Justice Sushil Sukumaran Nair appointed as Court of Appeal judge

A new Justice of the Court of Appeal has been appointed, bringing the total to five.

Justice Sushil Sukumaran Nair was appointed to the role by President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, effective from June 15, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on June 12.

He was appointed as a High Court judge in March, and was a judicial commissioner of the Supreme Court before that.

In those roles, he heard a wide range of civil matters in areas such as finance, securities, banking, insolvency, trusts, arbitration and statutory torts, as well as complex commercial cases.

Nair earned his Bachelor of Laws with honours from the National University of Singapore in 1989 and was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1990.

He joined Drew & Napier where he practised for about 35 years, specialising primarily in restructuring work across the Asia-Pacific region.

He also served concurrently as the firm’s deputy chief executive officer and head of its corporate restructuring and workout practice group.

The Supreme Court Bench consists of the Chief Justice, justices of the Court of Appeal, judges of the Appellate Division, judges of the High Court, senior judges, international judges and judicial commissioners.

With Nair’s appointment, the Supreme Court will have a total of 33 judges and 26 international judges.

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