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Hu Huimin

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Huimin is a Partner with the firm’s Dispute Resolution team and Family Law team. She graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2011 from the prestigious Double Degree Programme in Law and Business Administration. She was conferred an LLB (Hons) and a BBA (Hons). Huimin was called to the Singapore bar in 2012.

Huimin is an experienced litigator and a keen advocate . She has been involved in various civil trials and hearings before the State Courts, the High Court and the Court of Appeal of Singapore in a wide range of matters. As a believer in alternative dispute resolution, Huimin is an SMC Accredited Mediator and a SMC Certified Family Mediator

Huimin also has a specialised focus in private client and family-related matters. This includes advising on pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, high net-worth financial settlements arising out of divorce and relationship breakdown, interim financial applications, complex discovery applications and disputes involving children. She has considerable experience in high value divorces involving non-disclosure of assets, cross-jurisdiction assets and multi-million dollars assets. She has also acted for clients before the Family Justice Courts and the Supreme Court in both contentious and non-contentious probate matters, deputyship applications, divorce proceedings, ancillary matters, custody and maintenance issues. While she has considerable experience in complex litigation, she has also facilitated the resolution of many cases through private settlement and mediation.

Huimin’s cross-disciplinary knowledge and skills in business and law have provided her with a competitive edge. She has the capability to provide a unique mix of complementary services and she regularly advises clients on employment matters and other business-related disputes. She is effective in representing clients in commercial disputes and particularly, in handling shareholder disputes. She is very adept at handling issues relating to the division of business assets in matrimonial proceedings.

Huimin believes strongly that access to justice should be made available to all segments of society. As an assigned solicitor of the Legal Aid Bureau, Huimin has acted for legally aided clients in court proceedings.

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Dispute Resolution

With the global landscape presenting a wealth of opportunities and an equal measure of difficulties in navigating relationships with stakeholders, it is inevitable that disputes will arise in the course

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Estate Planning

Estate and succession planning can be described as the art of planning

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Mental Capacity Act Advisory

‘The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) was passed in parliament in 2008. It

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Employment Disputes

At CNPLaw, we recognise that employment disputes will affect our clients’ lives

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General Litigation

Our general litigation practice is primarily business-oriented and involves most types of civil

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Matrimonial And Family Disputes

When it comes to handling matters related to matrimonial and family issues, our team of lawyers has the necessary expertise and sensitivity to navigate

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Probate

Losing a loved one is never easy and as the legal process of obtaining the Court’s grant to administer the estate of your loved one differs depending whether the person

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Wills And Trusts

Having a will enables one to go further than just providing for

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Charities And Philanthropy

We believe that philanthropy is an important part of wealth and legacy

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NOTABLE CASES

• Acted for a Plaintiff in an 8 days’ trial to seek revocation of the Grant of Probate and to seek a determination on the validity of Wills executed by the deceased mother

• Successfully acted for the 3rd Plaintiff in a contested deputyship application under the Mental Capacity Act in WLR and another v WLT and another and other matters [2023] SGHCF 24

• Acted for Plaintiff wife before the High Court (Family Division) in HCF/DT 3918/2019 in contested divorce and ancillary matters involving division of assets and family businesses across multiple jurisdictions exceeding S$20 million

• Acted for the Plaintiff wife in WEG v WEH [2022] SGFC 49 in divorce proceedings, ancillary matters and successfully defended the client against the Defendant husband’s application to set aside all the orders made by the Family Justice Courts.

• Acted for the Plaintiff wife in HCF/DT 1031/2020 before the High Court (Family Division) in obtaining consent orders over custody and access arrangements of two teenage children, maintenance issues and division of matrimonial assets.

• Successfully acted for a Respondent husband before the Court of Appeal in defending an appeal over the decision in TBZ v TCA [2017] SGHCF 18

• Acted for a foreign wife and successfully obtained a stay of divorce proceedings in Singapore in favour of court proceedings in a foreign jurisdiction.

• Acted for beneficiaries of a deceased’s estate in contentious probate proceedings to compel the distribution of the deceased’s estate

• Acted for the Plaintiff in Darcet Pte Ltd v Schweizer Energy Production Singapore Pte Ltd and others [2020] SGHC 22 before the High Court in an 8-days trial to claim sums invested in a failed joint venture

• Successfully acted for a Third Party to defend a claim for sums paid out of a bank account in a breach of mandate and a claim for unjust enrichment in Lo Man Heng and another v UBS AG (Yap Loo Mien, third party) [2014] SGHC 134

• Acted for the Plaintiff husband in Giuseppe De Giosa v Shirin Carmel Marie Jacob [2015] SGFC 29 and in the appeal before the Family Division of the High Court

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Huimin authors publications that guide readers about specific areas of the law. Read on to find out more.

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Dementia and the law: common legal issues faced by caregivers of dementia patients
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COVID-19 and its effect on maintenance obligations
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Newly introduced fast-track application for the appointment of Deputies and the making of a Lasting Power of Attorney under the Mental Capacity Act
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Implications arising from “Decoupling” a property
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Beyond the Four Walls of the Employment Contract – Good Faith, Fidelity and Fiduciary Duties
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The Enforceability of a Forfeiture-for-Competition clause in an Employment Contract
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