"'Receptive, flexible' Philip Fong is the standout figure at Harry Elias Partnership, which has a strong construction bent to its litigation practice. The firm successfully defended a leading international developer on a SGD17.7million claim by one of its main contractors, and also acted for one of the defendants in the Raffles Town Club dispute."
-  The Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2009/2010)

"HEP offers a strong dispute resolution practice with a heavy emphasis on commercial and civil litigation."
- The Guide to Asia-Pacific's Leading Law Firms 2010

“Harry Elias Partnership receives a steady flow of arbitration instructions.”
- The Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2008/2009)

“Philip Fong is the star name and leader of Harry Elias Partnership’s sizeable and diverse practice.”
- The Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2008/2009)

“The (Dispute Resolution Practice Group) is skilled at advising on securities laws, property disputes and general commercial and corporate disputes.”
- The Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2008/2009)

“Alongside his impressive criminal defence practice, (Philip) Fong also acts as prosecuting counsel for professional associations or bodies.”
- Who’s Who Legal (October 2007)

“Harry Elias SC…reputation as a “consummate professional”..."
- Who’s Who Legal (October 2007)

Harry Elias Partnership’s reputation as one of the few truly leading litigation practice in Singapore is unquestioned. With a Senior Counsel and a number of litigation Partners supported by a team of experienced and dynamic lawyers and paralegals, we have a formidable litigation practice group, whose clients include prominent individuals, banks, financial institutions and corporations, both local and international.

Litigation was the main practice of the Firm when it was founded and remains a key practice today, even though the Firm has grown into a multi-disciplinary practice. Our expertise and experience include advising on the following:

• contractual disputes
• construction disputes
• land disputes
• banking and financial disputes
• tortious disputes including medical and professional negligence
• defamation
• corporate litigation
• minority oppression
• Companies Act applications
• judicial review

Some of the landmark cases that we have been involved in are as follows:

Cases

• Harry Elias Partnership LLP acted for Janus Corporate Solutions Pte. Ltd ("Janus"), a LEADING provider of secretarial and other corporate services in Singapore, in successfully setting aside an injunction obtained against them which had required Janus to remove marketing materials it had published on the internet. The substantive claim involved allegations of defamation, conspiracy, unfair trading and inducement of breach of contract.
  
  
• Harry Elias Partnership LLP successfully defended Raffles Town Club’s two founding shareholders, Mr. Lawrence Ang and Mr. William Tan in a High Court suit commenced by the Raffles Town Club Pte Ltd(“RTC”). The suit involved a multitude of claims including allegations of breaches of fiduciary duties, circumvention of sections 162 and 403 of the Companies Act, conspiracy, misfeasance and misapplication of RTC's funds. The trial of the suit lasted 82 hearing days, the longest civil trial in the history of Singapore. RTC's claims were dismissed in their entirety by the High Court. This latest suit adds to the Firm's growing list of the Practice of Firsts.
  
  
• Harry Elias Partnership successfully acted for a number of minority subsidiary proprietors who objected to the SGD500 million collective sale of the condominium development, Horizon Towers.  The Singapore Court of Appeal reversed the earlier decisions of the Strata Titles Board and the Singapore High Court, and allowed the appeal by the minority represented by the Firm.  This landmark decision, not only marks the first time that the Court of Appeal has decided in favour of minority owners in a disputed en bloc sale in Singapore, but also set out the extent of the duties of a sales committee and the responsibility of the Strata Titles Board in an en bloc transaction.
  
  
• Acted for the Republic of Philippines and the Philippine National Bank in an interpleader action instituted in the High Court of Singapore. The subject matter of the interpleader was the sum of approximately USD25 million allegedly embezzled by the former President of the Republic of Philippines, Ferdinand E. Marcos, during his reign. One of the issues here was whether the Republic of Philippines could assert state immunity in respect of the funds.
  
  
• Advising Schroeder Venture Asia Pacific Fund in respect of a dispute relating to their investments in Aman Resorts.
  
  
• Acted for the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) in prosecuting Professor Shorvon for, amongst other charges, not acting in the best interest of patients, failure to obtain ethic approvals for various tests carried out on patients suffering from Parkinson’s Disease and breach of patients’ rights to medical confidentiality. The Firm also acted subsequently for the SMC in Judicial Review proceedings in the United Kingdom against the UK General Medical Council with regards to Professor Shorvon’s case.
  
  
• Acted for Gaelic Inns Pte Ltd in a suit against their external auditors in relation to professional negligence, one of the few of its kind in Singapore, which set the benchmark for auditors’ responsibilities in Singapore.
  
  
• Acted for Komoco Motors Pte Ltd in its application for judicial review (one of the rare judicial review decisions in Singapore) of a decision by the Land Transport Authority to levy a further additional registration fee on imported vehicles.
  
  
• Acted for Digilandmall.com Pte Ltd in its defence against claims by several purchasers of printers which were mistakenly under-priced on an e-commerce website. This case set the law of unilateral mistake in contract in Singapore.