Foo Chee Hock | |
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Judicial Commissioner of Singapore | |
In office 1 April 2015 – 31 March 2018 | |
Appointed by | Tony Tan |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Singaporean |
Alma mater | |
Foo Chee Hock PBS SC is a Singaporean jurist and a former Dean of the Singapore Judicial College. [1]
Foo graduated from St Joseph's Institution in 1976, [2] the National University of Singapore in 1984 [3] and a Masters of Laws from Cambridge University in 1989. [4]
Foo joined the Singapore Legal Service in 1984 and served in a variety of legal and judicial posts during that time, including as a Magistrate and District Judge in the then- Subordinate Courts, and as an Assistant Registrar and Deputy Registrar in the Supreme Court of Singapore. In 2009, he was appointed Registrar of the Supreme Court. [5] In his time as Registrar, Foo assisted the Courts with the implementation of the “docket system” of case management and end-to-end e-Litigation systems and also was the “driving force that helped to demystify the judiciary and (make) the courts more accessible to the general public”. [6]
Foo was subsequently appointed as a Judicial Commissioner by President Tony Tan in April 2015. [7] He served a three-year term during which time he also oversaw the development of the Singapore Judicial College, serving as its founding Dean. [8] Upon his appointment as a Judicial Commissioner, he was replaced as the Registrar of the Supreme Court by Vincent Hoong. [5]
At the conclusion of his term as Judicial Commissioner in 2019, Foo assumed full-time leadership of the Singapore Judicial College. [9] He was also, during his time as Judicial Commissioner, Editor-in-Chief of Singapore Civil Procedure. [9] He is also a senior mediator at the Singapore Mediation Centre. [10] Foo retired from his position as Dean of the Singapore Judicial College in April 2023. [11]
Foo received the Long Service Award in 2007. [12] He was also appointed Senior Counsel (Honoris Causa) in 2019 [13] in recognition of his “special knowledge in law and contributions to the development of the law and legal profession”. [14]