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The Honourable Justice Aidan Xu

High Court Judge, Supreme Court

Justice Aidan Xu @ Aedit Abdullah was appointed Judicial Commissioner in 2014 and High Court Judge on 30 September 2017.

Justice Xu obtained a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1994, as well as a Bachelor of Civil Law (First Class) from the University of Oxford in 1998 and a Master in Public Management from NUS in 2007.

He joined the Singapore Legal Service in 1995 and began his career as a Justices’ Law Clerk. He then taught at the Faculty of Law, NUS, before re-joining the Singapore Legal Service. He has held various appointments, such as Deputy Public Prosecutor, Deputy Senior State Counsel and District Judge of the Subordinate Courts (renamed as State Courts in 2014). He was appointed Chief Prosecutor (Economic Crimes and Governance Division), and subsequently Chief Prosecutor (Criminal Justice Division) at the Attorney-General’s Chambers in 2011 and served as special counsel at the Monetary Authority of Singapore from January 2008 to June 2009. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2012.

He is the Judge in charge of Transformation and Innovation in the Judiciary, and is also Chair of the Promotion of Legal Technology Innovation Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law.

The Honourable Justice Lee Seiu Kin
Senior Judge, Supreme Court

Justice Lee Seiu Kin’s career spans law, engineering, and technological innovation. He was a civil engineer in Singapore’s Public Works Department before transitioning to law in 1987 after obtaining an LLB from NUS and LLM from Cambridge University. In the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC), he served as State Counsel, spearheaded the AGC’s digital transformation, and conceptualized the influential LawNet legal research platform.During Justice Lee’s 23-year judicial career, first as Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court, then Judge, he presided over complex commercial disputes involving construction, intellectual property, and IT. He was also involved in the development of LawNet and the Supreme Court’s Electronic Litigation System. As chairman of the SAL Legal Cluster, he oversaw SAL initiatives in promoting legal technology. 

Justice Lee retired in 2024 and is presently a Senior Judge, hearing cases in the High Court on a part-time basis. He is a resident of The Arbitration Chambers and undertakes arbitrations, mediations and other modes of alternative dispute resolution. His extensive expertise in engineering, science and technology makes him particularly suited for resolving disputes in these domains.

Goh Yi Han, SC 
Deputy Attorney-General

Mr Goh Yihan, SC, graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (1st Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Law in 2006 as the valedictorian and obtained his Master of Laws from Harvard University in 2010. Mr Goh was called to the Singapore Bar in 2011 and was appointed Senior Counsel in January 2021.

He served as a Justices’ Law Clerk and subsequently as Assistant Registrar at the Supreme Court from 2006 to 2008.

Mr Goh joined the NUS Faculty of Law in 2008 and was appointed Assistant Professor in 2011. He joined the Singapore Management University (SMU) Yong Pung How School of Law in 2014 as an Associate Professor of Law and was appointed Dean in 2017. He was subsequently appointed Professor of Law in 2019.

On 1 July 2022, he was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court. He was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court on 1 October 2023.

He was appointed and assumed office as Deputy Attorney-General on 1 January 2025.

Gan Kam Yuin

Assistant Registrar, Supreme Court

District Judge

Kam Yuin graduated from the National University of Singapore and maintained an active practice for more than 27 years before entering the Judicial Service in 2019. Her strong background as a practitioner has enriched her time at the Supreme Court.

During her years at the Bar, Kam Yuin practised mainly in commercial litigation and civil dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration. She was lead counsel in a wide range of matters at all levels of the Singapore judicial system, including the Court of Appeal and the Singapore International Commercial Court. In addition, she undertook advisory and drafting work for clients from diverse industries and backgrounds.

Believing that a great deal of learning takes place in the spaces between us, Kam Yuin welcomes opportunities to engage with young lawyers and encourage them in the acquisition of the good foundational skills needed for a long and rewarding career at the Bar.

Reuben Ong

Assistant Registrar, Supreme Court

Reuben was appointed an Assistant Registrar in the Supreme Court Registry in January 2020, and hears civil interlocutory matters. He is also a Director at the Singapore Judicial College, where he works on curriculum development and pedagogy.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore in 2017, and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 2023.

Prior to joining the Supreme Court Registry, Reuben was a State Counsel in the Attorney-General’s Chambers (Civil Division), and thereafter a Justices’ Law Clerk of the Supreme Court.

Teo Guan Kee

District Judge, State Courts of Singapore

Guan Kee is a District Judge in the State Courts of Singapore.  He previously held appointments as an Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court and as Registrar of the Appeals Board (Land Acquisition).   

Prior to being appointed an Assistant Registrar in 2012, Guan Kee was in private practice, with his practice areas including construction law and insurance law.            

Guan Kee graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2002 and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2004.  He is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

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.

Chia Voon Jiet

Director, Dispute Resolution

Co-Head, Investigations

Drew & Napier LLC

Voon Jiet has over two decades of experience representing multinational corporations, financial institutions, statutory boards and individuals at all levels of the Singapore Court, including as lead counsel in the High Court, International Commercial Court and Court of Appeal. He has acted as both counsel and arbitrator in international arbitrations, and is on the Singapore International Arbitration Centre’s (SIAC) and the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association’s (JCAA) panel of arbitrators.

His disputes practice is diverse and spans a broad spectrum of litigation and arbitration matters. These include civil disputes relating to banking and finance, commercial contracts, company law, insolvency, professional negligence, complex tort, and employment.

Voon Jiet also specialises in regulatory and corporate fraud investigations, and has extensive experience in these matters across various industries, including telecommunications, media, energy, transport and finance. He has advised local and overseas entities on all aspects of such investigations, such as dawn raids, leniency applications, enforcement actions, appeals and judicial review proceedings.

Asia Pacific Legal 500 recommended Voon Jiet for dispute resolution, where he is described as “very knowledgeable” and “quick and makes the effort to understand clients’ business structures and objectives.” Who’s Who Legal described Voon Jiet as “an exceptional commercial litigator”. He is also recognised by Who’s Who Legal for investigations as an “intelligent and shrewd practitioner” who “provides strong attention to detail and excellent commercial advice”, and commended for “his expert handling of corporate fraud and regulatory investigations.”

Voon Jiet graduated with First Class Honours from the National University of Singapore, and holds a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School.

He is presently a co-author for the Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review on Civil Procedure, and has contributed to a number of prominent publications and textbooks on Singapore law.

Calvin Liang

Duxton Hill Chambers (Singapore Group Practice)

Calvin’s areas of expertise are commercial and criminal disputes, as well as regulatory matters. He is engaged by domestic and international law firms, States/ Government-linked entities, financial institutions, corporations and lay clients.  He has been recognised as one of the leading international arbitration practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region with legal directories noting his “sharp legal acumen”, “extensive experience”, and “practical, thorough, and concise” style. In various judgments, the Singapore Courts have noted his “robust advocacy” and “detailed and helpful submissions.”

In international arbitration, he has acted as lead counsel and co-counsel alongside local and international law firms in joint venture disputes, cross-examining witnesses and experts on detailed, industry-specific issues and complex questions of valuation. He has obtained an award of around US$30 million relating to the Foreign Exchange Management Act (India), acted for an ASEAN State in a dispute with a utilities concession-holder, and represented a multinational telco in an investor-state dispute worth over US$5 billion. His cases have involved sectors including digital banking, infrastructure projects, steel manufacturing and fast-moving consumer goods.

As counsel before the Singapore Courts, he has successfully acted in the leading cases on the enforcement of interim measures granted by arbitral tribunals, cross-border injunctions, minority shareholders’ rights and the doctrine of abuse of process. Some examples include shareholders’ disputes and multi-jurisdictional fraud cases involving oil rigs in Mexican waters, an online trading platform, the Belt And Road Initiative and over US$2 billion worth of art.

Additionally, in the area of white-collar crime, Calvin has advised on corporate investigations and has acted for the finance manager of a megachurch in one of Singapore’s longest criminal trials. The High Court commended his “well-researched submissions” in a private sector corruption case.

Calvin taught Public Law at the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Management University. An article he co-authored in this area has been favourably cited by the Singapore Court of Appeal and the Federal Court of Malaysia.

Before joining private practice, he was a Justices’ Law Clerk and Assistant Registrar in the Supreme Court of Singapore. Apart from the law, Calvin loves Arsenal FC, his wife, two daughters and dog, Rosa Barks.

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.

• 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

SILE Attendance Policy

Participants who wish to obtain CPD Points must comply strictly with the Attendance Policy set out in the CPD Guidelines. For this activity, participants are reminded to sign in on arrival and sign out at the conclusion of each day of the event in the manner required by the organiser. Participants must not be absent from each day of the event for more than 15 minutes. Participants who attend Day 1 and comply strictly with the Attendance Policy on that day may obtain 7.5 Public CPD Points. Participants who attend Day 2 and comply strictly with the Attendance Policy on that day may obtain 7 Public CPD Points (inclusive of 1.5 Public MEC Points). Participants who do not comply with the Attendance Policy on any particular day of the event will not be able to obtain CPD Points for that day. Please refer to http://www.sileCPDcentre.sg for more information.

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