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.
Ang Cheng Hock | |
|---|---|
| 洪清福 | |
| Deputy Attorney-General of Singapore | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2022 Serving 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) |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore | |
| In office 1 August 2019 – 30 September 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Halimah Yacob |
| Judicial Commissioner of Singapore | |
| In office 14 May 2018 – 31 July 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Halimah Yacob |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Alma mater | |
Education
editAng 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
editLegal career
editAng 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
editOn 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
editAng 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
editAng is married.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Ang Cheng Hock, SC" (PDF). Allen & Gledhill.
- ^ "History of the Faculty". NUS Faculty of Law. 2017.
- ^ a b c Toh, Mavis (4 January 2009). "The four new Senior Counsel" (PDF). The Straits Times. Singapore.
- ^ Ng, Huiwen (12 February 2018). "3 new judicial commissioners of High Court appointed". The Straits Times. Singapore.
- ^ "Cheng Hock Ang SC". Chambers and Partners. 2017.
- ^ "Appointments to the Supreme Court Bench". Prime Minister's Office. 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Swearing-in and Appointment Ceremony of Judicial Commissioner". The Istana. 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Appointment of High Court Judges and International Judge". Prime Minister's Office. 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Appointment Ceremony of High Court Judges and International Judge". Facebook. 2 August 2019.
- ^ Singapore Democratic Party v Attorney-General [2020] SGHC 25 at [36], [44].
- ^ "New deputy attorney-general appointed; Hri Kumar to become High Court judge". CNA. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ Auto, Hermes (September 26, 2022). "Deputy A-G Hri Kumar to be High Court judge, A-G Lucien Wong reappointed | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
- ^ Ng, Huiwen (15 July 2019). "3 new High Court judges and an international judge appointed from Aug 1". The Straits Times. Singapore.
External links
edit- Ang Cheng Hock's biography on the Judiciary's website