Judith Prakash

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rdf:langString Judith Prakash

rdf:langString Judith Prakash

rdf:langString Goh Chok Tong

rdf:langString Judith Evelyn de Cruz

rdf:langString Singaporean

rdf:langString Judge of the Supreme Court

rdf:langString Judicial Commissioner of Singapore

rdf:langString Judge of Appeal of the Court of Appeal

rdf:langString Judith Evelyn Jyothi Prakash (born 19 December 1951) is a Singaporean judge in the Supreme Court. She was appointed a permanent Judge of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Singapore on 1 August 2016, the first woman to hold this post. During her time on the bench, she was also Judge of the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts, where she heard appeal matters. Prior to her appointment to the bench, she was a partner specialising in shipping and commercial law in Drew & Napier. 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. 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.