Areas of focus:
Most recently, Vicki was involved in the arrest of the barge (also a floating fish farm) the “ECOSPARK”. This arrest in turn gave rise to the High Court's decision in Vallianz Shipbuilding & Engineering Pte Ltd v Owner of the vessel “ECO SPARK” [2023] SGHC 353, a landmark decision which provided clarity as to the definition of a ship under Singapore admiralty laws.
She has commenced and defended legal proceedings and arbitral proceedings (including SIAC, HKIAC, LMAA and SCMA) for a Catalist-listed company in Singapore, involving multi-million-dollar ship purchase, shipbuilding, repair and conversion contracts and charter parties.
Vicki routinely advises on shareholder agreements and other contractual arrangements.
Vicki has also litigated shareholder disputes and minority oppression claims including contentious shareholder disputes spanning multiple actions. Her latest reported decision involving shareholder disputes is Chen Mingxing and others v Zhang Jian and others [2021] SGHC 3.
She has provided advice and representation on behalf of leading insurers in relation to property lines, accident and industrial claims, and also on group policies.
She routinely provides advice to companies and employees on their rights and obligations under Singapore law.
She has also assisted with the drafting of, and reviews of, employment contracts, retrenchment agreements etc
Vicki has provided advice and negotiated banking finance contracts and related agreements.
She has represented several foreign banks in relation to claims of fraud by their clients and successfully obtained injunctions against the removal of the fraudulent monies. Secured pre-action discovery to assist with the pursuit of the fraud claims.
She has also represented various clients claiming against their private banks for negligent advice and/or management of their accounts and successfully negotiated settlement.
Vicki has represented the Management Corporation Strata Title Plan, subsidiary proprietors and individual proprietors with respect to construction and renovation defects claims, and all manner of strata title related disputes. Notable cases include:
STB 23 of 2023 (represented the proprietors in a claim for alleged encroachment)
STB 29 of 2022 (successful defence of a water leak claim)
STB 24 of 2015 (represented the MCST in a claim for alleged failure to enforce the by-laws)
Vicki acted as lead counsel in the High Court decision of GDR and another v GDL and others [2022] SGHC 30, a case which involved the interpretation of a will that was heavily contested by the minor beneficiaries.
She has previously facilitated the administration of a contentious estate that spanned across 8 jurisdictions and oversaw the litigation in the other jurisdictions.