Singaporean judge (b. 1970)
Ang Cheng Hock
Assumed office 1 October 2022Serving with Lionel Yee (since Jan. 2017 - present)
Hri Kumar Nair (until Jan. 2023)
Tai Wei Shyong (since Jan. 2021 - present)
Appointed by Halimah Yacob (2022-present)In office 1 August 2019 – 30 September 2022Appointed by Halimah Yacob In office 14 May 2018 – 31 July 2019Appointed by Halimah Yacob
Born 1970 (age 53–54) Nationality Singaporean Alma mater
Ang Cheng Hock (Chinese : 洪清福 ; pinyin : Hóng Qīng Fú ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Âng Chheng-hok , born 1970), SC , is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore and the current Deputy Attorney-General of Singapore .
Education
Ang graduated from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law with an LLB in 1995. He topped his class and obtained a first class honours .[ 1] While an undergraduate student, Ang and his team won the 1994 Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition .[ 2]
Subsequently, Ang was awarded the inaugural Singapore Academy of Law Scholarship to pursue postgraduate studies at Yale Law School , where he obtained his LLM in 1998.[ 1]
Career
Legal career
Ang completed his pupillage (now known as practice training ) in Allen & Gledhill under current Law Minister K Shanmugam [ 3] and finished at the top of the Postgraduate Practical Law Course in 1996, when he was called to the Singapore Bar.[ 1] He was then deployed as a Justices' Law Clerk in the Supreme Court .[ 1]
In 1998, Ang was also called to the New York Bar .[ 1]
After returning to Allen & Gledhill, Ang rose to become a partner. He practised in civil and commercial litigation, international arbitration and corporate-related disputes, and also appeared in insolvency-related litigation, shipping disputes and intellectual property disputes.[ 4] In 2017, he was ranked Band 1 in litigation by Chambers and Partners , who noted that he "is very analytical; persuasive in his arguments and incisive in his submissions".[ 5]
In 2009, Ang was appointed as a Senior Counsel . At 38, he was among the youngest lawyers to be appointed.[ 3]
Judicial career
On 12 February 2018, Ang was appointed as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore from 14 May 2018 for a period of 18 months.[ 6] He was sworn in on 17 May 2018.[ 7]
On 15 July 2019, Ang was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore from 1 August 2019.[ 8] He was sworn in on 2 August 2019.[ 9] In 2020, he decided the first High Court appeal brought under the new Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), holding that the Government bore the burden of proof in POFMA proceedings.[ 10]
On 26 September 2022, Ang was appointed as a Deputy Attorney-General of Singapore from 1 October.[ 11] [ 12]
Professional appointments
Ang is the vice-chairman of the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL)'s professional affairs committee and chairman of the SAL's professional values chapter. He is also a board member of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education , member of the Supreme Court 's Civil Justice Commission, and member of the Ministry of Law 's Civil Justice Review Committee.[ 13]
Family
Ang is married.[ 3]
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