Ms Ruth Yeo

2015
Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore

2010
Member, Singapore Academy of Law

2012 – 2013         
Assistant Registrar, Court of Appeal Counter, Supreme Court of Singapore

2012 – 2013         
Assistant Registrar, Building, Construction and Complex Financial Cases Docket, Supreme Court of Singapore

2012 – 2013         
Secretariat to Justice Chao Hick Tin, Committee to Review the Regulatory Framework of the Singapore Legal Services Sector

2010 – 2011     
Chairperson, Singapore Academy of Law Strategic Planning Report (Justices’ Law Clerks Committee)

Represented the Government as State Counsel in various notable cases, including the following:

• Madan Mohan Singh v Attorney-General [2015] SGHC 48: Successfully resisted the applicant’s application in a significant judicial review case on the constitutional right to freedom of religion;
• AXY and others v Comptroller of Income Tax (Attorney-General, intervener) [2017] SGHC 42: Successfully resisted the applicant’s application to the High Court for leave to commence judicial review;
• Attorney-General v Lai Swee Lin Linda [2015] 5 SLR 1447: Successfully applied for a declaration that the respondent was a vexatious litigant; and
• Lai Swee Lin Linda v Attorney-General [2016] SGCA 54: Successfully resisted the appellant’s appeal to the Court of Appeal.

Fountain Court Chambers, London, UK: Selected for attachment to a leading set of Magic Circle barristers’ chambers under the UK Advocacy Attachment program (January – February 2015).

High Court of Justice, London, UK: Selected for attachment to the Commercial Court and Technology and Construction Court, Queen’s Bench Division, High Court of Justice, UK (March 2013).

Legal Theory & Philosophy Seminar, Singapore Management University: Invited as a guest speaker on a yearly basis (2012 – 2016) to speak on “Ethics and Morality in the Legal Profession”.

Public Officers' Law Seminar: Delivered a lecture on constitutional law to over 500 public officers (2015).