JLP - Appeals

Justice Debbie Ong

Judge, Supreme Court of Singapore

Justice Debbie Ong was appointed a Judge of the Appellate Division on 1 November 2022. She was appointed Judicial Commissioner in 2014 and Supreme Court Judge on 30 September 2017. She was concurrently appointed Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts from October 2017 to September 2023.

Justice Ong earned her Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1989 and Master of Laws at the University of Cambridge in 1991. She was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore in 1990.

Her legal career began as an academic at NUS’s Faculty of Law in 1989, specialising in family law. While teaching, she also assisted the Family Court as a court mediator and the Supreme Court as amicus curiae. She was a member to various boards and councils, such as the Review Board constituted under the Children and Young Persons Act. Justice Ong currently co-chairs the SAL's Learning and Professional Development Committee.

Foo Chee Hock 

• The first Dean of the Singapore Judicial College, Supreme Court of Singapore;

• Adjunct Professor in NUS teaching a course entitled, "Reform of Civil Procedure";

• Appointed Senior Counsel in 2019;

• Served almost 40 years in the then Legal Service of Singapore;

• Formerly, Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore; and

• Formerly, Registrar of the Supreme Court of Singapore.    

Lee Eng Beng, SC

Senior Partner

Chair, Rajah & Tann Asia

Lee Eng Beng SC is a Senior Partner of Rajah & Tann Singapore and the Chair Person of Rajah & Tann Asia, one of the largest legal networks in Southeast Asia. 

He has an active practice in commercial litigation and arbitration, with emphasis on banking and financing disputes, debt enforcement and insolvency litigation, shareholders’ and joint venture disputes, and general commercial disputes.  He has appeared as appellate counsel in many landmark cases. 

He has also handled a wide range of insolvency and banking advisory work, and the debt restructuring of large businesses and public listed companies.  He has published widely in the fields of insolvency law and commercial law generally, and his articles are often judicially cited in the Singapore courts.

Professor Steven Elliott, KC
Barrister, One Essex Court 
Professor (Professional Practice), NUS

Professor Steven Elliott KC practises commercial law as a member of One Essex Court in London and in Singapore. He has an international litigation and arbitration practice that has encompassed proceedings in many of the English law-based jurisdictions as well as proceedings under a variety of institutional rules.

His disputes experience ranges from large-scale and hard-fought fraud claims to appeals raising innovative points of law. He has acted in appeals to the House of Lords and the UK Supreme Court, appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and a reference to a Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice.

Originally qualified in British Columbia, Professor Elliott has been a member of the English Bar since 2001 and a member of the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean (Virgin Islands) since 2007. He is licensed to practise English law in Singapore and is an associate member of the Law Society of Singapore.

Professor Elliott holds a BA (Hons) from Queen’s University in Canada, a JD (Hons) from the University of Toronto, and a DPhil from the University of Oxford (Merton College). His doctorate concerned remedies for breach of trust. He served as a judicial assistant to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales as well as a clerk to the British Columbia Court of Appeal.

Professor Elliott’s research concentrates on private law topics, especially equity and trusts as well as commercial remedies. He is general editor of Snell’s Equity and an author of The Law of Rescission amongst others works. His writings have been referred to in decisions of apex courts in England as well as in several of the main Commonwealth jurisdictions, including Singapore.

Leow Jiamin
Deputy Director(Legal Faculty), Singapore Academy of Law

Leow Jiamin is a Deputy Director (Legal Faculty) in the Learning and Professional Development Cluster of the Singapore Academy of Law. 

Prior to joining SAL, Jiamin was a disputes resolution Partner at WongPartnership LLP and handled a wide range of Court and arbitration matters ranging from commercial and corporate disputes, cross border disputes, fraud, asset recovery, to intellectual property disputes. Being fluent in business and legal Mandarin, she also regularly acted for Mandarin-speaking and Chinese clients.

As a junior lawyer, Jiamin spent a number of years at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, handling both contentious (from intellectual property to general disputes before both the High Court and Court of Appeal) and non-contentious matters, and was mentioned in Legal 500 (Asia Pacific) in 2019 as well as IAM Patent 1000 (Singapore) in 2020.

She also regularly speaks at conferences, teaches at universities, and contributes to various industry publications in respect of emerging issues in Singapore law, all of which contributes to the development of Singapore law. These include the Asian Business Law Institute’s ABLI-SAL Cryptoasset Series - Cryptoassets and Civil Procedure Law (Singapore edition) and moderated the panel on Resolving A.I. and Technology Disputes at the TechLaw.Fest 2024.

Jiamin joined SAL in April 2025 and gained her qualifications in adult education from the Institute of Adult Learning (IAL) in May 2025.

Simran Toor
Consultant, Singapore Academy of Law

Simran Toor is a consultant at the Singapore Academy of Law. With a career spanning over two decades, she has established herself as an experienced and impactful advocate for her clients, and a thought leader for gender equality.

Simran began her legal journey as a criminal prosecutor at the Attorney-General’s Chambers of Singapore. Thereafter, as a disputes partner at WongPartnership LLP, Simran specialised in white-collar and financial crime, regulatory investigations, and prosecution work for government bodies. She played a pivotal role in the in numerous complex litigation cases, and provided strategic advice in many high-profile matters, and co-authored  several chapters in prominent legal publications, including the Chambers White-Collar Crime 2021 guide and the Chambers Anti-Corruption Law and Practice guide.

Simran’s commitment to fostering a supportive and inclusive legal community is evident in her numerous roles and contributions.

She served as an elected member of the Council of the Law Society of Singapore for 12 years, where she championed access to justice issues and equitable treatment for women lawyers. In 2019, she co-founded the Women in Practice Committee. As Co-Chairperson, she spearheaded initiatives to support women in law, and to combat bullying and harassment within the legal profession.

In 2022, Simran was appointed the first CEO of SG Her Empowerment (SHE), a non-profit organisation dedicated to tackling gender inequality and empowering women in the digital age. Under her leadership, SHE launched initiatives to support victims of online harm, harassment, and non-consensual image sharing, and undertook crucial research to advocate for policy change.

Simran sits on the boards of KidStart Singapore Limited, a Government organisation that provides help and support to help underprivileged children under the age of 6 thrive, and I Love Children, an charity that advocates for better fertility awareness in Singapore. She has also contributed to the Birthday Book, a collection of essays by Singaporean thought leaders, on the topic of unconscious gender bias.  

K Gopalan

Consultant, Ethics & Professional Development, Singapore Academy of Law

• Formerly Director and Head of Department, Regulatory Department, Law Society of Singapore (2013 to 2023)

• Duties included leading a team of 5 lawyers and 2 paralegals, overseeing compliance with Part VII of the Legal Profession Act, Disciplinary Proceedings against Advocates & Solicitors, compliance with Solicitors Accounts Rules, managing Compensation Fund claims, managing the Professional Indemnity Insurance Scheme for legal practitioners, overseeing inadequate professional service complaints against practitioners, generally conduct and discipline of lawyers.

• Also conducted courses, seminars and talks  for practitioners on Professional Responsibility and Compliance with the Solicitors Accounts Rules

• Facilitator, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, SILE (2015 to 2024)

• Private Legal Practice (1980 to 2013) principally in Civil Litigation. Real Estate Law, Family Law & Probate Practice and Insurance Law

• IRAS officer from 1978 to 1980

Category of Individuals

Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents

Employer-sponsored and self-sponsored Singapore Citizens aged 40 years old and above

SME-sponsored local employees (i.e. Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents)

Funding Source

SkillsFuture Funding (Baseline)

SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy

SkillsFuture Enhanced Training Support for SMEs

Course Fee

$1,600

$1,600

SkillsFuture Funding 

$800

$1,120

Total Nett Fee

$800 

$480

GST of Course Fee (9% x $1,600)

$144

$144 

Total Fee Payable to SAL

(including 9% GST)

$944 

$624 

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