Ang Cheng Hock

Ang Cheng Hock (Chinese: 洪清福; pinyin: Hóng Qīng Fú; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Âng Chheng-hok, born 1970), SC, is a Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore.

Ang Cheng Hock
洪清福
Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore
Assumed office
1 August 2019
Appointed byHalimah Yacob
Judicial Commissioner of Singapore
In office
14 May 2018 – 31 July 2019
Appointed byHalimah Yacob
Personal details
Born1970 (age 50–51)
NationalitySingaporean
Alma mater
Websitehttps://www.supremecourt.gov.sg/about-us/the-supreme-court-bench/justices
In this Chinese name, the family name is Ang.

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

Professional 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]

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.[11]

Family

Ang is married.[3]

References
  1. "Ang Cheng Hock, SC" (PDF). Allen & Gledhill.
  2. "History of the Faculty". NUS Faculty of Law. 2017.
  3. Toh, Mavis (4 January 2009). "The four new Senior Counsel" (PDF). The Straits Times. Singapore.
  4. Ng, Huiwen (12 February 2018). "3 new judicial commissioners of High Court appointed". The Straits Times. Singapore.
  5. "Cheng Hock Ang SC". Chambers and Partners. 2017.
  6. "Appointments to the Supreme Court Bench". Prime Minister's Office. 12 February 2018.
  7. "Swearing-in and Appointment Ceremony of Judicial Commissioner". The Istana. 17 May 2018.
  8. "Appointment of High Court Judges and International Judge". Prime Minister's Office. 15 July 2019.
  9. "Appointment Ceremony of High Court Judges and International Judge". Facebook. 2 August 2019.
  10. Singapore Democratic Party v Attorney-General [2020] SGHC 25 at [36], [44].
  11. Ng, Huiwen (15 July 2019). "3 new High Court judges and an international judge appointed from Aug 1". The Straits Times. Singapore.
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