Amendments to the Legal Profession Act (Cap 161), in April of
this year, make it slightly easier for foreign senior counsel to
appear in the Singapore courts on an ad hoc basis.
An application to appear has to be made to the requisite court.
The grounds of that application were only recently considered in
the Singapore High Court decision of Re Andrews Geraldine Mary QC
[2012] SGHC 229. The grounds are that the lawyer is a Queen's
Counsel or holds an equivalent appointment in any jurisdiction,
they do not ordinarily reside in Singapore or Malaysia and that
they have special qualifications or experience for the purpose of
the case. When considering the application the court held that it
shall consider (1) the nature of the factual and legal issues in
the case, (2) the necessity for the services of the foreign senior
counsel, (3) the availability of any senior counsel or other
advocate and solicitor with appropriate experience and (4) whether,
having regard to the
