CORPORATE, COMMERCIAL, BANKING & CIVIL

Niru & Co LLC handles substantial corporate and commercial litigation work. This encompasses wide ranging disputes such as breach of contracts, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements, sale of goods, international trade & letters of credit, bailment, service contracts, as well as employment and partnership disputes.  The high profile and high value disputes involve assets in foreign jurisdictions such as the sale and purchase of a very large hospital, coal mines in Indonesia etc etc.  These disputes involve complex transactions with cross border issues and foreign law.

The major banking dispute the Firm was involved in includes a claim against Standard Chartered Bank for losses arising out of the Madoff scandal which dealt with an array of complex banking/financial issues.  We have also acted on behalf of a Swiss Bank against a Singapore law firm for losses arising from negligent advice relating to carriage of goods.  We have acted for and continue to act for various local and international banks in both advisory and litigation roles. 

ARBITRATION

Consistent with the Firm’s extensive and wide ranging litigation portfolio, the Firm also handles major disputes across all areas of their practice through arbitration.  It also has extensive experience in mediations, neutral evaluations and mediating court actions and disputes.  

The arbitrations are in respect of insurance, reinsurance, contractual disputes, etc. 

Significant amongst these is the Firm’s representation of Prai Power Sdn Bhd and Allianz General Insurance Company (Malaysia) Berhad in a multi-pronged series of arbitration and court proceedings against General Electric and Sumitomo Corporation, Japan, for claims in excess of US$80 million.  The Firm also has experience in arbitrations held in the London market relating to contractual disputes, salvage, charterparty and other maritime disputes and joint venture disputes.  

The arbitrations were both ad hoc and under the ICC Rules, SIAC Rules, KLRCA Rules etc.  It also advises and manages clients’ arbitration disputes in other jurisdictions.

INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE

The Firm has a well-established track record in handling insurance and reinsurance disputes. It has been actively involved in various litigation matters in substantial and complex cases, in Singapore, Malaysia and the region. The experience in insurance litigation work includes all classes of insurance business.  (see box below)

The Firm is currently engaged as counsel in a variety of insurance matters such as marine hull claims, cargo claims, freight forwarders defences, bankers’ blanket bonds, contractors all risks claims, erection all risk claims, machinery breakdown claims, professional indemnity, negligence actions, errors and omissions and directors & officers’ liability claims, etc., etc.  

The Firm has also been engaged to advise and act on matters involving substantial claims under fidelity guarantee and money policies, amongst others. The insurance and reinsurance practice of the firm also traverses specialist insurance claims involving power plants, oil & gas etc etc.

Members of the Firm have also provided advisory and consultancy work on various aspects and issues of insurance law and practice. Such advisory and consultancy work go beyond the shores of Singapore. These include established institutions such as, American Express Bank, Mastercard, J P Morgan, Schlumberger etc., etc. The advisory and consultancy work extends to regulatory and procedural matters. Examples of advisory work done on complex issues include the various regulatory framework required to set up insurance businesses under various models, issues relating to the effect and interpretation of statutory provisions such as the Insurance Acts in Singapore and Malaysia, etc., etc.

The Firm is also committed to providing, on a regular basis, seminars and workshops, touching on various issues on insurance law and practice. For example, the Firm was involved in presenting a major seminar to the state government, corporate, business and insurance community in Sarawak (Malaysia) on issues of directors & officers’ liability.

The Firm has also been engaged in designing insurance products, and drafting of various policy wordings for insurance companies, both in Singapore and in the Asia Pacific Region.

The Firm has been involved in major restructuring and management of bodily injury claims on a project basis for major insurers in the 1980s, 1990s and in the new millennium, in Singapore and Malaysia. The Firm also undertakes motor defence work for many insurers. The Motor Defence Unit in the firm manages this area of practice according to strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The performance of the unit is monitored and appraised by the clients through agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).


The various classes of insurance and reinsurance expertise is in:

INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE

• Bailee Liability
• Bankers Blanket Bonds
• Contractors’ All Risks
• Captive Insurance
• Director’s and Officers’ Liability
• E-Commerce Policies
• Machinery Breakdown Insurance
• Erection All Risks
• Errors & Omissions
• Fidelity Guarantees
• Fire and Consequential Loss
• Freight Forwarders
• Marine Insurance : Hull & Cargo
• Media Insurance
• Medical/Clinical Negligence
• Money Policies
• Motor
• Performance Bonds
• Personal Injury
• Political Risks Insurance
• Product Liability
• Professional Indemnity
• Public Liability
• Reinsurance
• Run-offs and consolidation of insurance companies
• Workmen’s Compensation

SHIPPING, AVIATION & INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Another major practice area of the Firm is in Shipping and Aviation work. This includes both litigation and advisory work. (see box below)

On the shipping side, the Firm handles issues in relation to general admiralty law and practice, cargo claims, maritime collisions, pollution, charterparty disputes, salvage claims etc., etc.

The Firm dealt with a very substantial ship collision case involving the vessel “ICL VIKRAMAN”. This is believed to be the largest collision claim in Malaysian legal history. The issues involved in the collision were extremely complex and there were related proceedings in England and France.

The Firm has also been engaged as counsel in ship explosion cases including a major one involving the vessel “LOTUS M”, a casualty which took place outside the port limits of Singapore.

The Firm has also dealt with major oil pollution cases such as the collision between “VOLVEX DELTA” and the “HIKARI II” and the case of the “STOLT ADVANCE” where they represented numerous owners of fish farms, which suffered pollution damage as a result of the oil spill.

In more recent times in Malaysia, the Firm through their Malaysian associated office, has also acted for and advised substantial clients in shipping and maritime law and practice. These include Petronas and its subsidiary, such as Kertih Port Sdn Bhd, Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC), Sabah Shell & Sarawak Shell.

The Firm has also advised and acted in several aviation and aviation related matters for Singapore Airlines and SIA Engineering Company Limited. The reported cases like Yusen Air, Ram Das are some examples and testimony of difficult work injury claims, air cargo claims, freight forwarders’ liability issues, etc., etc.

The various areas of shipping and aviation work include:

SHIPPING & AVIATION

• Carriage of Goods by Land
• Carriage of Goods by Sea
• Carriage of Goods by Air
• Charterparty
• Collisions at sea
• Dredging & Reclamation Works
• Work Injury Claims
• Freight Haulage Claims
• General Average
• Marine Pollution
• Maritime Arbitration
• Merchant Shipping Ordinance Compliance and Enquiries
• Protection & Indemnity Club Work
• Sale & Purchase of Vessels
• Salvage
• Ship Agencies
• Ship Finance & Mortgage
• Ship Licences
• Ship Registration
• Ship Repairs, Building & Construction

MEDICAL & HEALTH

The Firm also handles medical and health related matters as part of its main portfolio of legal work particularly, the conduct of disputes in such matters. 

In this regard, the lawyers in the Firm have handled defence work on medical negligence claims for the leading hospitals such as Mount Elizabeth, Gleneagles etc., through the insurers. The Firm’s involvement in medical negligence work also extended to Malaysia in which it has handled defence work for the IJN, Malaysia (the National Heart Institute).

The Firm also represents medical professionals in defence of negligence claims, disciplinary matters and in Coroner’s Inquiry. 

MEDIA

The Firm has been involved extensively in handling media litigation work, notably in libel and slander in Malaysia.  This is a major portfolio of the Firm’s practice area.

The Firm works closely with major media organisations such as New Straits Times Press, Utusan Melayu, Sun Media, (TV3), NTV7, CNBC, etc in litigation matters. This principally involves providing defence work and appearing as counsel (through the Malaysian office) in Court on behalf of these clients.

The Firm is able to also work closely with reporters and editors in providing urgent “on the spot” pre-publication advices. Such advices are typically rendered via phone, fax or emails just prior to publication. This is an example of risk management and value added services which the Firm provides.

The Firm has also been active in presenting seminars on media law to various media organisations. Examples are:

• Seminar/Workshops for NSTP on Defamation Risks and The Law.
• Seminar for Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad/NTV7 on Defamation Risk Management.
• Seminar/Workshops held for Editors & Journalists of Utusan Melayu on Defamation Risk Management.
• Seminar/Workshop organised by the Malaysian Newspaper Publishers Association on Defamation & Laws.

CONSTRUCTION

The Firm provides services in building and construction matters for established construction firms in areas such as pre-contractual advice, project management advice and dispute resolution (including the Security of Payments Act). 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Firm provides services in intellectual property matters in areas such as copyrights, trademarks, patents and passing off.

The Firm acts for established institutions such as Swarovski, Perodua in Malaysia and others in Singapore. The work is both advisory and litigation. The litigation part in many instances involves pre-emptive and summary actions taken on urgent basis to secure interim court orders to preserve and protect clients’ intellectual proprietary rights, etc. 

Niru Pillai

NIRU PILLAI, is the Managing and Senior Director and the Head of Litigation in Niru & Co LLC.  

Niru is a Barrister at Law of England & Wales.  He was called to the English Bar by the Honorable Society of the Inner Temple in 1976.  He holds two Masters degrees from The University of Melbourne and Nottingham Trent University.  The latter is an LLM in Advanced Litigation which he attained with distinction.  

He is also an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore since 1978.  In 1990, he was admitted as a Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia.  He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.  

Niru has appeared as counsel in the Privy Council with Anthony Clarke QC (Lord Justice Clarke, formerly a member of the Supreme Court of England and the Master of the Rolls, England and Wales) and Gordon Pollock QC in two major appeals (reported in Lloyds Law Reports, All England Law Reports and Lloyds Maritime Law Quarterly).  One of the decisions led to changes being made to marine insurance terms by Lloyds.  

Niru has appeared as counsel in all the Courts in Singapore, including the Court of Appeal, Singapore’s apex Court.  

He has also appeared as lead counsel on an ad-hoc basis in the High Court of Brunei.  

He has represented several parties in Commissions of Inquiry in Singapore.  

Several cases in which he has been involved as counsel and/or solicitor, are landmark decisions in Singapore and are reported in Singapore, Malaysian and English law reports. (see our Reported Cases Link)

Niru also sits as an arbitrator in domestic and international arbitration disputes.  

Niru’s forte covers all aspects of litigation work straddling insurance, reinsurance, shipping and admiralty, medical and healthcare, professional negligence, aviation, media (defamation), commercial, corporate, civil, banking, international trade, employment, energy and utilities (oil and gas or power plants) and arbitration.  In many of these areas, Niru also does advisory work.

Niru is also an exponent of Plain English Drafting having been trained by Professor Robert Eagleson of Sydney.  He has also been involved in Advanced Litigation training for lawyers in Malaysia and Brunei (as specialist counsel to the Attorney General’s Chambers in Brunei).

Niru has had the privilege of speaking at many conferences and seminars in the Asia Pacific region on a variety of subjects including the Bhopal Tragedy in 1985 (at the invitation of the Indian Institute of Insurance).      

Niru retired from the National University of Singapore (NUS) as an Adjunct Associate Professor in July 2008 after having taught law since 1993 for engineering students at the Faculty of Engineering.  He has the distinction of having been conferred the NUS Excellent Teachers Award in 2003.    

Niru speaks and writes English, Tamil and Malay and speaks Malayalam.  

His private interests are reading, writing, classical music, travel, mountain trekking and community/social work. 

Liew Teck Huat

EXPERIENCE

Teck Huat has extensive litigation experience particularly in the areas of insurance, re-insurance, shipping, aviation, media (defamation), energy, international trade, corporate, commercial, civil and intellectual property.

He has appeared before the Courts at all levels in Singapore as well as in Malaysia.  Teck Huat’s wealth of experience includes establishing many good points of law in cases which have been reported.  Some of these are landmark decisions in Singapore and Malaysia.

Teck Huat also advises and represents the biggest media organization in Malaysia in defamation matters and appears as its counsel on a regular basis.

He was admitted to the Brunei High Court on an ad hoc basis as lead counsel for a trial in a defamation action in which he successfully argued the extended parameters of the defence of qualified privilege as expounded by the House of Lords in Reynolds v Times Newspaper [1999] 3 WLR 1010. 

Teck Huat was called to the Singapore Bar in 1989.  He commenced practice with Niru & Co in March 1989.  In 1991, when Niru & Co merged with Harry Elias & Partners, he became a partner of that firm.  In 1994, he continued to practice as a partner of Niru & Co.

In October 2001, Teck Huat ventured into Malaysia as well to further his legal practice.  He joined Zaid Ibrahim & Co. and helped in the establishment of its insurance, reinsurance and shipping practice.  He led that group in the litigation division until he left Zaid Ibrahim & Co. in June 2004 to start T H Liew & Partners, now known as Suflan T H Liew & Partners.

Apart from his extensive litigation practice, Teck Huat also conducts regular conferences and seminars.  In 2003, Teck Huat presented a paper on Maritime Arbitration at a seminar organised by the Regional Centre for Arbitration, Kuala Lumpur.

He was a teaching member of the Singapore Law Society Advocacy Committee from 1996 to 1999. He was also tutor in law in the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of Singapore.

From 2009 to October 2016, Teck Huat was a Senior Director at Global Law Alliance LLC - Litigation Office.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Teck Huat obtained a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the University of Singapore in 1988. He is an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Singapore since 1989 and the High Court of Malaya from 2001.

• English
• Malay
• Mandarin
• Cantonese
• Hakka

Alex Yeo

Alex is a Director of the Firm.  

Alex graduated from the University of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia with an LL.B (Honours) degree in 2007.  He also holds a B.A. (Merit) degree in Economics and Political Science from the National University of Singapore (NUS).  

Alex was admitted as a Lawyer and Solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia in 2007.  In his time in Sydney, Australia, he was an Associate engaged in corporate practice with a mid-sized city firm.

Alex returned to Singapore in 2008 and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) where he was appointed as a Foreign Service Officer (Political). 

Alex left MFA in 2010 to join Global Law Alliance LLC - Litigation Office and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2012.  

Alex handles a broad spectrum of litigation and international arbitration matters.  These include civil disputes relating to banking and finance, international trade, building and construction, commercial contracts, company law, commercial fraud, insurance, aviation, professional negligence and various areas of tort.  

Besides dealing with the litigation matters of the Firm, Alex has also diversified his practice to include front-end corporate and commercial advisory work.  

Outside work, Alex is actively involved in voluntary work at the grassroots level.  He also sits as Honorary Secretary on the National Council of St John Singapore.   

Priya Pillay

Priya is a Director of the Firm.

Priya graduated from the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), University of London with an LL.B (Honours) degree in 2000. Priya went on to read for her Master of Laws (LL.M) in 2004 and Master of Arts (MA) in International Studies and Diplomacy in 2005 from the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

In 2007, Priya completed her Bar Vocational Course and Graduate Diploma in Professional and Legal Skills with the Inns of Court School of Law, and was called as a Barrister-at-Law by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.  

Priya joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2008 as a Foreign Service Officer (Political & Economic).  

In 2010, she joined Global Law Alliance LLC - Litigation Office and was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2012. During her Part B (Bar) Course, Priya was awarded the Singapore Law Society’s prize for Best Speaker in Advocacy.

In 2015, Priya completed and obtained the Graduate Certificate in International Arbitration from the National University of Singapore.   

Priya’s specialised practice areas are in family, insurance, reinsurance, shipping, medical negligence and professional negligence litigation. She also handles other civil and tort disputes. She also does arbitration and alternative dispute resolution work in the Firm.
Priya is an SMC Accredited Mediator and a SIMI Accredited Mediator – Level 1. 

Outside work, Priya assists in running Community Legal Clinics at the Potong Pasir Community Club and at One-Stop@PayaLebar, respectively, under the auspices of the Law Society's Pro-Bono Services.

Achala Menon

Achala is an Associate Director of the Firm.

Achala graduated from the Singapore Management University with a LL.B (Honours) degree in 2013. She completed her practice training with the Firm and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2014.

Achala undertakes and assists in a wide range of civil and commercial litigation matters in the areas of banking and finance, commercial contracts, insurance (personal and work injury), building and construction and various areas of tort.

Benjamin Ow

Benjamin Ow is an Associate Director of the Firm.

He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a LL.B (Hons) degree in 2013, and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2014.

Benjamin practised at a boutique shipping law firm from 2014 to September 2018, where his areas of practice included shipping, construction, employment, insolvency, and general commercial disputes.

Benjamin joined the Firm in September 2018 as a  Senior Associate.  He undertakes and assists in a wide range of civil and commercial litigation matters including in the areas of commercial contracts, insurance, and various areas of tort.

Rapinder Kaur

Rapinder Kaur is a Senior Associate of the Firm.

Rapinder has extensive work experience having been called to the Singapore Bar in 2013.  Prior to joining the Firm in July 2018 , she was a Senior In-House Legal Consultant with Yerra Solutions Pte Ltd.

Rapinder undertakes and assists in a wide range of complex civil and commercial litigation matters.

Sean Lee

Sean is an Associate of the Firm.  

Sean is a graduate from the University of Liverpool with a LLB (Honours) in 2015. He completed his training at a well-known mid-sized firm before joining the Firm in September 2017.

Sean undertakes and assists in a wide range of corporate law and commercial litigation, intellectual property law, probate, family law and various forms of alternative dispute resolution.

Memberships & Other Positions

• Member, Law Society of Singapore
• Member, Singapore Academy of Law 

Joshua Ho

Joshua Ho is an Associate of the Firm.

Joshua graduated from the University of Leeds with a LL.B (Honours) degree in 2016.  He completed Relevant Training and Practise Training with the Firm and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2019.

Joshua undertakes and assists in a wide range of civil and commercial litigation matters in the areas of commercial contracts, insurance (personal and work injury), family matters, trust disputes, medical negligence, company disputes and contractual disputes.

Ritesh Vaman

Ritesh is a Senior Legal Officer of the Firm.*

Ritesh graduated from the University of Pune (ILS Law College) in Pune, India with a BSL and LL.B degree in 2010.  He was admitted as a Solicitor of the Bar Council of Kerala, India in 2013.  

Ritesh was previously a senior consultant with Clifford Chance’s Global Shared Services Centre in India, leading their Capital Markets team.  He was also seconded to their Singapore and London offices at various times.  

Ritesh assists in a wide range of civil and commercial litigation and arbitration matters in the areas of banking and finance, commercial contracts, company law, professional negligence, energy and various areas of tort.  He also assists in disputes and transactions involving Indian litigants and Indian Law.   

*Ritesh is not admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.

Reported Cases

• "Kota Pahlawan" [1981-1982] SLR 88
• The "Epar" [1985] 2 MLJ 3
• Sun-Line (Management) Ltd v Canpotex Shipping Services Ltd [1986] 2 MLJ 348
• The "Mediterranea" [1986] MLJ Lxxix
• The "Dong Min" [1986] 2 MLJ 406
• Netherlands Insurance Co Est 1845 Ltd v Karl Ljungberg & Co AB [1986] 3 All ER 767 [Privy Council] **
• Grace Shipping Inc And Hai Nguan & Co vC F Sharp & Co (Malaya) Pte Ltd [1987] 1 LLR 207 [Privy Council]
• Cold Storage Holdings Plc & Ors v The Overseas Assurance Corpn Ltd & Anor [1989] 2 MLJ 324 [Court Of Appeal] **
• The Asian Plutus [1990] 2 MLJ 449
• Oberoi Imperial Hotel v Tan Kiah Eng [1992] 1 SLR 380
• Jeya & Ors v Lui Yew Kee [1992] 1 SLR 534
• Federal Insurance Co v Nakano Singapore (Pte) Ltd – [1992] 1 SLR 390 [Court Of Appeal]
• Ng Swee Kin v Ng Tian Hock And Other Appeals [1992] 1 SLR 701
• Hongkong Bank Trustee (Singapore) Ltd v Rajinder Singh [1992] 2 SLR 31
• See Soon Soon v Goh Yong Kwang & Anor [1992] 2 SLR 242 **
• The "Thomaseverett" [1992] 2 SLR 1068
• Lim Xueru & Anor v Lim Kai Meng [1993] 1 SLR 279
• Lim & Sons (Pte) Ltd v Owners of and Other Person interested in the Ship or Vessel "Trade Fair" – [1994] 1 SLR 704
• Teo Sing Keng & Anor v Sim Ban Kiat [1994] 1 SLR 634
• Teng Ching Sin & Anor v Leong Kwong Sun [1994] 1 SLR 758
• "Lotus M" – [1997] 2 SLR 570
• "Lotus M" – [1998] 1 SLR 1 [Court Of Appeal] **
• "Lotus M" (No. 2) – [1998] 2 SLR 145 [Court Of Appeal] **
• Ramakrishna Mission v The Comptroller Of Property Tax [1998] 2 SLR 666 [Court Of Appeal] **
• Chang Ah Lek And Ors v Lim Ah Koon – [1999] 1 SLR 82 [Court Of Appeal] **
• Yusen Air & Sea Service (S) Pte Ltd v KLM Royal Dutch Airlines – [1999] 4 SLR 21 [Court Of Appeal].
• Yusen Air & Sea Service (S) Pte Ltd v Changi International Airport Services Pte Ltd [1999] 4 SLR 135
• The "Inai Selasih" (ex "Geopoted X") [2005] 4 SLR 1
• The "Inai Selasih" (ex "Geopoted X") (Appeal) [2006] 2 SLR 181
• Ismail bin Sukardi v Kamal bin Ikhwan and Another [2008] SGHC 191 (upheld by the Court of Appeal but not reported) **
• John Reginald Stott Kirkham and others v Trane US Inc and others [2009] 4 SLR(R) 428
• Allianz Insurance Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd and others v Ma Shoudong and another [2011] 3 SLR 1167
• Chia Kim Huay (litigation representative of the estate of Chua Chye Hee, deceased) v Saw Shu Mawa Min Min and another [2012] 4 SLR 1096

Note: ** Denotes landmark decisions.

SOME IMPORTANT REPORTED CASES: SOLICITOR

• Kua Lee Ngoh v Jagindar Singh T/A Speedway Station [1987] 2 MLJ 566
• Owners Of The Ship Or Vessel "Kusu Island" v Owners Of Cargo Lately Laden On Board The Ship Or Vessel "Brani Island" [1989] 3 MLJ 257 **
• United Overseas Bank Ltd v Mohamed Arif [1994] 2 SLR 296
• "The Trade Fair" [1994] 3 SLR 704 (High Court)
• "The Trade Fair" [1994] 3 SLR 827 [Court Of Appeal] **
• Uni-France Offshore Engineering Pte Ltd v Owners of and/or Other Persons Interested in the Ship or Vessel "Cotan Challenger", "The Cotan Challenger: - [1996] 1 SLR 297
• Penguin Engineering & Construction Pte Ltd v Titan Logistics (S) Pte Ltd (Pioneer Offshore Enterprises Pte Ltd, third party) – [1997] 2 SLR 126
• Ang Kim Soon v Sunray Marine Pte Ltd – [1997] 3 SLR 619
• Universal Westech (S) Pte Ltd v Ng Thiam Kiat & Ors [1997] 3 SLR 419
• Marina Centre Holdings Pte Ltd v Pars Carpet Gallery Pte Ltd [1997] 3 SLR 625 [Court Of Appeal] **
• Ng Thiam Kiat v Universal Westech (S) Pte Ltd [1997] 3 SLR 419 [Court Of Appeal] **
• Pars Carpet Gallery Pte Ltd v Marina Centre Holdings Pte Ltd – [1997] 2 SLR 486
• Damayanti Kantilal Doshi & Anor v Shobhana J Doshi – [1998] 1 SLR 530
• A Balakrishnan & Ors v Nirumalan K Pillay & Ors – [1999] 3 SLR 22
• The Botic – [1999] 4 SLR 749
• Win Line (UK) Ltd v Masterpart (Singapore) Pte Ltd & Anor – [2000] 2 SLR 98
• Overseas Union Insurance Ltd v Turegum Insurance Co – [2001] 3 SLR 330
• Overseas Union Insurance Ltd v Home and Overseas Insurance Co Ltd and another application – [2002] 2 SLR 497
• Overseas Union Insurance Ltd v Home and Overseas Insurance Co Ltd – [2002] 4 SLR 104
• Nirumalan V Kanapathi Pillay v Teo Eng Chuan [2003] SGCH 96 – [2003] 3 SLR 601
• A Kanesananthan v Singapore Ceylon Tamils' Association [2003] SGHC 93 – [2003] 3 SLR 539
• The "Hyundai Fortune" [2004] 4 SLR(R) 548; [2004] SGCA 41

• Ang Kuang Hoe v Chia Chor Yew [2004] 1 SLR 696 • Putra Perdana Construction Sdn Bhd v AMI Insurance Bhd & Ors – [2005] 2 MLJ 123
• Centaurus Enterprise (S) Pte Ltd v Foong Yew Eong Christopher and Others [2008] SGHC 195
• Ferco Seating Systems (M) Sdn Bhd v The Product People Pty Ltd – [2009] 6 MLJ 874
• Sarawak Shell Bhd v The Owners or other persons interested in the ship or vessel 'The Red Gold' and another action [2011] 1 MLJ 239
• Maxi Development Sdn Bhd & Ors v Allianz General Insurance Malaysia Bhd [2011] 1 MLJ 654
• The Owners or other persons interested in the ship or vessel 'the Red Gold' v Sarawak Shell Bhd and another appeal [2012] 4 MLJ 729
• AM Assurance Bhd v AXA Affin Assurance Bhd [2012] 5 MLJ 137
• Sabah Shell Petroleum Co Ltd & Anor v The Owners of and/or any other persons interested in the ship or vessel the 'Borcos Takdir' [2012] 5 MLJ 515
• Seri Mukali Sdn Bhd v Kertih Port Sdn Bhd [2012] 7 MLJ 437
• Tekital Sdn Bhd v Sarina bt Kamaludin & Ors [2012] 8 MLJ 734
• Ahmad Zukni Johari v Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Bhd (TV3) & Another [2012] 6 CLJ 851
• Newfield Peninsula Malaysia Inc v the owners of the ship or vessel 'Tanjung Pinang 1" – Kuala Lumpur High Court Admiralty in Rem No. 27-23-2011 [Decision: 15.10.12]
• The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad & Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad v Admal Sdn Bhd – Civil Appeal No. W-02(IPCV) (W) – 1342-06/2012 [Decision: 1.11.12]
• Perusahaan Sinar Jaya Sdn Bhd v Etiqa Insurance Bhd – Kuala Lumpur High Court Admiralty in Personam No 27-7-02/2012 [Decision: 30.1.13]
• Dato' Seri Mohammad Nizar Bin Jamaluddin v Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad & Another – Kuala Lumpur High Court Civil Suit No. 23NCVC-84-07/2012 [Decision: 12.4.13].

Note: ** Denotes landmark decisions.