What truly sets Jocinda apart from many divorce lawyers is her passion to help families in their legal problems. Aside from her strong litigation skills, Jocinda is keen to practise her problem-solving and conflict management skills. Conflict Management is all about shifting your mindset. When you talk to Jocinda, she will be able to offer you fresh perspectives about your case. She is passionate to help you resolve your matter, regardless of your circumstances. 

Even if the matter is not resolved and has to move forward for adjudication, Jocinda is also well equipped with necessary litigation skills. Her representations are set out as follows:-

• Successfully persuaded the Family Justice Courts to order that the wife be granted 75% in terms of indirect contributions : VSZ v VTA [2021] SGFC 74
• Successfully represented a grieving father and persuaded the Family Justice Court to order access term which span from Thursdays to Saturdays including overnight access. The mother subsequently withdrew her appeal against the lower court’s decision. VBX v VBY[2019] SGFC 114
• Successfully persuaded the Family Justice Courts in granting favourable care and control orders in favour of clients.
• Successfully applied to the Family Justice Courts to vary periodic maintenance to lump sum maintenance after the ex-husband defaulted on his maintenance obligations. The decision was affirmed by the High Court : VBT v VBU [2019] SGFC 111
• Successfully argued on behalf of a Muslim woman that there was no pronouncement of talak being made by her husband in 1985 which resulted in the entire dismissal of the divorce by the Syariah Court and thereby protecting the client’s interest in claiming her nafkah mutaah. The husband’s appeal was wholly dismissed by the Appeal Board. The research spanned from articles and Islamic verses in Malay for which she has applied in her submissions. See CM v CN (2019) 7 SSAR 190
• Successfully argued on behalf of many ex-wives against their ex-husband’s variation application to reduce the spousal and children’s maintenance.
• Successfully applied for leave for committal proceedings against many spouses who flouted access orders.
• Successfully applied for Personal Protection Orders on behalf of clients against their violent family member(s) and frequently engaged in such PPO trials.
• Successfully applied for Stay of Execution Pending Appeal on behalf of a client who appealed against the lower court’s decision.

• Assisted the Lead Counsel in Rahman Mohammad Jillour v Paretam Singh s/o Kishen Singh (alias Pritam Singh Gill) [2021] SGHC 30 in both High Court and the Court of Appeal which eventually culminated in favourable orders.
• Successfully persuaded the High Court in dismissing a case against an ex son in law who tried to claim his ex father in law’s HDB property in March 2020.
• Successfully persuaded the District Court in ordering a lorry driver to bear a larger percentage of liability in a pedestrian-crossing scenario. See Cheryl Stephanie Elias Edward v Sun Xin Jian and another (Tan Chong Industrial Machinery (Pte) Ltd, third party) and another suit [2020] SGDC 262.
• Successfully applied for Security for Costs against Foreigner Plaintiffs in numerous High Court cases.
• Successfully applied for specific discovery against various parties including third party discovery.
• Successfully defended various Order 14 applications since commencement of practice.
• Successfully defended a bogus claim filed by a foreigner plaintiff against a corporate client and involved in engaging forensic expert to analyse the signatures and handwriting in documents.
• Assisting in various corporate insolvency cases involving moneylending cases.
• Currently assisting Ms Manickam in handling various Commercial Files in the High Court.

• Represented many clients in various trial proceedings involving charges like criminal breach of trust, forgery, cheating, outrage of modesty, voluntary causing hurt. Some criminal trials will take at least 14 days to end.
• Represented clients in mitigating their sentence after pleading guilty. One of the reported cases is PP v Muhammad Farhan bin Adnan[2018] SGDC 67.
• Represented clients in applying for bail after arrest. One of the reported cases is Public Prosecutor v Tan Han Ming, Benedict[2018] SGDC 126
• Assisted lead counsel in drafting appeal submissions in the High Court and in the Court of Appeal.