Interim Injunctions in Employment Cases - Legal Test, Strategies, and Ethical Considerations

Synopsis

1.5 Public CPD Points (inclusive of 0.5 Public MEC Points)

Practice Area: Employment Law

Training Level: General

Course Fee: $54.50

Registration Deadline: 23 September 2025

Event ID: EV25000236

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Programme

Speakers

Chuan Tat is a Senior Lecturer at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, School of Law (the Law School) where, amongst other things, he has taught trial advocacy and civil procedure. Chuan Tat conducts research on various topics in litigation and arbitration.

Prior to joining the Law School, Chuan Tat practised in a number of local and international law firms. Presently, he is Counsel at Breakpoint LLC, where he focuses on international dispute resolution. He has advised on numerous employment matters, including acting as counsel in employment disputes.

Chuan Tat is admitted to practise law in Singapore, England & Wales, and the State of New York. He obtained his LL.B. from the National University of Singapore and a LL.M. from Columbia Law School.

Ms Edith Chen (SUSS)

Edith is a Lecturer at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, School of Law (the Law School), where she has taught family law, property law, legal methods and trial advocacy.

Prior to joining the Law School, Edith was a legal practitioner in private practice for over 10 years. Her practice areas included civil, commercial and family litigation. She is also an accredited mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Institute and an Associate mediator under the Law Society Mediation Scheme Panel. Edith currently maintains a practice as a Consultant with Tan Rajah & Cheah. In her practice, Edith has advised on and acted in employment cases and cases involving the obtaining of interlocutory reliefs.

Edith obtained her LL.B. from the National University of Singapore, where she was awarded the LexisNexis Family Law Prize.

Mr Tay Yong Seng (Allen & Gledhill)

Yong Seng acts as lead counsel in a broad spectrum of commercial disputes, in both litigation and arbitration. His clients include global financial institutions, leading multinational companies and government bodies.

Yong Seng is recognised by leading legal directories like The Legal 500 (“Leading Partner”), Benchmark Litigation (“Litigation Star”), Chambers (“Ranked Lawyer”) and Lexology Index (“Recommended Lawyer”), who note, he has a razor sharp legal mind and is a very powerful advocate. He combines a brilliant Oxford mind with exceptional trial expertise. He is an absolutely first rate litigator, one of the strongest court advocates of his generation. .”

In the Singapore Courts, he has particular expertise in commercial, banking, real estate and employment litigation. He has acted for top-tier financial institutions and trading companies like BGC Partners (global financial and commodities brokerage headquartered in New York and London), Itochu (one of Japan’s largest trading conglomerates) in complex litigation that pushed the boundaries of Singapore law.  In the Court of Appeal (Singapore’s highest Court), his experience lies in arguing novel and difficult points of law, with successful cases including a landmark 5-Judge decision on defamation, and various leading decisions on company/insolvency law and tort law and the first civil action under the Personal Data Protection Act 2012.

Yong Seng was educated at Oxford University. He took a B.A. (Hons) in Law in 2003 (converted to M.A. in 2013), and a B.C.L. in 2004. At Oxford, he was an Exhibitioner and a College Book Prize winner at Pembroke College.