Mr Bernard Doray
(Director)
Contact
DID: (65) 6394 7850
Main (65) 6899 9888
Email: bernarddoray@brllawcorp.com
Qualification
LLB (Hons), University of Singapore, 1976
Year of Admission
Singapore Bar, 1979
Areas of Practice
Administrative Law, Arbitration, Bankruptcy & Insolvency, Civil & Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities Law, Real Estate
Work Experience
Bernard heads the firm’s civil and commercial litigation practices.
He sat on the Subordinate Courts’ bench until 1982 when he entered legal practice. Since then, he has established a reputation as a redoubtable litigator, having litigated a wide spectrum of complex civil, commercial and administrative cases at both the trial and appellate levels. His cases have involved securities fraud, money lending transactions and contractual matters.
Many of Bernard’s cases have made their way into the law reports as well as the local press. Among these cases, Bernard has prevailed against a member of the stock exchange in Lee Kam Wah v Associated Asian Securities (Pte) Ltd [1991] 3 MLJ 286 and a leading local bank in Justlogin Pte Ltd and Another v Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd and Another [2004] 1 SLR 118.
Others
Bernard served on the Law Society Cross Border and Multi-Disciplinary Sub-Committees as well as the International Relations Committee. He also tutors regularly in the Post-Graduate Law Course for law graduates and is a sub-committee member of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and Singapore Institute of Directors. He was an independent director of a publicly listed company and also holds non-executive board appointments of several privately held companies.
Reported cases
Law Society of Singapore v Tham Kok Leong Thomas [2006] 1 SLR 775
Cheah Geok Tuan (alias Seah Geok Tuan) and Another v Lie Khin Sin and Another [2006] 1 SLR 340
Justlogin Pte Ltd and Another v Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd and Another [2004] 1 SLR 118
De Souza Lionel Jerome v Attorney General [1993] 1 SLR 882
Associated Asian Securities Pte Ltd (in liquidation) v Lee Kam Wah [1993] 1 SLR 585
Lee Kam Wah v Associated Asian Securities (Pte) Ltd [1991] 3 MLJ 286
Abdul Rahim Rajudin v The Law Society of Singapore [1991] SLR 1
Re Abdul Rahim Rajudin [1988] SLR 907
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