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BA (Hons), Law
Barrister-at-Law, Gray’s Inn
Advocate & Solicitors, Singapore
Called to the Bar: 1982
Email :
dannychua@jtjb.com
Contact: (65) 6224 1381
Mobile: (65) 9759 3856
Upon graduating with a Bachelor
of Arts’ Honours Degree in law and upon being
called to the English Bar at Gray’s Inn, Danny
returned to Singapore where he commenced practice
with Messrs Godwin & Co, then the leading Shipping
& Maritime law firm in Singapore before joining
Messrs Khattar Wong & Partners in 1989 where he
was a partner and Head of the Shipping Department.
He joined Joseph Tan Jude Benny in September 1999
and now heads its Shipping & General
Litigation. Danny was named by Chambers
Global Directory 2000 and 2001 Editions as one of
the “Leaders in their Field” of Shipping Law and
was also listed in the Euromoney Legal Group Guide
to the World’s Leading Shipping & Maritime
Lawyers.
Practice Areas :
He specialises in Shipping & Admiralty law and
the areas of work include dispute on bills of
lading, charterparties, marine insurance and
maritime frauds as well as collisions-at-sea,
sinking, fire, salvage, explosions; and, bunker
disputes and contamination of liquid cargo.
Notable Experience :
Cases that have become leading authorities
are:
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Sheriff’s Expenses (The
“Euroexpress” [1988] SLR 67);
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Forum Non Conveniens (Oriental
Insurance Co Ltd v. Bhavani Stores Pte Ltd
[1998] 1 SLR 253);
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Scope of the wording of a
letter of undertaking (The “ICL Raja
Mahendra” [1999] 1 SLR 329);
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Exclusive Jurisdiction
Clause (The “Jian He”
[2000] 1 SLR 8);
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Effect of an “unless
order” and its impact on subsequent orders
in the same proceedings (The
“Bonito” [2001] 3 SLR 32);
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Shiprepairers’ Liability
as Bailee (The “Wilson Ruby”
[1998] 3 SLR 45);
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Limitation of Liability
under a freight-forwarder’s Airway Bill in
relation to the regime of the Amended Warsaw
Convention (Powermatic-Apcom Systems
Pte Ltd v. Concord Express (S) Pte Ltd
[1999] 3 SLR 513).
He has also successfully conducted a trial on a
dispute relating to the installation and design of a
three dimensional metal ceiling system at the Kuala
Lumpur International Airport (Gema Metal
Ceilings (Far East) Pte Ltd v Iwatani Techno
Construction (M) Sdn Bhd [2000] SGHC 37).He
was previously appointed by BP Shipping Ltd to
appear before a Committee of Inquiry investigating
into the cause of a flash fire which occurred on
board the vessel “British Adventure”.
Other appointments:
Elected to the International Bunker Industry
Association (Asia) Executive Committee
Publications:
Admiralty Practice, Chapter XLVII,
Atkin's Court Forms, Singapore,
Issue 3, 2007. |
