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Yuhui Ng

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Yuhui Ng Associate at Virtus Law

Contact details

Yuhui Ng

Yuhui Ng
Associate at Virtus Law

T: +65 6661 6526 M: +65 9126 5229 Email Yuhui | vCard Office: Singapore

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Yuhui is an associate at Virtus Law* and has extensive experience in advisory work and commercial dispute resolution. His focus includes maritime and shipping law, international trade, as well as insurance related disputes.
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Yuhui has advised and represented clients in both wet and dry shipping related matters, including but not limited to collisions, charterparty disputes, carriage of goods, and crew claims. He has also advised and represented various trading companies in international trade disputes, including but not limited to disputes arising out of sale and purchase contracts.

On top of representation within the Singapore Courts, Yuhui is also experienced in other forms of dispute resolution including mediation within the SMC and international arbitration under the SIAC, SCMA and LMAA rules, as well as ad-hoc arbitrations under the Singapore International Arbitration Act.

* Virtus Law LLP (T13LL0339K) and Stephenson Harwood LLP (T13LL0821C) are registered as a Formal Law Alliance in Singapore under the name Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance. Both firms are registered in Singapore under the Limited Liability Partnership Act (Chapter 163A) with limited liability. The term "partner" is used to refer to a member in one of the constituent law firms.

  • Marine and international trade
  • Shipping litigation
  • International arbitration
  • Shipping

Acted for a Chinese state-owned commodity trading company in one of the biggest shipping and insolvency litigation proceedings before the Singapore High Court.

Acted for a Singapore listed chemicals company in a demurrage dispute arising from a sale and purchase contract for ethane.

Advised various international commodities trading houses and assisted in the resolution of various disputes regarding international sale of goods and commodities sale and purchase contracts concluded on different bases under INCOTERMS. Such disputes include typical non-payment scenarios, force majeure situations, damage and/or contamination to cargo, LAYCAN and demurrage disputes and string / back-to-back contracts.

More: Marine and international trade

Successfully defended a seafarer employer before the Singapore High Court in the first Singapore decision to consider novel issues of law involving the overlap of the Maritime Labour Convention and Work Injury Compensation Act regimes. Full judgment is published in MTM Ship Management Pte Ltd v Devaswarupa and others [2022] SGHC 178.

Acted for ship owning companies in prosecuting and defending stay of proceedings and forum non conveniens applications arising out of vessel collisions.

Assisted in a claim by one of the world’s biggest commodities trading companies against a shipowner. Won on liability and matter was settled prior to the hearing at the Court of Appeal. Full judgment is published in Wilmar Trading Pte Ltd v Heroic Warrior Inc [2019] SGHC 143.

More: Shipping litigation

Acted for shipowners and charterers under instructions from their IG P&I Clubs insurers in various arbitration proceedings under the LMAA Rules.

Acted for a Malaysian trading company in a SIAC arbitration against a Singapore palm oil trading company under a sale and purchase contract for palm oil.

Acted for a vessel disponent owner in an ad-hoc arbitration under the International Arbitration Act against a voyage charterer for the recovery of losses in excess of US$1 million.

Acted for a shipowner in an SCMA arbitration against a slot charterer of a vessel in a dispute arising out of unsafe cargo leading to a fire on board a vessel.

More: International arbitration

Successfully defended a seafarer employer before the Singapore High Court in the first Singapore decision to consider novel issues of law involving the overlap of the Maritime Labour Convention and Work Injury Compensation Act regimes. Full judgment is published in MTM Ship Management Pte Ltd v Devaswarupa and others [2022] SGHC 178.

Acted for various claimants (including but not limited to shipowners, charterers, and cargo interests) in the arrest of various vessels in Singapore.

Acted for various parties in prosecuting and defending arbitration proceedings under the LMAA, SIAC, and the SCMA rules, as well as ad-hoc arbitration under the International Arbitration Act.

More: Shipping

  • International trade

Acted for a Chinese state-owned commodity trading company in one of the biggest shipping and insolvency litigation proceedings before the Singapore High Court.

Acted for a Singapore listed chemicals company in a demurrage dispute arising from a sale and purchase contract for ethane.

Advised various international commodities trading houses and assisted in the resolution of various disputes regarding international sale of goods and commodities sale and purchase contracts concluded on different bases under INCOTERMS. Such disputes include typical non-payment scenarios, force majeure situations, damage and/or contamination to cargo, LAYCAN and demurrage disputes and string / back-to-back contracts.

More: International trade

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