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  2. Chief Justice of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Judicial officers of the Republic of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court Building, designed by Foster and Partners, which commenced operations on 20 June 2005 – photographed in August 2006. The judicial officers of the Republic of Singapore work in the Supreme Court and the State Courts (known up to 6 March 2014 as the Subordinate Courts) to hear and determine disputes between litigants in civil cases and, in criminal matters, to determine the ...

  4. Category:Chief justices of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This list may not reflect recent changes. Chief Justice of Singapore; C. Chan Sek Keong; M.

  5. Chan Sek Keong - Wikipedia

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    Chan Sek Keong SC SPMP DUT DUBC (born 5 November 1937) [1] is a Malaysian-Singaporean jurist who served as chief justice of Singapore between 2006 and 2012. He was appointed by then-President S. R. Nathan, and took office on 11 April 2006. [2] Prior to his appointment as chief justice, he served as the third attorney-general of Singapore ...

  6. List of presidents of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin as Acting President 12 May 1981–14 May 1981 [20] [13] Speaker of Parliament Yeoh Ghim Seng as Acting President 14 May 1981–23 October 1981: 3: Devan Nair (1923–2005) Member of Parliament: 23 October 1981 28 March 1985 3 years, 156 days [c] 1981: Elected by Parliament [22] Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin as Acting ...

  7. Supreme Court of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    The Chief Justice may ask High Court judges to sit as judges of the Court of Appeal to hear specific appeals. [30] Pursuant to the Chief Justice's power to appoint Judges of Appeal as vice-presidents of the Court, [31] Justice of Appeal Chao Hick Tin has been Vice-President of the Court since 18 April 2008. [32]

  8. Charles Murray-Aynsley - Wikipedia

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    He served as Chief Justice of Tonga (1930–1935); Chief Justice of Grenada (1935–1938), [4] and Puisne Judge of the Federated Malay States and Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. [3] [5] During the Second World War he was interned as a POW in Singapore. From 1946 until his retirement in 1955 he served as Chief Justice of Singapore. [1 ...

  9. Judicial system of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Under the Constitution of Singapore, the judicial system of Singapore is divided into the Supreme Court which comprises the Court of Appeal and the High Court, and the subordinate courts, namely the State Courts and Family Justice Courts. Singapore practices the common law legal system, where the decisions of higher courts constitute binding ...