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Kan Ting Chiu
Singaporean judge

Kan Ting Chiu

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National University of Singapore
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Kan Ting Chiu (simplified Chinese: 简廷照; traditional Chinese: 簡廷照; pinyin: Jiǎn Tíng Zhào) is a former Judgein the Supreme Court. Kan retired as a Judge on 27 August 2011 at the age of 65.

Kan received his Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws from the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) in 1970 and 1988 respectively. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore in 1973. He joined the Singapore Legal Service in 1970 and was appointed State Counsel at the Attorney-General's Chambers. From 1974 to 1976, he served both as a Magistrate and a Senior Magistrate in the Subordinate Courts. Kan went into private practice from 1976 to 1991, where he was successively a partner in the law firms of Hilborne & Co, RCH Lim & Co and Low Yeap & Co. He was appointed as Judicial Commissioner on 2 May 1991, and a Judge of the Supreme Court on 2 May 1994.

During his judicial tenure, Kan has made outstanding contributions to the Supreme Court and legal profession. He was a Council Member of the Law Society of Singapore from 1983 to 1984. From 1993 to 2005, he was a member of the Board of Legal Education, a body which provided for the training and examination of law graduates seeking admission to the Singapore Bar. Since 1999, Kan has also served as Chairman of the Singapore Academy of Law's Legal Heritage Committee.

Kan was the judge in the trials of Van Tuong Nguyen and Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, both for drug-trafficking, which resulted in both of their executions by hanging.

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