Justice See Kee Oon

Biography

Justice See Kee Oon was appointed Judge of the Appellate Division in October 2023.

He received his Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore in 1991. He also holds a Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge, and a Master of Public Management from the National University of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

He joined the Singapore Legal Service in 1991 and was appointed a Deputy Registrar and Magistrate in the Subordinate Courts (renamed as State Courts in 2014) before joining the Supreme Court in 1995 as a Justices’ Law Clerk. In 1997, he returned to the Subordinate Courts as District Judge. In 2007, he joined the Ministry of Law and headed the Insolvency and Public Trustee’s Office until 2009. He then returned to the Subordinate Courts in 2009 and was appointed Senior District Judge of the Criminal Justice Division in 2010. He became Chief District Judge of the Subordinate Courts in 2013 and continued to hold the appointment, now known as Presiding Judge of the State Courts, until March 2020. He was also appointed Judicial Commissioner in 2014 and a High Court Judge in January 2017.

Justice See is currently the President of the Industrial Arbitration Court and chairs the Personal Injury Damages Committee. He is also the Judge-In-Charge of the Judiciary’s Knowledge Management Office. In addition, he is a Member of the Judicial Service Commission, the Deputy Chairman of the Singapore Judicial College Board of Governors and a Member of the Military Court of Appeal.

Speeches

• Symbolic Closing Ceremony 2019
• Launch of State Courts Heritage Gallery 2019
  
• State Courts Workplan 2019
• New State Courts Towers Topping-out Ceremony 2019
• State Courts Workplan 2018
• Sentencing Conference 2017
• Inaugural Seminar on Resolving Community Disputes 2016
• International Conference on Court Excellence 2016