YAP Ying Jie, Clement
In addition to his teaching portfolio, Clement is a Partner in Harry Elias Partnership LLP’s Family and Divorce Practice Group. He specialises in contested matrimonial litigation and has appeared as lead counsel in the Family Justice Court, Supreme Court and Syariah Court.
In 2023 Clement was recognised by Singapore Business Review as one of Singapore’s 30 Most Influential Lawyers Under 40. Clement was also the youngest Recommended lawyer listed in the 2023 edition of Doyle’s Guide: Leading Family & Divorce Lawyers – Singapore.
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Education
LLB (NUS); Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)
Current Courses
Specialised Topics in Family Law
In addition to his teaching portfolio, Clement is a Partner in Harry Elias Partnership LLP’s Family and Divorce Practice Group. He specialises in contested matrimonial litigation and has appeared as lead counsel in the Family Justice Court, Supreme Court and Syariah Court.
In 2023 Clement was recognised by Singapore Business Review as one of Singapore’s 30 Most Influential Lawyers Under 40. Clement was also the youngest Recommended lawyer listed in the 2023 edition of Doyle’s Guide: Leading Family & Divorce Lawyers – Singapore.
In 2024 Clement was appointed as a member of the Therapeutic Justice Consultative Committee
Clement has been involved in many notable Court judgments, such as:-
- VIG v VIH [2020] SGHCF 16
- UTL v UTM [2019] SGHCF 10
- UQN v UQO [2018] SGFC 107
- BZD v BZE [2020] SGCA 1
- UGH v UQO [2020] SGFC 86
Prior to teaching the Specialised Topics in Family Law module, Clement was previously an instructor for the Legal Analysis and Communication Course – a compulsory course for first year law students covering legal analysis, research skills as well as written and oral advocacy.
Clement also co-authored the commentary for the Family Justice Act 2014 for LexisNexis’ Annotated Laws of Singapore series.
- Family Law