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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 ...
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 ...
Sundaresh Menon (born 26 February 1962) is a Singaporean lawyer who has been serving as 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 Justice of the Court of Appeal.
In order to tackle the large number of prosecution cases accumulating, his responsibility for the police force was transferred to the Chief Secretary. [4] In 1955, he was appointed Chief Justice of Singapore and remained in the post until his retirement in 1958. [2] [1] [3] [5] [6]
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 ...
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]
The Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) was established on 5 January 2015. [1]The idea to create the SICC was mooted by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon at the Opening of Legal Year 2013, with a key feature being the internationalisation of the court.
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 ...