Judith Prakash

Justice
Judith Prakash
朱迪·柏拉卡斯
Judge of Appeal of the Court of Appeal
Assumed office
1 August 2016
Nominated by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Appointed by President Tony Tan Keng Yam
Judge of the Supreme Court
In office
1 April 1995 – 31 July 2016
Nominated by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
Appointed by President Ong Teng Cheong
Judicial Commissioner of Singapore
In office
1 April 1992 – 1 April 1995
Nominated by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
Appointed by President Wee Kim Wee
Personal details
Nationality Singaporean
Alma mater University of Singapore

Judith Prakash is a Singaporean judge in the Supreme Court. She has been appointed a permanent Judge of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Singapore with effect from 1 August 2016, the first woman to hold this post.[1]

Prakash is the chair of the Law Reform Committee and Publications Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law, and also sits on the Medical Litigation Review Committee which examines issues relating to medical litigation.[1]

Prakash was a member of the sub-committee on the Review of Arbitration Laws, appointed by the Attorney-General in 1991, that made recommendations on Singapore's laws relating to international commercial arbitration and which led to the enactment of the International Arbitration Act in 1994.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Appointments to the Supreme Court Bench, Prime Minister's Office, 29 June 2016, archived from the original on 3 July 2016.
  2. ↑ International Arbitration Act (Cap. 143A, 2002 Rev. Ed.).
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