruptcy Advisory Committee of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. By invitation, he is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the expert panel of the Panel of Recognised International Market Experts in Finance. Justice Peck is a past president of the International Insolvency Institute and was judicial chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) annual New York City Bankruptcy Conference and co-chair of ABI’s advisory committee on safe harbours. He also served on the board of governors of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and last held the position of the Chair (Global Head) of the Cross-border Restructuring practice of international law firm, Morrison Foerster LLP, where he also headed the Mediation Practice.

Closer to home, Justice Peck is a founding member of the Advisory Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law’s Asian Business Law Institute. He is also listed as a qualified member of mediation panels of the Singapore Mediation Centre and the Singapore International Mediation Centre, and has been selected as a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre.


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