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Two Senior Counsel Appointed In 2023

Author Ashutosh Ravikrishnan

Published on: January 9, 2023

The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon announced the appointment of two new Senior Counsel at the Opening of Legal Year today. They are:

• Mr Kelvin Poon Kin Mun SC (潘健文) (aged 47)
• Mr Wong Woon Kwong SC (黄文光) (aged 40)

Applications for Senior Counsel opened in August 2022 and were reviewed by a Senior Counsel Selection Committee comprising:

• The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon
• The Honourable Attorney-General Lucien Wong SC
• The Honourable Justice Judith Prakash, JA
• The Honourable Justice Tay Yong Kwang, JA
• The Honourable Justice Steven Chong, JA
• The Honourable Justice Belinda Ang, JA

The two newly appointed Senior Counsel bring the total number recognised with the honour to 98[1], out of 6,273 legal practitioners[2]. Details of new appointees, as well as background information on the Senior Counsel scheme, can be found here.

[1] This figure, accurate as of 6 January 2023, include six deceased Senior Counsel: Mr Tan Boon Teik SC, Mr Joseph Grimberg SC, Mr K S Rajah SC, Mr Harry Elias SC, Mr Alvin Yeo SC, Mr Pala Krishnan SC

[2] As of 31 August 2022 (Source: The Law Society of Singapore)