Constitutional Law
Constitutional Law is a primary practice area in Singapore's legal system. This area encompasses 267 cases from 2000 to 2025.
Leading Law Firms
Analysis of law firms specializing in Constitutional Law, ranked by case volume and success rates.
| Law Firm | Cases |
|---|---|
| Attorney-General’s Chambers82.58% success rate | 155 cases58.1% of area |
| L F Violet Netto8.70% success rate | 23 cases8.6% of area |
| Eugene Thuraisingam LLP14.29% success rate | 21 cases7.9% of area |
| Carson Law Chambers0.00% success rate | 16 cases6.0% of area |
| Drew & Napier LLC71.43% success rate | 14 cases5.2% of area |
| Deputy Public Prosecutors75.00% success rate | 12 cases4.5% of area |
| Allen & Gledhill LLP50.00% success rate | 12 cases4.5% of area |
| Independent Practitioner0.00% success rate | 9 cases3.4% of area |
| Deputy Public Prosecutor88.89% success rate | 9 cases3.4% of area |
| Harry Elias Partnership28.57% success rate | 7 cases2.6% of area |
Notable Lawyers
Leading lawyers practicing in Constitutional Law, ranked by case volume and success rates.
| Lawyer | Cases |
|---|---|
| M Ravi7.41% success rate | 26 cases9.7% of area |
| Ravi s/o Madasamy0.00% success rate | 20 cases7.5% of area |
| Suang Wijaya35.00% success rate | 14 cases5.2% of area |
| Francis Ng91.67% success rate | 12 cases4.5% of area |
| Eugene Thuraisingam35.29% success rate | 11 cases4.1% of area |
| Eugene Singarajah Thuraisingam0.00% success rate | 11 cases4.1% of area |
| Hui Choon Kuen72.73% success rate | 11 cases4.1% of area |
| Choo Zheng Xi20.00% success rate | 10 cases3.7% of area |
| Aedit Abdullah90.00% success rate | 10 cases3.7% of area |
| Johannes Hadi0.00% success rate | 8 cases3.0% of area |
Recent Judgments
Displaying 50 most recent judgments out of 267 total cases
| No. | Title | Court | Decision Date | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamzah bin Ibrahim v Public Prosecutor: Criminal Review Application for Drug Trafficking | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 13 Feb 2025 | Application dismissed |
| 2 | Masoud Rahimi v Attorney-General: Striking Out Application, Constitutional Rights of Prisoners Awaiting Capital Punishment | General Division of the High Court | 04 Feb 2025 | Application allowed. The originating application was struck out in its entirety. |
| 3 | Iskandar bin Rahmat v Public Prosecutor: Review Application and Stay of Execution | Court of Appeal of the republic of singapore | 03 Feb 2025 | Application dismissed. |
| 4 | Roslan bin Bakar v Attorney-General of Singapore: Application for Stay of Execution in Capital Case | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 13 Nov 2024 | Application dismissed |
| 5 | Kassimatis & Fitzgerald v Attorney-General: Ad Hoc Admission for Constitutional Challenge to Misuse of Drugs Act | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 07 Nov 2024 | Appeals dismissed. |
| 6 | Sulaiman bin Jumari v Public Prosecutor: Stay of Execution & Constitutionality of Post-Appeal Applications | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 14 Oct 2024 | Application dismissed summarily |
| 7 | - | 10 Oct 2024 | Unknown | |
| 8 | Mohammad Azwan bin Bohari v Public Prosecutor: Stay of Execution Application | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 02 Oct 2024 | Application dismissed summarily. |
| 9 | Moad Fadzir bin Mustaffa v Public Prosecutor: Application for Stay of Execution | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 01 Aug 2024 | Application dismissed |
| 10 | Iskandar bin Rahmat v AG: LASCO Policy & Constitutional Rights | General Division of the High Court | 19 May 2024 | Originating Application dismissed; application to strike out granted. |
| 11 | Xu Yuanchen v Public Prosecutor: Criminal Reference, Defamation, and Freedom of Expression | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 19 May 2024 | Application dismissed |
| 12 | Masoud Rahimi v Attorney-General: Constitutional Challenge to Post-appeal Applications in Capital Cases Act | Court of Appeal of the republic of singapore | 26 Mar 2024 | Appeal dismissed |
| 13 | Kottakki Srinivas Patnaik v Attorney-General: Prosecutorial Discretion & Right to Equality | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 29 Feb 2024 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 14 | Lim Jen Lin v Energy Market Company: Striking Out & Natural Justice Appeal | General Division of the High Court | 05 Feb 2024 | The Judge recused himself from hearing the appeal on its merits. |
| 15 | Kassimatis KC v Attorney-General: Ad Hoc Admission & Legal Profession Act | General Division of the High Court | 29 Jan 2024 | Applications dismissed. |
| 16 | Rahimi v Attorney-General: Constitutional Challenge to Post-appeal Applications in Capital Cases Act | General Division of the High Court | 04 Dec 2023 | Originating Application dismissed. |
| 17 | Kottakki Srinivas Patnaik v Attorney-General: Judicial Review of Prosecutorial Discretion & Constitutional Rights | General Division of the High Court | 20 Jun 2023 | Originating Application dismissed. |
| 18 | Jumaat bin Mohamed Sayed v Attorney-General: Extension of Time for Appeal & Constitutionality of MDA Presumptions | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 24 May 2023 | Application dismissed. |
| 19 | Han Li Ying v Attorney-General: Judicial Review of Conditional Warning for Contempt of Court | General Division of the High Court | 11 May 2023 | Originating Application dismissed. |
| 20 | Xu Yuanchen v Public Prosecutor: Criminal Defamation & Computer Misuse Act | General Division of the High Court | 03 May 2023 | Appeals against conviction with respect to all charges and the second appellant’s appeal against sentence for the Computer Misuse Act charge are dismissed. The appeals against sentence for the criminal defamation charges are allowed, and the sentences of imprisonment imposed are set aside and substituted by the fines. |
| 21 | Attorney-General v Xu Yuan Chen: Contempt of Court, Publishing Scandalous Material | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 05 Apr 2023 | Judgment for Applicant |
| 22 | Kesavan Chandiran v Public Prosecutor: Appeal Against Manifestly Excessive Caning Sentence in Rioting Case | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 31 Jan 2023 | Appeal Allowed in Part |
| 23 | Deutsche Telekom AG v. Republic of India: BIT, Arbitration, State Immunity, Enforcement of Award | SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL COURT | 29 Jan 2023 | SUM 155, SUM 24, SUM 45 and SUM 720 are dismissed. |
| 24 | The Star Pty Ltd v Guoxing Cui: Recognition of Foreign Judgment on Gambling Debt | General Division of the High Court | 19 Jan 2023 | Appeal dismissed; registration of the judgment under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Commonwealth Judgments Act declined to be set aside. |
| 25 | Mah Kiat Seng v Attorney-General: False Imprisonment & Statutory Interpretation of Mental Health Act | General Division of the High Court | 18 Jan 2023 | Judgment for Plaintiff |
| 26 | Sang Cheol Woo v Charles Choi Spackman: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Conspiracy Claims | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 29 Nov 2022 | Judgment for Plaintiff; Seoul High Court Judgment enforceable against the first defendant, Charles Choi Spackman. Korean Supreme Court Judgment and New York Judgment not enforceable. |
| 27 | Jumaat v Attorney-General: Constitutional Rights, Presumption of Innocence & Misuse of Drugs Act | General Division of the High Court | 24 Nov 2022 | Application dismissed. |
| 28 | Munusamy Ramarmurth v Public Prosecutor: Appeal Against Drug Trafficking Conviction | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 26 Oct 2022 | Appeal against conviction and sentence dismissed. |
| 29 | - | 08 Sep 2022 | Unknown | |
| 30 | Xu Yuan Chen v Attorney-General: Constitutional Right to Equality and Prosecutorial Discretion | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 24 Aug 2022 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 31 | Iskandar v Attorney General: Constitutionality of CPC Cost Provisions & Right to Counsel | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 03 Aug 2022 | Appeal dismissed. The court found that the Criminal Procedure Code cost provisions do not violate constitutional rights. |
| 32 | Roslan bin Bakar v Public Prosecutor: Costs for Frivolous Criminal Motion and Judicial Review Appeal | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 26 Jul 2022 | Costs ordered against Lawyers for Liberty and Mr. Charles Yeo. |
| 33 | Singapore Democratic Party v Attorney-General: POFMA Appeal & Correction Direction | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 24 Jul 2022 | Application for permission to appeal dismissed. |
| 34 | Nazeri bin Lajim v Attorney-General: Constitutional Rights, Equal Protection, and Stay of Execution | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 20 Jul 2022 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 35 | Perry v Esculier: Ponzi Scheme, Tracing, and Choice of Law in Cross-Border Investments | Singapore International Commercial Court | 14 Jul 2022 | Judgment for Defendants |
| 36 | Syed Suhail v Attorney-General: Costs for Unreasonable Applications | General Division of the High Court | 22 Jun 2022 | Costs of the three applications, fixed at $20,000, are to be borne personally by Mr Cheng and Mr Ravi jointly and severally. |
| 37 | Han Hui Hui v Attorney-General: Judicial Review of COVID-19 Policies & Vaccination | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 15 Jun 2022 | Application dismissed. |
| 38 | Attorney-General v Datchinamurthy: Equal Protection, Right to Life, Stay of Execution | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 29 May 2022 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 39 | Singapore Democratic Party v Attorney-General: POFMA, Statutory Interpretation & Online Falsehoods | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 09 May 2022 | Originating Summons dismissed. |
| 40 | Panchalai v Public Prosecutor: Stay of Execution Application Based on Reasonable Apprehension of Bias | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 25 Apr 2022 | Criminal Motion dismissed. |
| 41 | VEW v VEV: Anti-Suit Injunction & Restraint of Foreign Proceedings in Divorce | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 13 Apr 2022 | Appeal Allowed |
| 42 | Nagaenthran v Attorney-General: Abuse of Process & Mental Capacity in Death Penalty Case | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 28 Mar 2022 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 43 | PP v Ahiruddin: Mask Refusal & Attack on Safe Distancing Officer - Public Servant Protection | General Division of the High Court | 17 Mar 2022 | Accused sentenced to 13 years, three months and four weeks’ imprisonment. |
| 44 | VLI v VLJ: Child Custody, Care and Control, and Singapore Citizenship Application | Family Justice Courts of the Republic of Singapore | 09 Mar 2022 | Appeal dismissed in part. |
| 45 | Roslan bin Bakar v Attorney-General: Judicial Review of Death Sentences Based on Mental Disability | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 08 Mar 2022 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 46 | Tan Seng Kee v Attorney-General: Constitutionality of Section 377A Penal Code & Freedom of Expression | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 27 Feb 2022 | Appeals dismissed; Section 377A deemed unenforceable unless Attorney-General signals change in prosecutorial policy. |
| 47 | Teo Ghim Heng v Public Prosecutor: Murder, Diminished Responsibility & Constitutional Challenges | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 22 Feb 2022 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 48 | CHY & CHZ v CIA: Setting Aside Arbitration Award for Conflict with Public Policy | Singapore International Commercial Court | 10 Feb 2022 | Plaintiffs’ application to set aside the Award dismissed. |
| 49 | TQU v TQT: Husband's Application for Variation of Matrimonial Asset Division | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 18 Jan 2022 | Application dismissed. |
| 50 | Xu Yuan Chen v Attorney-General: Judicial Review of Prosecutorial Discretion & Equal Protection | General Division of the High Court | 29 Dec 2021 | Application Dismissed |