AMARJIT SINGH SIDHU
AMARJIT SINGH SIDHU
Accredited Mediator
Singapore Mediation Centre
Phone:
+65 62592460, 98854058
Email:
amarjit@asl-law.com.sg
Personal Experience
Amarjit Singh Sidhu’s passion is litigation. He is no stranger to the courts and has been commended for his advocacy skills. His extensive experience in Criminal Law and Family Law matters has won him plenty of admiration from clients, as well as his fellow professionals.
Amarjit Singh Sidhu is fluent in English, Hindi, Punjabi, and Malay.
Qualifications
Amarjit has extensive experience in Criminal Law from the early 1990’s as a Senior Officer with the Ministry of Home Affairs and subsequently, as a Prosecutor with the Attorney-General’s Chambers. Amarjit made regular court appearances and prosecuted offenders under the Penal Code; Misuse of Drugs Act; Prevention of Corruption Act and The Road Traffic Act, amongst others. Amarjit has vast experience in trial litigation.
Lecturing
Additionally, Amarjit has maintained a parallel career in academia, having lectured in Criminal Law and Law of Contract with the University of London’s external undergraduate programme. He has also taught Business Law at degree and post-graduate levels.
Areas of Practice
- Criminal Law
- Amarjit has conducted criminal trials at the High court for offences such as rape and several high profile matters such as commercial sex with an underage girl & statutory rape offences.
- He has appeared before the Appellate Court for a criminal appeal and acted for expatriate clients accused of committing criminal offences and has successfully secured withdrawal of charges or composition for them after representations were made to the Attorney-General’s Chambers.
- He has acted for clients charged with sexual offences, assaults on taxi-drivers, corruption offences, drink-driving, maid abuse, drug offences, white-collar offences and many more.
- Amarjit is the lawyer you want to appoint to deal with your criminal matters.
- Insurance Law
- He has advised major insurers on claims and compensation issues. In a previous established law firm, Amarjit had assisted in the area of Director and Officer (D&O) insurance.
- Family Law Amarjit has conducted numerous trials for Contested Divorces, Personal Protection Orders, Spousal/Child Maintenance, Access and Custody issues, Committal Proceedings and Ancillary Matters. He has conducted Nullity proceedings and Appeals at the High Court. Amarjit is caring, empathetic and passionate in getting the best outcome for his clients. Amarjit also has had considerable success at Mediation.
- Coroner’s Inquiry
- Amarjit was in a team of five lawyers that had conduct of the Coroner’s Inquiry into the death of an American scientist in 2013.
- Amarjit was also part of a team that was in the Coroner’s Inquiry to determine the cause of death of an American woman who fell off from the Swissotel.
- Civil/Commercial Law Amarjit has had conduct of landlord-tenancy disputes at the High Court. He has acted for clients in contractual disputes at the High Court. He has also acted for shareholders in their disputes with Directors of companies. Amarjit has had conduct of civil trials at the District and High Court.
- Corporate Law Venturing into the commercial world, Amarjit held concurrent positions as General Manager and In-house Counsel for an Australian asset management company. Adding to his business credentials, Amarjit has also ventured into the F&B industry in Singapore and the retail industry in Australia. Amarjit believes these enterprises have brought a depth of experience to his legal practice; thus allowing him to better identify with the needs of business clients.
- Court Martial
- Amarjit has defended SAF regulars and NSFs before the Court Martial.
Membership
- Member of the Law Society of Singapore
- Member of the Singapore Academy of Law
- Member of the Criminal Law Practice Committee of the Law Society of Singapore
- Member of CLAS (Criminal Legal Aid Scheme)
- Member of the British Chamber of Commerce
- Amarjit Singh Sidhu is on the Panel of Lawyers for several Embassies and Consulates in Singapore.
- Member of Singapore Mediation Centre
- Member of Singapore International Mediation Institute
Others
Amarjit Sidhu is also experienced in regulatory work, having advised clients on issues relating to the Securities and Futures Act, Banking Act, Insurance Act, and Moneylenders Act, including compliance and licensing issues.
Amarjit does give his time to doing Pro Bono work. He regularly represents pro bono clients in criminal matters and is a volunteer lawyer with the Law Society’s Criminal Legal Aid Scheme (CLAS)
Beyond his practice, Amarjit dedicates some of his spare time to charitable causes. Notable was his involvement in the production of a film in aid of the Yellow Ribbon Project. Clients will benefit from his passion professionalism unerring assessment of their cases and sound legal advice.
