Justin Chan Yew Loong

An experienced practitioner of all forms of dispute resolution, Justin advises on a broad spectrum of civil, matrimonial and corporate matters. In particular, he has acted for and advised clients in matters relating to contentious probate and administration, equity and trusts, director’s duties, restraint of trade, construction claims, intellectual property and shareholders disputes.

A graduate of the University of Nottingham, Justin was called to the Singapore Bar in May 2003. He previously practiced with Drew & Napier LLC before joining Tito Isaac & Co LLP.

An advocate and solicitor committed to presenting your case at its highest, Justin strives to establish long standing and mutually rewarding relationships with his clients.

The nature of the cases that Justin handles have often required the taking of instruction and liaison with jurisdictions and solicitors outside of Singapore including New Zealand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia.

Notable Work

Trusts and Equitable Remedies
• Justin acted for the Estate of a successful businesswoman who added her live-in boyfriend as a joint account holder of her largest liquid asset. Her boyfriend had not contributed any monies to the joint account but alleged that he was entitled to its entirety when she passed away on the operation of survivorship. After her passing, her Estate sought a declaration that the joint account monies belonged to her solely under a Resulting Trust.
• Sought a declaration that a semi-detached property purchased by the husband was intended to be jointly held with his wife. After his demise, the developers had refused to accept the status of joint tenancy.
• Acted for an Australian International, a “Socceroo”. His wife had transferred substantial sums of money from their joint account out of jurisdiction. He contended that those monies solely belonged to him on the basis of a resulting trust.

Credit and Security – Money and Moneylenders
• Justin acted for a businesswoman who had lent significant amounts of money to a fraudster on four occasions. On two of those occasions, a third party guaranteed the sums owing from the fraudster. The businesswoman sued on the guarantees. At first instance, the Honourable Court found the two Guarantees void as they were premised on money lending agreements. The Apex court reversed that decision, on grounds that, amongst other things, Section 3 of the Money Lenders Act did not apply to the loan agreements.

Employment Disputes, Restraint of Trade, Confidential Information
• Justin acted for a Defendant who was the chief sales officer for the asia-pacific region. The Plaintiff was a large and renowned assurance house. The Plaintiff claimed that the Defendant breached his obligations under the employment contract and/or his fiduciary obligations by collaborating with his future employers.
• Represented Singapore’s leading company in the business of water leakage detection services and rectification in an action versus an ex-employee on the grounds of breach of confidential information, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of restraint of trade.