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Litigation · Arbitration · Advisory

Litigation and arbitration, in Singapore and beyond.

Michael Khoo & Partners is primarily a litigation-based firm, providing full litigation service and support for complex civil, corporate and criminal litigation, offering services for local and overseas clients, both individual and corporate.

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What we do

All areas of practice

  • Civil litigation
  • Corporate litigation
  • Criminal litigation
  • Arbitration
  • Alternative dispute resolution
  • Corporation and banking law
  • Drafting of joint venture agreements
  • Takeovers and mergers
  • Incorporation and dissolution of companies
  • Matrimonial and family law
  • Administration of estates
  • Conveyancing

About us

The firm

In addition to an extensive litigation practice, Michael Khoo & Partners also provides a wide range of legal advisory services to meet the needs of clients in the areas of corporation and banking law, drafting of joint venture agreements, takeovers and mergers, the incorporation and dissolution of companies, matrimonial and family law, the administration of estates and conveyancing.

Clients of the firm

Clients of the firm include multi-national corporations instructed by clients directly or those instructed or referred by local law firms and foreign law firms based in Singapore for litigation and arbitration service and support.

Arbitration and dispute resolution

The firm also carries on a significant arbitration and alternative dispute resolution practice. This area of practice covers both the representation of local and foreign clients in arbitration proceedings over local and international commercial disputes.

Our lawyers

Michael Khoo SC, Founder at Michael Khoo & Partners

Michael Khoo SC

Founder

Michael Khoo Kah Lip, Senior Counsel

Michael Khoo, Senior Counsel (SC) the founder and precedent partner of the firm, had served in various judicial positions including that of Senior District Judge and Registrar of the Supreme Court as well as Senior State Counsel and Deputy Public Prosecutor in the Attorney General's Chambers in a public service career spanning 20 years, before entering private legal practice in 1987. He was among the first appointed Senior Counsel in 1997 when the Senior Counsel system was introduced in Singapore.

Civil and Corporate Litigation · Criminal Litigation · Arbitration

Josephine Low

Equity Partner

Low Miew Yin Josephine

Josephine Low is an Equity Partner of the firm. Published judgments name her as counsel for the firm's clients in the Court of Appeal, the Appellate Division of the High Court and the High Court, in civil and criminal matters, over more than twenty years.

Civil and Corporate Litigation · Criminal Litigation

Cases

A selection of the firm's reported and unreported cases, as listed on the firm's previous website.

Civil appeals (22)

  • Collector of Land Revenue v Ang Thian Soo

    [1990] Singapore Law Reports 11

  • Kuah Kok Kim v Chong Lee Leong Seng Co (Pte) Ltd

    [1991] Singapore Law Reports 122

  • Commissioner of Stamp Duties v Sinpex Investments Pte Ltd (formerly known as InterOcean Properties Pte Ltd)

    [1993] 2 Singapore Law Reports 240

  • Chief Assessor & Comptroller of Property Tax v Van Ommeren Terminal (S) Pte Ltd

    [1993] 3 Singapore Law Reports 489

  • Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corp v San's Rent A-Car Pte Ltd/ a San's Tours & Car Rentals

    [1994] 3 Singapore Law Reports 593

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  • Kuah Kok Kim & Ors v Ernst & Young (a firm)

    [1996] 2 Singapore Law Reports 364

  • Kok Lee Kuen & Anor v Choon Fok Realty Pte Ltd & Ors and another application

    [1996] 2 Singapore Law Reports 572

  • Fook Gee Finance Co Ltd v Liu Cho Chit and another action

    [1998] 2 Singapore Law Reports 121

  • Shell Eastern Petroleum Pte Ltd v Chief Assessor

    [1998] 3 Singapore Law Reports 264

  • Ching Mun Fong (executrix of the estate of Tan Geok Tee, deceased) v Liu Cho Chit

    [1999] 4 Singapore Law Reports 220

  • ERA Realty Network Pte Ltd v Puspha Rajaram Lakhiani & Anor

    [1999] 1 Singapore Law Reports 190

  • Low Peng Boon v Low Janie & Ors and other appeals

    [1999] 1 Singapore Law Reports 761

  • Ching Mun Fong (executrix of the estate of Tan Geok Tee, deceased) v Liu Chit and another appeal

    [2000] 1 Singapore Law Reports 517

  • Ching Mun Fong (executrix of the estate of Tan Geok Tee, deceased) v Liu Cho Chit

    [2001] 3 Singapore Law Reports 10

  • Ho Kon Kim v Lim Gek Kim Betsy & Ors (No 2) and another appeal

    [2001] 4 Singapore Law Reports 603

  • Law Society of Singapore v Lee Cheong Hoh

    [2002] 2 Singapore Law Reports 80

  • Clarke Beryl Claire (as personal representative of the estate of Eugene Francis Clarke) & Anor v SilkAir (Singapore) Pte Ltd and other actions

    [2002] 3 Singapore Law Report 100

  • Dr Khoo James & Anor v Gunapathy d/o Muniandy and another appeal

    [2002] 2 Singapore Law Reports 414

  • Oei Hong Leong v Ban Song Long David and others

    [2005] 1 Singapore Law Reports 277

  • Kang Hock Chai Joachim v Chan Emily

    (unreported)

  • Low Gim Siah and others v Low Geok Khim and another

    [2006] SGCA 45

  • Low Gim Siah and Others v Low Geok Khim and Another

    [2007] 1 Singapore Law Reports 795

Criminal appeals (10)

  • Tse Po Chung Nathan & Cheok Mei Mei v Public Prosecutor

    [1993] 1 Singapore Law Reports 961

  • Carl Elias v Public Prosecutor

    [1995] 2 Singapore Law Reports 501

  • Bridges Christopher v Public Prosecutor

    [1997] 1 Singapore Law Reports 406

  • Public Prosecutor v Bridges Christopher

    [1998] 1 Singapore Law Reports 162

  • Taw Cheng Kong v Public Prosecutor

    [1998] 1 Singapore Law Reports 943

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  • Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng Kong

    [1998] 2 Singapore Law Reports 410

  • Yap Giau Beng Terence v Public Prosecutor

    [1998] 3 Singapore Law Reports 656

  • Chng Gim Huat v Public Prosecutor

    [2000] 3 Singapore Law Reports 262

  • Tan Cheng Kwee v Public Prosecutor

    [2002] 3 Singapore Law Reports 390

  • Public Prosecutor v Louis Pius Gilbert

    [2003] 3 Singapore Law Reports 418

Civil trials (7)

  • Ng Kim Chwee (executor and trustee of the estate of Ng Ham Chau, deceased) v Chua Chiew Hai and Others

    [1998] 3 Singapore Law Reports 140 · Judicial Commissioner Christopher Lau

  • Shell Eastern Petroleum Pte Ltd v Chief Assessor

    [1998] 3 Singapore Law Reports 264 · Judicial Commissioner Christopher Lau

  • Tan Yeow Khoon v Tan Yeow Tat and Another

    [2000] 3 Singapore Law Reports 341 · Justice MPH Rubin

  • Ching Mun Fong (executrix of the estate of Tan Geok Tee, deceased) v Liu Cho Chit (No 2)

    [2000] 4 Singapore Law Reports 610 · Judicial Commissioner Woo Bih Li

  • Gunapathy Muniandy v 1. Dr James Khoo; 2. Neurological Surgery Pte Ltd; 3. Dr Khor Tong Hong

    [2001] Singapore High Court 165 · Justice Selvam

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  • Oei Hong Leong v David Ban, 98 Holdings Pte Ltd, SPH Ltd & Catherine Ong

    Justice Tay Yong Kwang

  • OCBC Bank v Ng Yap & Partners (OS614/2002k)

    Justice Kang Ting Chiu

Unreported criminal matters (3)

  • Public Prosecutor v Li Yongji (2006)

  • Public Prosecutor v Ong Boon Kheng

  • Public Prosecutor v Kazuo Shimada (2006)

The above does not include: cases which had been settled by the parties either on the 1st day of the trial or shortly after the trial had commenced.

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