Ahmad Nizam Abbas

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Ahmad Nizam bin Abbas

PBM
Born1967 (age 55–56)
Singapore
Education Keele University (BA)
Singapore Management University (LLM)

Ahmad Nizam bin Abbas PBM is a Singaporean family lawyer and Syariah law practitioner.

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Early life and education

Ahmad was born to Abbas Abu Amin, a People's Action Party Member of Parliament (MP), and his wife Aishah Daud. [1] [2] Ahmad has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and experienced some difficulties in school. [3] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in law and English from the University of Keele in 1991, qualifying as an English barrister in 1992 and a Singapore lawyer in 1994. Over two decades later, he attained a Master of Laws in Islamic law and finance from Singapore Management University in 2013. [4]

Career

Ahmad began his career as a criminal defence lawyer, before specialising in family law. [5] As a defense lawyer, he was involved in the case of Ghazali Abdul Manaf, a prisoner who was beaten to death by prison officers. [6] He also represented Tan Eng Hwa, a man who was jailed for six months for loitering and "appearing to be waiting for a chance to commit a crime". [7] In 2013, Ahmad represented a pair of Chinese hotel chefs who had received bribes from a seafood company. [8] In 2023, he represented a father convicted of the manslaughter of his daughter in sentencing. [9]

He worked at Straits Law Practice before joining Emerald Law as a senior partner, subsequently founding his own firm, Crescent Law Chambers. [10] [11] [12] In 2023, he was appointed deputy chairman of Simba Law Alliance, a coalition of regional law firms in Southeast Asia. [13]

Ahmad has been a member of numerous boards and committees, including Mediacorp, the Mendaki Club, the National Youth Forum, the Censorship Review Committee, and the Law Society's Muslim law practice committee. [14] [15] [16] [17] He wrote a number of op-eds on the Today newspaper on his work at the National Youth Forum. [18] [19] In 2006, he was projected to run for political office in Tampines, but did not end up doing so. [20] In 2021, he became a founding member of Defense Fund SG, an initiative that provides pro-bono legal support to victims of sexual harassment. [21] [22] For his work in public service, he was awarded the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat in 2007. [23]

Ahmad is also active in legal publication. He wrote the first Muslim family law textbook in Singapore. [24] [25]

Publications

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  2. ↑ "Portrait of Mr. Abbas Abu Amin, former Chairman of the NTUC Sports Committee - BookSG - National Library Board, Singapore". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. National Library Board. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
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  5. ↑ RAVIKRISHNAN, Ashutosh. "Ahmad Nizam on Leaving a Legacy". www.sal.org.sg. Singapore Academy of Law. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Guards get jail, cane for prisoner's death". The Straits Times . 23 March 1996. p. 3.
  7. ↑ Lim, Li Hsien (23 March 1995). "Jail for loitering at HDB void deck". The Straits Times . p. 27.
  8. ↑ Migration (29 January 2013). "Two chefs fined for accepting bribes from a seafood supplier | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
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  10. ↑ Lim, Jessica (22 May 2012). "Collection of Syariah law rulings to be published". The Straits Times .
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  12. ↑ Pusaka, Harta (30 October 2022). "Masyarakat harus tingkat kefahaman cara agih harta pusaka, Berita - BeritaHarian.sg". www.beritaharian.sg (in Malay). Berita Harian. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
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  16. ↑ Wong, Alicia (22 May 2009). "A mid-term first, to keep pace with media". Today . p. 4.
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  19. ↑ Nizam, Ahmad (31 December 2004). "Unfair to judge youth forum as 'elitist'". Today . p. 26.
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