NUS Faculty of Law’s Professor Jeffrey Pinsler appointed District Judge

Professor Jeffrey D. Pinsler of the NUS Faculty of Law has been appointed a District Judge of the Subordinate Courts. Professor Pinsler will hear appeals from the decisions of Deputy Registrars in interlocutory matters (in civil cases), including applications for summary judgment, to strike out an action or pleading, the setting aside of a judgment or order, discovery and other interim remedies and reliefs.

Professor Pinsler specialises in civil justice, civil and criminal evidence, procedure, dispute resolution and ethics. He is an advocate and solicitor, barrister-at-law, a member of the regional panel of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, an accredited mediator of the Singapore Mediation Centre, and also a member of various professional committees of legal and governmental institutions including the Singapore Academy of Law and the Supreme Court. He has appeared as amicus curiae before the Court of Appeal, and has spoken at, and contributed to, conferences and reform programmes in various countries. He has been involved in thirteen major works as an author and/or general editor. Several of his books are considered ground-breaking and his work has been regularly cited by the courts. His latest publication (written for the Singapore Academy of Law) is “Ethics and Professional Responsibility: A Code for the Advocate and Solicitor”.