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Name:		Chia Quee Khee
Contact Details:		Office: 36 Robinson Road, #10-01 City House, Singapore 068877 Tel: (65) 62369229 DID: (65) 63249152 Fax: (65) 62246706 Email: cqk@ramdwong.com.sg
Qualifications:		LL.B. (Hons) (Singapore) (1968) Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore (1972)
Languages:		English, Mandarin and Malay
Experience:		1969 to 1973 Singapore Government Legal Service as: - Deputy Public Prosecutor, Attorney-General's Chambers; - Assistant Registrar, High Court; - Magistrate, Subordinate Courts. 1973 to 1977 Advocate & Solicitor, Messrs Ong Swee Keng & Co 1977 to 1981 Advocate & Solicitor, Messrs Chia Quee Khee & Co 1981 to 1984 Advocate & Solicitor, Messrs Tan Chia & Teo 1984 to 1990 Advocate & Solicitor, Messrs Wee Swee Teow & Co 1990 to 1995 Advocate & Solicitor, Messrs Q K Chia & Co Since 1995 Consultant, Ramdas & Wong
Current Work:		Civil litigation Criminal Law Property Sales & Purchases
Reported Decisions:		Hytec Builders Pte Ltd v Tan Eng Leong [1995] 2 SLR 795 - Breach of fiduciary duties by directors, misfeasance, discretion of court to excuse breach and extent of exoneration (High Court) UMBC Finance Ltd & Anor v Giffard Development Pte Ltd [1993] 3 SLR 107 - Land laws: mortgages, entry into possession, power of entry into possession under terms of mortgage, construction of terms of mortgage (High Court) MTU Asia Pte Ltd v Brightside-Woh Hup [1987] SLR 391, [1989] 1 MLJ 10 - Contracts: frustration, viability of Defence of frustration due to termination of subcontract between defendants and 3rd party (High Court) Ng Sui Nam v Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd [1987] SLR 66, [1987] 2 MLJ 5 - Copyright: infringement of literary works, scope of copyright protection under Copyright Act 1911 of United Kingdom (Court of Appeal) Gomez Peter v Brentnall Beard & Co [1984-1985] SLR 596, [1985] 2 MLJ 426 - Contracts: dispute between insurance agent and brokers on confirmation letter, interpretation of 'Remuneration', frustration (High Court) Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd v Ng Sui Nam [1984-1985] SLR 572, [1985] 1 MLJ 196 - copyright, infringement, scope of Imperial Copyright Act 1911 (High Court) Tan Teck Wa v Public Prosecutor [1972-1974] SLR 480, [1973] 1 MLJ 229 - Road Traffic: 'Public service vehicle', conviction and forfeiture, Road Traffic Act (Cap 92, 1970 Ed) s 53 (High Court) Public Prosecutor v Goh Seow Poh [1972-1974] SLR 461, [1973] 1 MLJ 197 - Newspapers: publication of letter from members of Singapore Armed Forces with no verification of names and particulars of writers, failure to give information to Ministry of Defence (High Court) Osman bin Ali v Public Prosecutor [1972-1974] SLR 106, [1972] 2 MLJ 178 - Criminal laws and procedure: murder, defence of diminished responsibility, rebuttal evidence, practice of court (Court of Criminal Appeal) Wong Mimi & Anor v Public Prosecutor [1972-1974] SLR 73, [1972] 2 MLJ 75 - Criminal laws and procedure: murder, common intention, diminished responsibility, misdirection of law by trial court, powers of court of Criminal Appeal (Court of Criminal Appeal) Sebastian v Public Prosecutor [1970] 2 MLJ 761 - Criminal Procedure and Evidence: witness an accomplice, evaluation of witness's evidence, Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 132) s 121 (High Court) Public Prosecutor v See Albert [1969-1971] SLR 419, [1970] 1 MLJ 47 - Insurance and Road Traffic: Third Party Insurance, provisional driving licence, Road Traffic Ordinance 1961 s 13(1), Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risks & Compensation) Ordinance 1960 s 3 (High Court)
Service to Profession:		1986 to 1988: (circa) member of: Law Reform Committee, Academy of Law Supreme Court Rules Committee Subordinate Courts Rules Committee 1980: Lecturer, Post Graduate Practice Law Course 1979 to 1981: (circa) Member of Executive Committee, Law Society of Singapore (2 terms) 1975 to 1980: Law Tutor, Law Faculty, University of Singapore 1967 to 1968: Honorary Treasurer, Law Society (Singapore University)
Service to Community:		1989: (circa) Member of Committee appointed by Law Minister Mr Jayakumar and chaired by Mr S.R. Nathan, to study and report on juvenile delinquency in Singapore 1976 to 1984: (circa) Law Lecturer, Singapore Police Academy 1971 to 1973: Member of Malaysia Singapore Airlines (forerunner of Singapore Airlines) negotiating team for air traffic rights for our national airline

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