Singapore, 6 January 2020 — The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon announced the appointment of three new Senior Counsel at the Opening of Legal Year today. They are:

• Pillai K Muralidharan
• Chan Tai-Hui Jason (曾台辉)
• Mohamed Faizal Mohamed Abdul Kadir

Applications for Senior Counsel opened in August 2019 and were reviewed by a Senior Counsel Selection Committee comprising:

• The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon
• The Honourable Attorney-General Lucien Wong, SC
• The Honourable Justice Andrew Phang, JA
• The Honourable Justice Judith Prakash, JA
• The Honourable Justice Tay Yong Kwang, JA
• The Honourable Justice Steven Chong, JA

The three newly appointed Senior Counsel bring the total number of Senior Counsel appointed to 88[1] (as of 6 January 2020). Details of new appointees, as well as background information on the Senior Counsel scheme, are appended in Annex A.

[1] This figure includes six Senior Counsel (honoris causa) but excludes four deceased Senior Counsel:

• Pala Krishnan, K S Rajah, Tan Boon Teik and Joseph Grimberg