Darrell is a Director of Arthur, Darrell & Jing LLC in its Dispute Resolution department. He has been an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore since 2006 and a Solicitor of England and Wales since 2008.

He has argued trials, applications and appeals at every level of the Singapore courts, in civil and criminal matters, and appears in institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. He also sits as sole arbitrator in ICC references. His practice covers commercial and civil disputes, restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy, construction, leasing and tenancy, employment, intellectual property, and contentious private wealth and succession work. His clients are multinational and listed companies, foreign and Singapore law firms, and high net worth individuals.

Much of his standing rests on work done for the profession rather than for clients. He is Principal Examiner at the Singapore Institute of Legal Education and Co Vice-Chairperson of the Law Society’s Advocacy Committee, sits on its Admissions Committee and Inquiry Panel, and is a member of the Singapore Medical Council’s Complaints Committee. He is a Contributing Editor of Singapore Civil Procedure. He previously convened the Law Society’s Practice Training Advocacy Course and tutored Trial Advocacy and International Commercial Arbitration at the National University of Singapore, and has run advocacy training in Australia, Brunei, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Scotland and South Africa.

The practical effect for a client is that he runs his own matters rather than supervising them from a distance. The person who knows the file is the person who answers the phone.

Experience

• Attorney-General v Shanmugam Manohar and another [2025] 1 SLR 189. Acted as counsel for the Law Society of Singapore on a review before the Court of Appeal of a Disciplinary Tribunal’s decision, which clarified the statutory role and function of the Tribunal
• BUV v BUU and another and another matter [2020] 3 SLR 1041. Acted for the applicant son in proceedings under the Mental Capacity Act, in which his mother was found to lack capacity and to have been unduly influenced, and her will and power of attorney were set aside
• Amutha Valli d/o Krishnan v Titular Superior of the Redemptorist Fathers in Singapore and others [2009] 2 SLR(R) 1091. Acted in High Court proceedings arising from a religious rite conducted at a church, raising claims in negligence, assault and false imprisonment

Other matters

• Sits as sole arbitrator in arbitrations under the ICC Rules
• Appears as counsel in institutional and ad hoc arbitrations, and in mediation
• Acts for the Law Society of Singapore before Disciplinary Tribunals, the High Court and the Court of Three Judges
• Restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy disputes
• Construction, leasing and tenancy disputes
• Employment and intellectual property disputes
• Contentious private wealth, succession and mental capacity matters

Education

• Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Second Class (Upper Division), National University of Singapore, 2005

Admissions and Appointments

• Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, 2006
• Solicitor of England and Wales, 2008
• Principal Examiner, Singapore Institute of Legal Education
• Co Vice-Chairperson, Advocacy Committee, Law Society of Singapore
• Member, Admissions Committee, Law Society of Singapore
• Member, Inquiry Panel, Law Society of Singapore
• Member, Complaints Committee, Singapore Medical Council
• Contributing Editor, Singapore Civil Procedure (Sweet & Maxwell)

Languages

• English, Mandarin and Malay for meetings
• English, Chinese and Malay for documents

Community

• Merits tester for Pro Bono SG, and a volunteer lawyer with the Catholic Lawyers Guild. Treasurer of the Singapore Management Committee of Catholic Junior College

Outside the Office

Darrell trains and runs marathons. He also bakes, mostly breads and pastries, which he notes is the only part of his week where the timing is entirely his own fault.