Yam Wern-Jhien
Yam Wern-Jhien is a legal practitioner in Singapore. With documented cases from 2009 to 2024. The lawyer has handled 32 cases in Singapore's courts. Associated with 3 law firms. The lawyer demonstrates particular expertise in insolvency law and costs. Their track record shows a 61.0% success rate in resolved cases. They have managed 16 complex cases, representing 50% of their total caseload.
Areas of Practice and Expertise
Yam Wern-Jhien has demonstrated expertise across 207 primary practice areas, with significant experience in contract law and civil procedure.
Practice Area | Case Volume |
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Contract Law | 23 cases |
Civil Procedure | 16 cases |
Arbitration | 11 cases |
Breach of Contract | 10 cases |
Company Law | 7 cases |
Civil Practice | 7 cases |
Misrepresentation | 6 cases |
Corporate Law | 6 cases |
Bankruptcy | 6 cases |
Estoppel | 6 cases |
Jurisdiction | 6 cases |
Commercial Law | 5 cases |
Summary Judgement | 5 cases |
Torts | 5 cases |
Property Law | 4 cases |
Litigation | 4 cases |
Damages | 4 cases |
Evidence | 4 cases |
Insolvency Law | 4 cases |
Negligence | 4 cases |
Costs | 4 cases |
Restructuring and Dissolution | 4 cases |
Fiduciary Duties | 4 cases |
Fraud and Deceit | 4 cases |
Conspiracy by Unlawful Means | 4 cases |
Banking and Finance | 3 cases |
Anti-suit injunction | 3 cases |
Commercial Disputes | 3 cases |
International Arbitration Act | 3 cases |
Interest | 3 cases |
Injunctions | 3 cases |
Contempt of Court | 3 cases |
Employment Law | 3 cases |
Trust Law | 3 cases |
International Commercial Contracts | 2 cases |
Asset Recovery | 2 cases |
Natural forum | 2 cases |
Setting aside | 2 cases |
Personal Injury | 2 cases |
Evidence Law | 2 cases |
Duty of Candour | 2 cases |
Business Litigation | 2 cases |
Abuse of Process | 2 cases |
Corporate Litigation | 2 cases |
Stay of Execution | 2 cases |
Conflict of Laws | 2 cases |
Appeal | 2 cases |
Judicial Management | 2 cases |
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments | 2 cases |
Construction Law | 2 cases |
Contracts | 2 cases |
Foreign Law | 2 cases |
Performance Bond | 2 cases |
International Arbitration | 2 cases |
Constructive trusts | 2 cases |
Equity | 2 cases |
Wrongful Dismissal | 2 cases |
Venture Capital | 1 cases |
Whistleblower Litigation | 1 cases |
White Collar Crime | 1 cases |
Winding Up | 1 cases |
Termination | 1 cases |
Moratorium | 1 cases |
International Commercial Arbitration | 1 cases |
Contractual terms | 1 cases |
Assignment Law | 1 cases |
Recourse against award | 1 cases |
Infra petita | 1 cases |
Natural justice | 1 cases |
Director's Liability | 1 cases |
Unjust Enrichment | 1 cases |
Striking out | 1 cases |
Avoidance of transactions | 1 cases |
Unfair preferences | 1 cases |
Interim injunctions | 1 cases |
Prohibitory injunctions | 1 cases |
Mandatory injunctions | 1 cases |
Ancillary disclosure orders | 1 cases |
Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards | 1 cases |
Burden of proof | 1 cases |
Director's Duties | 1 cases |
Equity and limitation of actions | 1 cases |
Penalties | 1 cases |
Confidentiality | 1 cases |
Recognition of foreign insolvency proceedings | 1 cases |
Disclosure Obligations | 1 cases |
Res Judicata | 1 cases |
Discovery | 1 cases |
International Commercial Law | 1 cases |
Negligent misrepresentation | 1 cases |
Sale of Land | 1 cases |
Stay of Proceedings | 1 cases |
Breach of natural justice | 1 cases |
Avoidance of transfer | 1 cases |
Money and moneylenders | 1 cases |
Breach of Trust | 1 cases |
Disclosure of Assets | 1 cases |
Adverse Inference | 1 cases |
Breach of Mareva Injunction | 1 cases |
Equitable Accounting | 1 cases |
Functus Officio | 1 cases |
Proprietary injunctions | 1 cases |
Transactions at an undervalue | 1 cases |
Setting Aside Default Judgement | 1 cases |
Substituted Service | 1 cases |
Prima Facie Defence | 1 cases |
Conversion | 1 cases |
Freezing Order | 1 cases |
Undervalue Transaction | 1 cases |
Insolvent Trading | 1 cases |
International Commercial Court | 1 cases |
Proof of Debt | 1 cases |
Liquidator | 1 cases |
Illegality | 1 cases |
Choice of Law | 1 cases |
Interpretation | 1 cases |
Judgments and Orders | 1 cases |
Companies Act | 1 cases |
Guarantee | 1 cases |
Interpretation of contractual terms | 1 cases |
Sale of Goods | 1 cases |
Performance of Contract | 1 cases |
Variation | 1 cases |
Residential Property Act | 1 cases |
Choses in Action | 1 cases |
International Comity | 1 cases |
Mareva Injunction | 1 cases |
Singapore International Commercial Court | 1 cases |
Personal Guarantee | 1 cases |
Remission | 1 cases |
Mortgage Law | 1 cases |
Occupiers' Liability | 1 cases |
Interpretation of Contracts | 1 cases |
Economic Duress | 1 cases |
Entire Agreement Clause | 1 cases |
Presumptions | 1 cases |
Presumption of fact in loans of money | 1 cases |
Loans of money | 1 cases |
Best Efforts Clause | 1 cases |
Guarantees and indemnities | 1 cases |
Warranties | 1 cases |
Client confidentiality | 1 cases |
Group Restructuring | 1 cases |
Presumption of Similarity | 1 cases |
Alteration of Position | 1 cases |
Inducement | 1 cases |
Registration of Title | 1 cases |
Deed of Personal Guarantee | 1 cases |
Spousal Consent | 1 cases |
Administrative Law | 1 cases |
Independent Contractor Liability | 1 cases |
Appellate Practice | 1 cases |
Banking Law | 1 cases |
Banking Litigation | 1 cases |
Building and Construction Contracts | 1 cases |
Business Law | 1 cases |
Chancery and Equity | 1 cases |
Civil Appeals | 1 cases |
Commercial Fraud | 1 cases |
Commercial Litigation | 1 cases |
Corporate Commercial Law | 1 cases |
Corporate Finance | 1 cases |
Corporate Governance | 1 cases |
Corporate Restructuring | 1 cases |
Credit and Security | 1 cases |
Creditors Rights | 1 cases |
Data Protection Law | 1 cases |
Debtor and Creditor | 1 cases |
Defamation Law | 1 cases |
Director Liability | 1 cases |
Directors and Officers Liability | 1 cases |
Dispute Resolution | 1 cases |
Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards | 1 cases |
Equitable Compensation | 1 cases |
Equitable Estoppel | 1 cases |
Equitable Recoupment | 1 cases |
Fidelity and Surety | 1 cases |
Finance | 1 cases |
Financial Regulation | 1 cases |
Financial Services Law | 1 cases |
Forum Non Conveniens | 1 cases |
Intellectual Property Law | 1 cases |
International Law | 1 cases |
International Trade | 1 cases |
Investments | 1 cases |
Joint Ventures | 1 cases |
Legal Malpractice | 1 cases |
Mareva Injunctions | 1 cases |
Mediation | 1 cases |
Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures | 1 cases |
Moratoriums | 1 cases |
Negotiation | 1 cases |
Private International Law | 1 cases |
Professional Liability | 1 cases |
Proprietary Estoppel | 1 cases |
Recognition of Foreign Judgments | 1 cases |
Schemes of Arrangement | 1 cases |
Securities | 1 cases |
Securities Fraud | 1 cases |
Security for Costs | 1 cases |
Shareholder Disputes | 1 cases |
Strategic Alliances | 1 cases |
Striking Out Applications | 1 cases |
Summary Judgment | 1 cases |
Taxation | 1 cases |
Trade Finance | 1 cases |
Unfair Competition | 1 cases |
Law Firm Affiliations
Yam Wern-Jhien has been affiliated with 3 law firms. The most active affiliation involves 18 cases.
Law Firm | Cases Handled |
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Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP | 18 cases |
Rajah & Tann LLP | 8 cases |
Setia Law LLC | 6 cases |
Case Complexity Analysis
Analysis of Yam Wern-Jhien's case complexity based on the number of parties involved and case characteristics.
Complexity Overview
- Average Parties per Case
- 5.3
- Complex Cases
- 16 (50%)
- Cases with more than 3 parties
Complexity by Case Type
Type | Cases |
---|---|
Lost | 94.4 parties avg |
Neutral | 16.0 parties avg |
Partial | 32.0 parties avg |
Won | 205.8 parties avg |
Complexity Trends Over Time
Year | Cases |
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2009 | 13.0 parties avg |
2010 | 33.2 parties avg |
2011 | 18.0 parties avg |
2015 | 27.0 parties avg |
2016 | 23.3 parties avg |
2017 | 35.8 parties avg |
2018 | 75.3 parties avg |
2019 | 24.0 parties avg |
2020 | 34.4 parties avg |
2021 | 22.0 parties avg |
2023 | 42.0 parties avg |
2024 | 28.3 parties avg |
Case Outcome Analytics
Analysis of Yam Wern-Jhien's case outcomes, including distribution by type, yearly trends, and monetary outcomes where applicable.
Outcome Distribution
Outcome Type | Cases |
---|---|
Lost | 9(27%) |
Neutral | 1(3%) |
Partial | 3(9%) |
Won | 20(61%) |
Monetary Outcomes
Currency | Average |
---|---|
EUR | 1,965,585.911 cases |
SGD | 59,348,886.0516 cases |
USD | 98,750,892.502 cases |
Yearly Outcome Trends
Year | Total Cases |
---|---|
2009 | 1 1 |
2010 | 3 21 |
2011 | 1 1 |
2015 | 2 2 |
2016 | 2 2 |
2017 | 3 3 |
2018 | 7 43 |
2019 | 2 11 |
2020 | 4 112 |
2021 | 2 2 |
2023 | 4 112 |
2024 | 2 2 |
Case History
Displaying all 32 cases
Case |
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16 Jul 2024 Investment Opportunities V Pte Limited (Applicant)Won |
17 Jun 2024 Elaine Hanrahan (Applicant)Won |
13 Sep 2023 Asian Eco Technology Pte Ltd (Plaintiff)Partial |
07 Sep 2023 Metech International Limited (Non-party)Lost |
16 Aug 2023 Asian Eco Technology Pte Ltd (Plaintiff)Won |
25 Jul 2023 Metech International Limited (Non-party)Won |
17 Jun 2021 CKG (Plaintiff, Respondent)Partial |
21 Feb 2021 Nomura Singapore Limited (Respondent, Defendant)Partial |
Sameer Rahman v. Nomura Singapore Ltd: Striking Out Pleadings in Wrongful Dismissal & Employment Law 23 Aug 2020 Nomura Singapore Ltd (Defendant, Respondent)Won |
Ley Choon Constructions v Yew San Construction: Winding Up Application for Unsatisfied Judgment Debt 25 May 2020 Yew San Construction Pte Ltd (Defendant)Lost |
17 Feb 2020 Weston Capital Advisors, Inc (Defendant)Neutral |
03 Dec 2019 MAN Diesel & Turbo Norge AS (Appellant)Won |
26 Sep 2019 Suntech Power Investment Pte Ltd (Respondent, Appellant)Lost |
26 Nov 2018 MAN Energy Solutions SE (Respondent)Lost |
24 Oct 2018 Suntech Power Investment Pte Ltd (Defendant)Lost |
19 Jun 2018 Hady Hartanto (Respondent, Plaintiff)Lost |
30 May 2018 BD Cranetech Pte Ltd (Defendant)Won |
27 May 2018 MAN Diesel & Turbo SE (Plaintiff)Won |
24 May 2018 MAN Diesel & Turbo SE (Defendant)Lost |
05 Apr 2018 ST Microelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (Respondent)Won |
06 Aug 2017 STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD (Defendant)Won |
11 May 2017 STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD (Defendant)Won |
12 Mar 2017 Hady Hartanto (Plaintiff)Won |
06 Dec 2016 Hady Hartanto (Plaintiff)Won |
12 Jul 2016 Tan Chong Realty (Pte) Ltd (Defendant)Won |
24 Nov 2015 STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD (Defendant)Won |
22 Sep 2015 Oxel Systems Pte Ltd (Defendant)Won |
10 Apr 2011 Intertrust (Singapore) Limited (Respondent, Plaintiff)Won |
18 Nov 2010 Brunner Hans-Peter (Defendant)Won |
18 Aug 2010 Inhil Investment Pte Ltd (Appellant)Lost |
28 Jun 2010 Joy Head Investments Ltd (Defendant)Lost |
26 May 2009 Yong Cheng Eng (Defendant, Respondent)Won |