Joshua is a litigator actively developing his craft in criminal and civil litigation. He regularly appears for trials and hearings in the State Courts and High Court of Singapore. His criminal practice involves representing clients starting from the investigation stages up till the plead guilty stage and/or trial for a broad range of offences spanning the whole gamut of the Penal Code (including sexual offences, property-related offences, offences involving obstructing against public justice, hurt offences), Securities and Futures Act (market manipulation/unauthorized trading), Prevention of Corruption Act, Misuse of Drugs Act, Trade Marks Act, Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act, Road Traffic Act, and other criminal related matters. Joshua also regularly represents youth offenders below 21 years of age and is experienced in arguing for community-based sentences such as probation, reformative training, day reporting orders and short detention orders in community court proceedings.

His civil practice involves complex trust disputes, contractual disputes, construction-related claims, corporate disputes, torts disputes and bankruptcy-related disputes.

Reported Cases

• Public Prosecutor v Lio Junlong [2020] SGDC 53
• Public Prosecutor v GFE [2023] SGDC 8
• Public Prosecutor v Sia Poh Hwa [2023] SGMC 11

Relevant Experience

• Lead counsel for a white collar criminal trial with 25 witnesses where the Prosecution brought cheating charges for sums of over S$2.5 million involving a fraudulent scheme affecting various local and foreign banks.
• Successfully led a High Court suit representing a local painter for the recovery of one hundred and thirteen (113) paintings which was in wrongful possession of an art gallery.
• Lead counsel for a civil trial involving asset recovery claims for loan agreements, fraudulent misrepresentation and breaches of trust.
• Lead counsel for for a criminal case involving the novel legal area of incest with no reported precedents.
• Lead counsel for a road traffic matter involving the tendering of an accident reconstruction expert report.
• Lead counsel for a High Court application involving legal issues of trust law and illegality on a S$5 million asset.