Singapore
With more than 10 years’ experience as a litigator and District Judge, my practice now focuses on family law, criminal law, and civil advisory matters. I am an Associate Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS). As a certified mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) Family Panel, I mediate family disputes involving matrimonial assets in excess of five million dollars. For completeness, I am also admitted to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales.
Having heard a multiple spectrum of cases, I am familiar with the various facets of family law in Singapore. To this end, I have written and published the following judgments as a District Judge: a) On child maintenance – VNG v VNH [2020] SGFC 100 b) On child maintenance variation – VSP v VSQ [2021] SGFC 71 c) On the welfare of children – VLI v VLJ [2021] SGFC 51 and VLI v VLJ [2021] SGFC 112 d) On the relocation of children – UKS vs UKR [2021] SGFC 103 e) On the custody and care and control of children – WBD v WBC [2022] SGFC 23 f) On switching care and control of children – WEJ v WEI [2022] SGFC 51 g) On divorce and division of matrimonial assets – VWO v VWP [2021] SGFC 108 h) On accounting and valuation of matrimonial assets – VZD v VZE [2022] SGFC 1 i) On family violence and Personal Protection Orders (PPO) – VYV v VYW [2022] SGFC 02 j) On the payment of costs by a legally aided person – WEJ v WEI [2022] SGFC 73
As a legal officer in the Legal Aid Bureau, my dispute resolution practice focused mainly on civil and family law. Shortly after, I was appointed a District Judge in the Family Justice Courts.
As a Deputy Public Prosecutor, I represented the State in the prosecution of criminal matters. In this capacity, I have conducted numerous trials and appeals in the State Courts and the High Court of Singapore. A material part of the job also involved evaluating evidence secured by law enforcement agencies to determine if crime(s) have been disclosed, and thereafter exercising prosecutorial discretion to decide if an offender should be charged in court. As a State Counsel, I provided legal advice to Government departments and agencies on various criminal law-related matters.