Sikh lawyer appointed judicial commissioner of Singapore’s SC
Dedar Singh Gill, a prominent Indian-origin intellectual property lawyer here has been appointed as a judicial commissioner of Singapore’s Supreme Court, the government said.
Gill, 59, has been appointed by President Halimah Yacob as the apex court’s judicial commissioner for a period of two years. Gill will be sworn in on August 3 and his appointment will be for a period of two years, a statement from the prime minister’s office said on Wednesday.
A graduate of National University of Singapore (1983), Gill was previously managing director of intellectual property department of the law firm Drew and Napier LLC, where he spent most of his career.
A lawyer with over 30 years of experience, he is one of Singapore’s top intellectual property (IP) litigators, representing corporate clients.
He is former president of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (Singapore Group) and was also appointed as deputy president of the Copyright Tribunal.
He is also a member of the Law Society of Singapore, the Singapore Academy of Law and the International Trademark Association. He will be the fourth judicial commissioner to be appointed since February.
With Gill’s appointment, the Supreme Court, headed by Indian-origin Chief Justice Sundresh Menon, will now have a total of 21 judges.