Koh Swee Yen
Koh Swee Yen is a legal practitioner in Singapore. With documented cases from 2007 to 2025. The lawyer has handled 69 cases in Singapore's courts. Associated with 4 law firms. The lawyer demonstrates particular expertise in trust law and minority oppression. Their track record shows a 33.0% success rate in resolved cases. They have managed 34 complex cases, representing 49% of their total caseload.
Areas of Practice and Expertise
Koh Swee Yen has demonstrated expertise across 237 primary practice areas, with significant experience in contract law and company law.
Practice Area | Case Volume |
---|---|
Contract Law | 43 cases |
Company Law | 24 cases |
Arbitration | 23 cases |
Civil Procedure | 22 cases |
Breach of Contract | 18 cases |
Corporate Law | 14 cases |
Estoppel | 14 cases |
Civil Practice | 12 cases |
Commercial Disputes | 11 cases |
Fiduciary Duties | 9 cases |
International Arbitration Act | 8 cases |
Misrepresentation | 8 cases |
Trust Law | 7 cases |
Jurisdiction | 7 cases |
Fraud and Deceit | 7 cases |
Minority Oppression | 7 cases |
Property Law | 6 cases |
Legal Profession Act | 6 cases |
International Law | 6 cases |
International Arbitration | 6 cases |
Setting aside | 5 cases |
International Commercial Arbitration | 5 cases |
Conspiracy by Unlawful Means | 5 cases |
Insolvency Law | 4 cases |
Judgments and Orders | 4 cases |
Winding Up | 4 cases |
Bankruptcy | 4 cases |
Defamation | 4 cases |
Evidence | 4 cases |
Recourse against award | 4 cases |
Natural justice | 4 cases |
Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards | 4 cases |
Commercial Law | 4 cases |
Agency Law | 4 cases |
Res Judicata | 3 cases |
Unjust Enrichment | 3 cases |
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments | 3 cases |
International Trade Law | 3 cases |
Companies Act | 3 cases |
Damages | 3 cases |
Business Litigation | 3 cases |
Appellate Practice | 3 cases |
Costs | 3 cases |
Accounting | 3 cases |
Account of Profits | 2 cases |
Administrative Law | 2 cases |
Professional Ethics | 2 cases |
Investment Treaty Arbitration | 2 cases |
Striking out | 2 cases |
Proprietary Estoppel | 2 cases |
Investment Disputes | 2 cases |
Director's Duties | 2 cases |
Asset Recovery | 2 cases |
Torts | 2 cases |
Banking and Finance | 2 cases |
Corporate Governance | 2 cases |
International Arbitration Law | 2 cases |
Foreign Law | 2 cases |
Corporate Litigation | 2 cases |
Garnishee Orders | 2 cases |
Joint Accounts | 2 cases |
Injunctions | 2 cases |
International Commercial Law | 2 cases |
Credit and Security | 2 cases |
Solicitor's duties | 2 cases |
Sham Transaction | 2 cases |
Banking Law | 2 cases |
Indemnity costs | 2 cases |
Public International Law | 2 cases |
Inducement of Breach of Contract | 2 cases |
Deeds of Settlement | 2 cases |
Mistake | 2 cases |
Taxation of Legal Costs | 2 cases |
Ad Hoc Admission | 2 cases |
Shareholders Agreement | 2 cases |
Duty to Account | 2 cases |
International Commercial Contracts | 2 cases |
Succession Law | 2 cases |
Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility | 2 cases |
Legal Malpractice | 2 cases |
Contractual discretions | 2 cases |
Commercial Litigation | 2 cases |
Division of Matrimonial Property | 1 cases |
Sale of Goods | 1 cases |
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act | 1 cases |
UNCITRAL Model Law | 1 cases |
Express trusts | 1 cases |
Affidavits | 1 cases |
Resulting Trust | 1 cases |
Fiduciary Duty | 1 cases |
Conspiracy | 1 cases |
Director's Resignation | 1 cases |
Equity | 1 cases |
Foreign Judgments | 1 cases |
Registration of Foreign Judgments | 1 cases |
Oral contracts | 1 cases |
Investor-State Arbitration | 1 cases |
Bilateral Investment Treaty | 1 cases |
Professional Conduct Rules | 1 cases |
State Immunity | 1 cases |
Video Link | 1 cases |
Singapore International Arbitration Centre | 1 cases |
Amendment | 1 cases |
Best Efforts Clause | 1 cases |
Guarantees and indemnities | 1 cases |
Sham Contract | 1 cases |
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) | 1 cases |
Intention of Parties | 1 cases |
Assignment and attachment of money held by bank | 1 cases |
Ostensible Authority | 1 cases |
Actual Authority | 1 cases |
Law of Pleadings | 1 cases |
Professional Discipline | 1 cases |
Legal Professional Privilege | 1 cases |
Declaratory relief | 1 cases |
Restructuring and Insolvency | 1 cases |
Derivative action | 1 cases |
Deeds | 1 cases |
Inherent Power of the Court | 1 cases |
Assignment and attachment of money held in bank | 1 cases |
Piercing corporate veil | 1 cases |
Setting aside arbitral awards | 1 cases |
Domain Name Disputes | 1 cases |
Privity of contract | 1 cases |
Contractual estoppel | 1 cases |
Unilateral mistake | 1 cases |
Third party proceedings | 1 cases |
Directorial Misfeasance | 1 cases |
Loss of Confidence | 1 cases |
Loss of Substratum | 1 cases |
Inducement | 1 cases |
Variation of Contract | 1 cases |
Validity of arbitral award | 1 cases |
Formation | 1 cases |
Shareholder Agreements | 1 cases |
Separability Doctrine | 1 cases |
Implied contracts | 1 cases |
Deeds of Renunciation | 1 cases |
Certificate of Inheritance | 1 cases |
Non-reliance clause | 1 cases |
Assignment of Contractual Rights | 1 cases |
No-Assignment Clause | 1 cases |
Oral Variation of Contract | 1 cases |
Commercial Blackmail | 1 cases |
Extortion | 1 cases |
Tortious Interference | 1 cases |
Landlord and Tenant Disputes | 1 cases |
Rectification of Contracts | 1 cases |
Estate | 1 cases |
Breach of oral agreement | 1 cases |
Subpoenas | 1 cases |
Novation Agreements | 1 cases |
Leasing | 1 cases |
Scheme of Arrangement and Compromise | 1 cases |
Convertible Loan | 1 cases |
Correction of commencement date | 1 cases |
Accounting and Inquiry | 1 cases |
Admiralty and Maritime Law | 1 cases |
Building and Construction Contracts | 1 cases |
Business Law | 1 cases |
Cannabis Law | 1 cases |
Chancery and Equity | 1 cases |
Charitable Giving | 1 cases |
Child Custody | 1 cases |
Child Support | 1 cases |
Civil Litigation | 1 cases |
Constitutional Law | 1 cases |
Construction Contracts | 1 cases |
Construction Law | 1 cases |
Contracts | 1 cases |
Conveyance | 1 cases |
Corporate Finance | 1 cases |
Dispute Resolution | 1 cases |
Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards | 1 cases |
Family Law | 1 cases |
Landlord and Tenant Law | 1 cases |
Mareva Injunctions | 1 cases |
Negligence | 1 cases |
Partnership Law | 1 cases |
Private International Law | 1 cases |
Securities | 1 cases |
Shareholder Disputes | 1 cases |
Spousal Support | 1 cases |
Trade Finance | 1 cases |
Trade Secrets | 1 cases |
Wills and Probate | 1 cases |
Performance Bond | 1 cases |
Personal Property Ownership | 1 cases |
Estate Administration | 1 cases |
Measure of Damages | 1 cases |
Evidence Law | 1 cases |
Undue Influence | 1 cases |
Contractual terms | 1 cases |
Causation | 1 cases |
Anti-suit injunction | 1 cases |
Natural forum | 1 cases |
Comity | 1 cases |
Illegality and public policy | 1 cases |
Malicious Falsehood | 1 cases |
Service out of jurisdiction | 1 cases |
Assessment of Legal Costs | 1 cases |
Production of documents | 1 cases |
Ancillary disclosure orders | 1 cases |
Stay of Execution | 1 cases |
Abuse of Process | 1 cases |
Riddick principle | 1 cases |
Shipping Law | 1 cases |
Confidentiality | 1 cases |
Privacy | 1 cases |
Inherent powers | 1 cases |
Investment Agreement | 1 cases |
Settlement Agreement | 1 cases |
Discovery of documents | 1 cases |
Constructive trusts | 1 cases |
Quantum meruit | 1 cases |
Restitution | 1 cases |
Conflict of Interest | 1 cases |
Stay of Proceedings | 1 cases |
Duty of Candour | 1 cases |
Remedies | 1 cases |
Financial Reporting Standards | 1 cases |
Duty of Care | 1 cases |
Service of document out of jurisdiction | 1 cases |
Joint Venture | 1 cases |
Valuation | 1 cases |
Share Valuation | 1 cases |
Rescission | 1 cases |
Debt Recovery | 1 cases |
Specific performance | 1 cases |
Children's Welfare | 1 cases |
Summary Judgement | 1 cases |
Disclosure of documents | 1 cases |
Conditions to be imposed | 1 cases |
Quistclose trusts | 1 cases |
Matrimonial Assets | 1 cases |
Laches | 1 cases |
Conflict of Laws | 1 cases |
Law Firm Affiliations
Koh Swee Yen has been affiliated with 4 law firms. The most active affiliation involves 59 cases.
Law Firm | Cases Handled |
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WongPartnership LLP | 59 cases |
Wong Partnership LLP | 7 cases |
Wong Partnership | 2 cases |
WongPartnership | 1 cases |
Case Complexity Analysis
Analysis of Koh Swee Yen's case complexity based on the number of parties involved and case characteristics.
Complexity Overview
- Average Parties per Case
- 5.3
- Complex Cases
- 34 (49%)
- Cases with more than 3 parties
Complexity by Case Type
Type | Cases |
---|---|
Dismissed | 15.0 parties avg |
Lost | 305.2 parties avg |
Neutral | 33.3 parties avg |
Partial | 135.6 parties avg |
Won | 235.6 parties avg |
Complexity Trends Over Time
Year | Cases |
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2007 | 113.0 parties avg |
2008 | 58.5 parties avg |
2009 | 13.0 parties avg |
2010 | 43.3 parties avg |
2011 | 33.4 parties avg |
2012 | 38.1 parties avg |
2013 | 23.5 parties avg |
2014 | 34.0 parties avg |
2015 | 44.5 parties avg |
2016 | 34.3 parties avg |
2017 | 44.6 parties avg |
2018 | 75.1 parties avg |
2019 | 64.0 parties avg |
2020 | 46.3 parties avg |
2021 | 37.0 parties avg |
2022 | 23.5 parties avg |
2023 | 73.8 parties avg |
2024 | 63.9 parties avg |
2025 | 12.0 parties avg |
Case Outcome Analytics
Analysis of Koh Swee Yen's case outcomes, including distribution by type, yearly trends, and monetary outcomes where applicable.
Outcome Distribution
Outcome Type | Cases |
---|---|
Dismissed | 1(1%) |
Lost | 30(43%) |
Neutral | 3(4%) |
Partial | 13(19%) |
Won | 23(33%) |
Monetary Outcomes
Currency | Average |
---|---|
SGD | 191,322.9240 cases |
USD | 1,491,669.261 cases |
Yearly Outcome Trends
Year | Total Cases |
---|---|
2007 | 1 1 |
2008 | 5 212 |
2009 | 1 1 |
2010 | 4 13 |
2011 | 3 21 |
2012 | 3 12 |
2013 | 2 11 |
2014 | 3 3 |
2015 | 4 4 |
2016 | 3 111 |
2017 | 4 22 |
2018 | 7 61 |
2019 | 6 42 |
2020 | 5 1112 |
2021 | 3 3 |
2022 | 2 11 |
2023 | 7 214 |
2024 | 6 231 |
2025 | 1 1 |
Case History
Displaying all 69 cases
Case |
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24 Feb 2025 DMZ (Claimant)Lost |
19 Dec 2024 Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd (Defendant, Plaintiff-in-Counterclaim)Partial |
25 Jul 2024 Kho Choon Keng (Claimant)Partial |
27 Jun 2024 P-H-O-E-N-I-X Petroleum Philippines, Inc (a.k.a. Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc) (Defendant, Respondent)Lost |
09 May 2024 Far East Mining Pte Ltd (Respondent, Defendant)Lost |
02 Apr 2024 Third Eye Capital Corporation (Claimant)Won |
21 Feb 2024 Far East Mining Pte Ltd (Defendant, Plaintiff in Counterclaim)Partial |
26 Nov 2023 CZU (Defendant)Won |
10 Oct 2023 COT (Appellant, Defendant, Plaintiff)Lost |
30 Aug 2023 Far East Mining Pte Ltd (Defendant, Plaintiff in Counterclaim)Partial |
08 Jun 2023 Deutsche Telekom AG (Respondent)Won |
14 May 2023 Chetan Mehta (Respondent, Defendant)Won |
28 Mar 2023 Koh Mui Lee (Defendant)Lost |
29 Jan 2023 Deutsche Telekom AG (Plaintiff)Won |
13 Mar 2022 CNX (Plaintiff)Lost |
10 Mar 2022 Koh Mui Lee (Defendant)Won |
29 Nov 2021 BTN (Plaintiff)Lost |
15 Feb 2021 BTO (Plaintiff)Lost |
10 Jan 2021 Timing Limited (Appellant)Lost |
19 Nov 2020 Law Society of Singapore (Applicant)Partial |
04 Nov 2020 Goodwood Associates Pte Ltd (Plaintiff, Defendant in Counterclaim)Won |
10 Aug 2020 Timing Limited (Plaintiff, Appellant)Won |
21 Jan 2020 Sun Electric Pte Ltd (Plaintiff, Defendant in Counterclaim)Lost |
17 Oct 2019 State (Plaintiff)Won |
25 Sep 2019 Sun Electric Pte Ltd (Appellant, Plaintiff)Lost |
24 Jun 2019 Sunbreeze Group Investments Ltd (Other)Lost |
02 May 2019 Murjani Manoj Mohan (Defendant, Plaintiff in counterclaim)Lost |
01 Apr 2019 Independent State of Papua New Guinea (Plaintiff)Lost |
19 Feb 2019 Chang Hon Yee (Defendant)Won |
26 Nov 2018 KPM Holdings Pte Ltd (Defendant)Lost |
21 Oct 2018 Sunbreeze Group Investments Ltd (Appellant, Defendant)Lost |
21 Oct 2018 Douglas Foo Peow Yong (Appellant, Plaintiff)Won |
27 Sep 2018 Lee Siew Yuen Sylvia (Defendant)Lost |
27 Sep 2018 C S Partners Pte Ltd (Defendant)Lost |
19 Sep 2018 BSL (Applicant)Lost |
30 May 2018 SH Design & Build Pte Ltd (Plaintiff)Lost |
01 Nov 2017 Kanchan Manoj Murjani (Defendant, Third Party Claimant)Lost |
18 Sep 2017 Kanchan Manoj Murjani (Defendant)Partial |
26 Apr 2017 TNC (Respondent, Defendant, Appellant)Partial |
08 Jan 2017 Jones the Grocer Group Holdings Pte Ltd (Appellant)Lost |
28 Sep 2016 Sanum Investments Limited (Appellant, Defendant)Won |
12 Jul 2016 Lee Siew Yuen Sylvia (Appellant, Respondent)Partial |
21 Apr 2016 L Capital Jones Ltd (Defendant)Lost |
29 Oct 2015 AMZ (Plaintiff, Applicant)Lost |
27 Jul 2015 Dawood Sultan Kamaldin (Respondent)Lost |
09 Jul 2015 Eng Chiet Shoong (Defendant)Lost |
19 Jan 2015 SANUM INVESTMENTS LTD (Defendant)Lost |
29 Oct 2014 Xinyi Group (Glass) Co Ltd (Respondent)Won |
14 Oct 2014 SH Cogent Logistics Pte Ltd (Plaintiff)Won |
15 Jul 2014 Quek Kwee Kee Victoria (in her personal capacity and as executor of the estate of Quek Kiat Siong, deceased) (Plaintiff)Won |
13 Nov 2013 WongPartnership LLP (Plaintiff)Won |
22 Sep 2013 SANUM INVESTMENTS LTD (Defendant)Neutral |
28 Nov 2012 Tsu Pei Yuke (Plaintiff, Appellant)Partial |
30 Oct 2012 Lim Eng Hock Peter (Respondent, Defendant, Appellant)Partial |
29 May 2012 PPL Shipyard Pte Ltd (Defendant)Neutral |
30 May 2011 Lim Eng Hock Peter (Respondent)Partial |
22 May 2011 Smartbus Pte Ltd (Plaintiff)Partial |
10 Mar 2011 Lush John Frederick Peters (Defendant, Respondent)Won |
29 Sep 2010 Lush John Frederick Peters (Defendant)Won |
25 Aug 2010 Lim Eng Hock Peter (Plaintiff)Won |
27 Jul 2010 Lim Eng Hock Peter (Appellant)Partial |
27 Jun 2010 Lim Hsi-Wei Marc (Appellant)Won |
07 Oct 2009 Lim Eng Hock Peter (Appellant)Won |
29 Dec 2008 Yamashita Tetsuo (Appellant)Won |
08 Jul 2008 Lim Eng Hock Peter (Plaintiff)Neutral |
07 May 2008 Dongwoo Mann+Hummel Co Ltd (Plaintiff)Lost |
01 May 2008 Stainby Overseas Ltd (Defendant)Won |
10 Feb 2008 Yamashita Tetsuo (Respondent)Lost |
20 Aug 2007 MITRE HOTEL (PROPRIETORS) (Defendant)Lost |