Roderick Martin, SC
- Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court (1972 – 1975)
- Magistrate, Subordinate Courts (1973 – 1976)
- Deputy Registrar, Subordinate Courts (1975 – 1976)
- Registrar, Subordinate Courts (1976)
- Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court (1976 – 1978)
- Registrar of the Supreme Court (1978 – 1986)
- Senior Partner, Ramdas & Wong (1986 – 1992)
- Senior Partner, Martin & Partners (1993 – 2016)
- Senior Partner, Head of Practice, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, RHTLaw Asia (2016 – 2022)
- Senior Partner, Martin & Partners LLP (2022 – Present)
With his wealth of knowledge and experience, Roderick has accepted appointments enabling him to contribute to the nurturing, development and regulation of legal practice in Singapore. Of particular note were his appointments as tutor in Civil Procedure at the Law Faculty of the University of Singapore (from 1976 – 1982), lecturer in Civil Procedure for the Practical Postgraduate Law Course (from 1982 – 1989), and member of the Supreme Court Rules Committee (from 1989 to 2006).
Present
- Panel of Presidents, Disciplinary Tribunal under the Legal Profession Act (2011 – present)
- Senior Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre (2021 – present)
- Panel of Disciplinary Tribunal Chairman, Singapore Medical Council (2022 – present)
Former
- Tutor, Civil Procedure, Law Faculty of the University of Singapore (1976 – 1982)
- Lecturer, Civil Litigation, Practical Postgraduate Course (1982 – 1989)
- Co-ordinator and lecturer, Civil Procedure, Practical Postgraduate Course (1991)
- Member, Committee on the Legal Profession Act, Law Society of Singapore (1987 – 1988)
- Member, Legal Workshop & Continuing Education Committee, Law Society of Singapore (1987 – 1988)
- Member, Legal Services Review Committee, Law Society of Singapore (1987 – 1988)
- Member, Legal Education Committee, Academy of Law (1989 – 1991)
- Member, Panel of Accredited Arbitrators, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (1991 – 2006)
- Member, Supreme Court Rules Committee (1989 – 2006)
- Member, Inquiry Panel (1989 – 1997)
- Panel of Chairpersons, Disciplinary Committee (1997 – 2008)
- Panel of Advocates & Solicitors, Disciplinary Tribunal (2008 – 2011)
- Dispute Resolution and Compensation Panel (Arbitration Panel), National Electricity Market of Singapore (2018 – 2020)
- Principal Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre (2012 – 2021
Ad Hoc Arbitration under the Arbitration Act (2020) – Successfully acted on behalf of a law firm against their professional indemnity insurers
- HC/CM 78/2015 – Acted for Mr Yak Yew Chee, former managing director of BSI, in a criminal motion to successfully have monies remitted to his client from overseas without seizure by the Commercial Affairs Department
- Li Siu Lun v Looi Kok Poh and Another [2015] 4 SLR 667 – successfully acted on behalf a patient in claiming S$250,000 against a surgeon at Gleneagles Hospital for a botched operation
- Ma Kar Sui Anthony and others v Yap Sing Lee and another appeal [2018] SGHC 30 – Succeeded on appeal in a defamation claim and overturning a counterclaim, acting for a MCST against a sole proprietor in an apartment complex
- Qilin World Capital Ltd v CPIT Investments Ltd and another appeal [2018] 2 SLR
- Qilin World Capital Ltd v CPIT Investments Ltd and another appeal [2018] SGCA (I) 4
First ever successful cross-appeal from the SICC to the Court of Appeal over a matter relating to a non-recourse loan of shares listed on the Hong Kong Growth Enterprise Market Index; Landmark case on costs to be awarded in the SICC
- Ng Kong Yeam (suing by Ling Towi Sing (alias Ling Chooi Seng) and others) v Kay Swee Pin and another [2019] SGHC 219
- Ng Kong Yeam (suing by Ling Towi Sing (alias Ling Chooi Seng) and others) v Kay Swee Pin [2020] 2 SLR 523; [2020] SGCA 5
Acted for the committee of the estate of a non compos mentis individual against his mistress and her daughter.
- Singapore Airlines Ltd v CSDS Aircraft Sales & Leasing Inc [2019] SGHCR 8
- Singapore Airlines Ltd v CSDS Aircraft Sales & Leasing Inc [2020] 5 SLR 221
- Singapore Airlines Ltd v CSDS Aircraft Sales & Leasing Inc [2021] 5 SLR 26
Successfully acted on behalf of an aircraft broker against a national carrier in having a default judgment set aside in relation to a claim of approximately US$6.25 million; successfully transferred the matter to the SICC
- Uday Mehra v L Capital Asia Advisors and others [2022] SGHC 23
- LLB (Hons), University of Singapore
- LLM, University College London, University of London
- LLM, Girton College, University of Cambridge