Ms Ruth Yeo

School of Law

2010
LL.M., New York University

2010
LL.B., (First Class Hons.), National University of Singapore

Awarded the Law Society of Singapore Prize for the top two students in Year 3 Examinations (2009). Placed on the Dean’s List every year – Year 1 Examinations (2007), Year 2 Examinations (2008), Year 3 Examinations (2009) and Overall Dean’s List (2010). Selected for the NYU-NUS LL.B./LL.M. Dual Degree Program.

2022 - Present
Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2021 - 2022
Deputy Public Prosecutor, Crime Division, Attorney-General’s Chambers

2014 - 2021
State Counsel, Civil Division, Attorney-General’s Chambers

2011 - 2013
Assistant Registrar, Supreme Court of Singapore

2010 - 2011
Justices’ Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Singapore

“The Presumptions of Resulting Trust and Advancement in Singapore: Unfairness to the Woman?” (2010) 24(2) International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 123-150, Oxford Journals, United Kingdom

“Revisiting the Alter Ego Exception in Corporate Veil Piercing” (2015) 27 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 177, Singapore (co-authored with HY Yeo)

The “Genius Star II” [2013] SGHCR 23 (judgment issued as Assistant Registrar, Supreme Court of Singapore)

2015
Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore

2010
Member, Singapore Academy of Law

2012 – 2013
Assistant Registrar, Court of Appeal Counter, Supreme Court of Singapore

2012 – 2013
Assistant Registrar, Building, Construction and Complex Financial Cases Docket, Supreme Court of Singapore

2012 – 2013
Secretariat to Justice Chao Hick Tin, Committee to Review the Regulatory Framework of the Singapore Legal Services Sector

2010 – 2011
Chairperson, Singapore Academy of Law Strategic Planning Report (Justices’ Law Clerks Committee)

Represented the Government as State Counsel in various notable cases, including the following:

Madan Mohan Singh v Attorney-General [2015] SGHC 48: Successfully resisted the applicant’s application in a significant judicial review case on the constitutional right to freedom of religion;
AXY and others v Comptroller of Income Tax (Attorney-General, intervener) [2017] SGHC 42: Successfully resisted the applicant’s application to the High Court for leave to commence judicial review;
Attorney-General v Lai Swee Lin Linda [2015] 5 SLR 1447: Successfully applied for a declaration that the respondent was a vexatious litigant; and
Lai Swee Lin Linda v Attorney-General [2016] SGCA 54: Successfully resisted the appellant’s appeal to the Court of Appeal.

Fountain Court Chambers, London, UK: Selected for attachment to a leading set of Magic Circle barristers’ chambers under the UK Advocacy Attachment program (January – February 2015).

High Court of Justice, London, UK: Selected for attachment to the Commercial Court and Technology and Construction Court, Queen’s Bench Division, High Court of Justice, UK (March 2013).

Legal Theory & Philosophy Seminar, Singapore Management University: Invited as a guest speaker on a yearly basis (2012 – 2016) to speak on “Ethics and Morality in the Legal Profession”.

Public Officers' Law Seminar: Delivered a lecture on constitutional law to over 500 public officers (2015).

Family Law
Public Law
Commercial Law
Law and Technology

Ms Ruth Yeo

Senior Lecturer, Law Programmes

Educational Qualifications

Academic and Professional Experience