The National University of Singapore Faculty of Law is Singapore's oldest law school. NUS Law was initially established in 1956 as the Department of Law in the University of Malaya,and subsequently,University of Singapore. After its establishment,NUS Law was Singapore's only law school for half a century,until the subsequent establishment of the SMU School of Law in 2007 and the SUSS School of Law in 2017. NUS Law is currently located at the NUS Bukit Timah Campus. The current dean of NUS Law is Andrew Simester. Internationally,NUS Law has been ranked twelfth by the QS World University Rankings by Subject in 2024 and eleventh by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject in 2024.
The chief justice of Singapore is the presiding member of the Supreme Court of Singapore. It is the highest office in the judicial system of Singapore,appointed by the president,on the advice of the prime minister. The incumbent chief justice is Sundaresh Menon,who took office on 6 November 2012. He was the first chief justice to be born in Singapore.
Vijaya Kumar Rajah is a Singaporean lawyer who served as the eighth attorney-general of Singapore between 2014 and 2017. Prior to his appointment as attorney-general,he served as a judge of the Court of Appeal of Singapore between 2007 and 2014,and a judge of the High Court of Singapore between 2004 and 2007.
Drew &Napier LLC is a Singaporean law firm. Founded in 1889,the firm has more than 500 employees. It is regarded as one of the Big Four law firms in Singapore.
Chao Hick Tin is a Singaporean former judge who served as the fourth attorney-general of Singapore between 2006 and 2008.
The judicial officers of the Republic of Singapore work in the Supreme Court and the State Courts to hear and determine disputes between litigants in civil cases and,in criminal matters,to determine the liability of accused persons and their sentences if they are convicted.
Andrew Ang is a Singaporean former judge of the Supreme Court. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Singapore in 1971 and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1973. He lectured for a few years at the University of Singapore,and then worked as a lawyer at Messrs Lee &Lee for 30 years. He was appointed Judicial Commissioner in May 2004 and Judge in May 2005. After a decade on the Bench,he retired on 25 February 2014. In 2000,he was conferred the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat.
Thirugnana Sampanthar Sinnathuray,known professionally as T. S. Sinnathuray and to his friends as Sam Sinnathuray,was a judge of the High Court of Singapore. Educated at University College London and called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn,he practised for a few years in a law firm before beginning a career with the Singapore Legal Service,serving with the Attorney-General's Chambers as Crown Counsel and deputy public prosecutor (1960–1963),and senior state counsel (1966–1967);with the Subordinate Courts as a magistrate (1956–1959),first district judge (1967–1970),and senior district judge (1971–1978);and with the Supreme Court as deputy registrar and sheriff (1959–1960),and registrar (1963–1966). In 1978 he was elevated to the office of Judge of the High Court of Singapore,and served until his retirement in 1997.
Sundaresh Menon is a Singaporean lawyer and judge who has been serving as Chief Justice of Singapore since 2012.
Kasinather SaunthararajahPBMSC,known professionally as K. S. Rajah,was a Senior Counsel and Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Born in Penang,he came to Singapore in 1950 and worked as a teacher before embarking on part-time law studies at what was later known as the University of Singapore,graduating in 1963 with a Bachelor of Laws with honours. He then spent the next 22 years with the Singapore Legal Service,eventually heading the civil and criminal divisions of the Attorney-General's Chambers and also serving as Director of the Singapore Legal Aid Bureau and head of the Official Assignee and Public Trustee's Office. In 1985 he retired from the Legal Service and went into private practice,establishing the firm of B. Rao &K. S. Rajah.
Rajah &Tann Singapore LLP is a Singaporean law firm with affiliate offices in Cambodia,China,Indonesia,Laos,Malaysia,Myanmar,Philippines,Thailand and Vietnam. Founded in 1976,the firm is regarded as one of the Big Four law firms in Singapore. It is a member firm of Rajah &Tann Asia,a network of law firms in Southeast Asia with over 970 fee earners.
Bala Reddy is a Singaporean senior lawyer. He is presently the senior principal district judge and director of the Community Justice and Tribunals division in the State Courts of Singapore. Reddy is an authority in international criminal justice systems and served as a legal expert for the United Nations Development Programme as well as the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Prior to his judicial appointment to the State Courts in 2014,Reddy was the Chief Prosecutor in the Attorney-General's Chambers of Singapore during Justice Steven Chong's tenure as Attorney-General.
Ang Cheng Hock,SC,is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore and the current Deputy Attorney-General of Singapore.
The Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) was established on 5 January 2015.
Steven Chong Wan Oon is a Brunei magistrate who was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court of Brunei Darussalam in 2018.
Quentin Loh Sze-On is a Singaporean judge who sits on the High Court of Singapore and the Supreme Court of Fiji.
WongPartnership is a Singaporean law firm. It is regarded as one of the Big Four law firms in Singapore,alongside Allen &Gledhill,Rajah &Tann,and Drew &Napier. In 2021,it was ranked as the second-largest law firm in Singapore by size,with 111 partners and 223 associates.
Justice Lee Seiu Kin is a Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore.
