NUS Law alumni appointed to the Supreme Court

L to R: Goh Yihan ’06, Teh Hwee Hwee ’92, Tan Boon Heng ’93

NUS Faculty of Law congratulates our alumni Mr Goh Yihan ’06 and Ms Teh Hwee Hwee ’92 on their appointments as Judicial Commissioners (JC) of the Supreme Court, and Mr Tan Boon Heng ’93 on his appointment as Registrar of the Supreme Court.

Mr Goh Yihan has been appointed JC for a term of two years with effect from 1 July 2022, and Ms Teh Hwee Hwee will begin her term as a JC of 18 months with effect from 1 August 2022.

Mr Goh first joined the NUS Faculty of Law as a Teaching Assistant in 2008 and was appointed Assistant Professor in 2011. He then joined the Singapore Management University (SMU) as an Associate Professor in the Yong Pung How School of Law (formerly known as SMU School of Law) in 2014 and was appointed Associate Dean (Research) in January 2016. At the age of 35, he became Dean of the Yong Pung How School of Law for a term of five years in July 2017. He is concurrently a Professor in the Yong Pung How School of Law, a position he has held since July 2019 and continues to be active in the Singapore legal profession. He was appointed a Senior Counsel in January 2021.

Ms Teh is currently the Registrar of the Supreme Court, a position she has held since 9 April 2019. She started her career in the Legal Service in 1992, as one of the first women appointed to the post of an Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court. She went on to serve in different capacities and hold various appointments in the Judiciary and the Legal Service, including as State Counsel in the Attorney-General’s Chambers, the first Executive Director of the Singapore Mediation Centre, the first Divisional Registrar of the Court of Appeal and the first Divisional Registrar of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC).

Mr Tan is currently the Official Assignee and Public Trustee in the Insolvency and Public Trustee’s Office, and he will succeed Ms Teh as the Registrar of the Supreme Court with effect from 1 August 2022.

Read more about their respective appointments here.