Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam,better known as J. B. Jeyaretnam or by his initials JBJ,was a Singaporean politician,lawyer,and judge. A former member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP),he served as secretary-general between 1971 and 2001. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Anson SMC between 1981 and 1986 and NCMP between 1997 and 2001 of the 9th Parliament of Singapore. He was the 5th de facto Leader of the Opposition between 1981 and 1986.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan is the apex court in the judicial hierarchy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Philip Antony Jeyaretnam is a Singaporean judge,lawyer and author who has been serving as a Judge of the High Court of Singapore since 1 November 2021,having been first appointed to the Bench as a Judicial Commissioner on 4 January 2021. He has served as President of the Singapore International Commercial Court since 2 January 2023. Prior to his appointment to the Bench,he served as ASEAN chief executive officer and global vice-chair at Dentons. He also served as president of the Law Society of Singapore between 2004 and 2007. Jeyaretnam was also one of the youngest lawyers to be appointed Senior Counsel in 2003 at the age of 38.
A judicial commissioner is person appointed on a non-permanent basis to a judicial office. In some countries,such as Malaysia and Singapore,judicial commissioners have the powers of full judges. In other jurisdictions their powers are limited.
Lam Pin Min is a Singaporean ophthalmologist and politician and who served as Senior Minister of State for Health and Senior Minister of State for Transport between 2017 and 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP),he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Sengkang West division of Ang Mo Kio GRC between 2006 and 2011,and Sengkang West SMC between 2011 and 2020.
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.
Agnes Vicenta Salayo Torres-Devanadera,also known as Agnes VST Devanadera,is a Filipina lawyer and politician who is currently the president and CEO of Clark Development Corporation since her appointment by Bongbong Marcos in 2022. She previously served as the chairperson of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) from 2017 to 2022 during the Duterte administration. During the Arroyo administration,she served as the Solicitor General of the Philippines,the first woman to hold the post. She was also the acting Secretary of Justice on two short stints.
Virginia Anne Seitz is an American attorney who specializes in constitutional law,labor law,employment law and administrative law. She served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the United States Department of Justice from 2011 until stepping down in December 2013. Seitz was confirmed to the post by the Senate in a voice vote on June 28,2011.
Nicholas Archibald Hamblen,Lord Hamblen of Kersey,PC is a justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Prior to his judicial career Hamblen was a specialist in maritime and commercial law.
Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on February 25,2022,and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn into office that same year. She is the first black woman and the first former federal public defender to serve on the Supreme Court.
Patrick Stewart Hodge,Lord Hodge,PC is a British lawyer,currently serving as Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Sundaresh Menon is a Singaporean lawyer and judge who has been serving as the fourth chief justice of Singapore since 2012. Prior to his appointment as chief justice,Menon was a judicial commissioner between 2006 and 2007,attorney-general between 2010 and 2012,and a Court of Appeal judge.
Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) is a not-for-profit organisation structured as a company limited by the guarantee of the Singapore Academy of Law.
Pamela Ann Harris is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Prior to joining the federal bench,she was an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School,and visiting professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and executive director of its Supreme Court Institute.
Judith Evelyn Jyothi Prakash is a Singaporean judge in the Supreme Court. Her brother is ambassador Simon Tensing de Cruz. Prakash was appointed a permanent Judge of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Singapore on 1 August 2016,the first woman to hold this post. During her time on the bench,she was also Judge of the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts,where she heard appeal matters.
Ang Cheng Hock,SC,is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore and the current Deputy Attorney-General of Singapore.
Elizabeth "Britt" Cagle Grant is an American attorney and judge who is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Uwani Musa Abba Aji is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Chan Seng Onn is a Singaporean judge. Formerly a prosecutor,Chan has served as a High Court judge since 2 July 2007.
Quentin Loh Sze-On is a Singaporean judge who sits on the High Court of Singapore and the Supreme Court of Fiji.
