Kuah Boon Theng

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Kuah Boon Theng is a Singaporean medical lawyer who has been a senior counsel since 2018.

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Early life and education

Kuah studied in National University of Singapore, and obtained a master's degree in medical ethics and law from King's College University of London in 1993. [1]

Career

Kuah started in Khattar Wong & Partners as a trainee in 1990 when recently corporatised public hospitals were looking for lawyers. [2] She was admitted to the bar in March 1991, and specialised in healthcare law. [1] In 1998, she was made partner in the firm but left the firm due to her colleagues requesting for similar flexible working arrangement she was given to raise her children. [2]

On 1 April 2003, Kuah and her former colleague Simon Yuen formed Legal Clinic LLC, a law corporation after the previous law partnership Tan & Lim, where they were at, was dissolved. [3] Beyond resolving medical-legal disputes, Legal Clinic also analyses related complaints and suggest changes to workflows and processes to prevent a replay of similar issues. [2]

In November 2015, after an election, Kuah was appointed as a vice president for Law Society of Singapore. [4]

On 8 January 2018, Kuah was appointed as a senior counsel of Singapore. [1]

In March 2019, Kuah was appointed as a co-chair to a 12-member workgroup to review the taking of informed consent by doctors and the disciplinary processes of the Singapore Medical Council (SMC). [5] Prior to the formation of the workgroup, there were a series of legal cases involving informed consent of patients during their medical care with the resultant disciplinary actions that were contrary to common practices in administering medication. [6] The workgroup made 23 recommendations to reform the disciplinary processes and three recommendations on taking informed consents by doctors. Some recommendations related to disciplinary processes were adopted by the SMC, [7] and the ones related to the legal test on informed consent were also incorporated into the Civil Law Act as section 37 in 2020. [8]

In 2026, Kuah was selected to be a Nominated Member of Parliament of Singapore. [9]

Personal life

Kuah has three children, one daughter and two sons. [1] [2]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Medical law and ethics lawyer Kuah Boon Theng appointed senior counsel". The Straits Times. 8 January 2018. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ravikrishnan, Ashutosh (17 March 2022). "Kuah Boon Theng SC: How Finding Meaning In Her Work And Motherhood Powered Her Through 30 Years". Singapore Academy of Law. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Notices". v1.lawgazette.com.sg. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "New president for Singapore's law society | Asian Legal Business". www.legalbusinessonline.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Workgroup to review doctors' taking of informed consent and medical council's disciplinary processes". The Straits Times. 14 March 2019. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "MOH to clarify taking of 'informed consent' by doctors and review SMC disciplinary process". The Straits Times. 2 March 2019. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Panel recommends 23 changes to medical disciplinary process in light of growing mistrust in system". The Straits Times. 3 December 2019. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Singapore codifies the legal test to determine the standard of care for the provision of medical advice". dentons.rodyk.com. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "9 Nominated MPs to be appointed to Parliament". The Straits Times. 2 January 2026. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2 January 2026.
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