I am a disputes lawyer with strong experience in commercial, criminal and public interest litigation. 

I graduated with first class honours from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2014.

Since graduation, I have been with a boutique litigation practice, Eugene Thuraisingam LLP (ET LLP). As a trainee and subsequently junior lawyer in a boutique practice, I have from the start played an active leadership role in the carriage of complex disputes. I have also amassed considerable experience arguing cases in the High Court and the State Courts. 

When interacting with clients, I follow two basic principles. First, I am honest about whether a client’s (or potential client’s) case is strong or not. Secondly, I am candid about whether it is truly cost-sensible to engage a lawyer for a case, bearing in mind all the details of the case. 

I have long experience since my days as an NUS undergraduate contributing my legal expertise to the community. For instance, I was actively involved in research and drafting of legal arguments for the 2010-2014 challenge to the constitutionality of Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalises intimate conduct between men. More recently, I was one of the volunteer researchers for the book “Same But Different: A Singapore LGBT Legal Guide For Couples And Families“. As with all other lawyers in ET LLP, I provide pro bono legal representation in criminal and public interest cases.

My matters of significance include the following: 

Civil and commercial disputes 

– UFM v UFN [2017] SGHCF 22: Represented an Indonesian divorcee in a successful application for permission to commence proceedings for division of Singapore matrimonial property, consequential upon a divorce decreed in Indonesia. 

– Ramesh s/o Krishnan v AXA Life Insurance Singapore Pte Ltd [2017] SGHC 197: Represented a former financial services director (“FSD”) in the assessment of damages stage of the FSD’s claim against a financial institution (“FI”). The High Court judge assessed damages at SGD 4.026 million. 

– Rohini d/o Balasubramaniam v Yeow Khim Whye Kelvin and another [2017] SGHC 149: Represented a property agency in successfully defending a SGD 830,000 claim. The plaintiff had argued that the property agency should be legally responsible for the fraudulent acts of a rogue agent.

– Ramesh s/o Krishnan v AXA Life Insurance Singapore Pte Ltd [2016] SGCA 47 : Represented a former financial services director (“FSD”) in a successful appeal to the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal agreed with us that the defendant, a financial institution (“FI”), had been negligent in the preparation of a reference check for the FSD, and this caused a prospective employer to decide not to proceed with hiring the FSD. GCGC

Criminal and public interest litigation 

– Ilechukwu Uchechukwu Chukwudi v Public Prosecutor [2017] SGCA 44: Represented an accused who had been convicted by the Court of Appeal in 2015 of drug trafficking, in successfully applying to the Court of Appeal to re-open its 2015 decision to convict the accused. 

– Liew Zheng Yang v Public Prosecutor [2017] SGHC 157: Represented the appellant in a successful appeal against his conviction by the District Court of an alleged conspiracy to traffic drugs to himself. 

– Attorney-General v Ting Choon Meng and another appeal [2017] 1 SLR 373: Represented the website, The Online Citizen, in successfully defending proceedings brought by the Government in the District Court, the High Court and the Court of Appeal. 

– Prabagaran a/l Srivijayan v Public Prosecutor and other matters [2017] 1 SLR 173: Represented four persons who had been sentenced to the death penalty, in challenging the constitutionality of Section 33B(2)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act.