Darryl joined Covenant Chambers in 2022, with dispute resolution as his primary area of practice.
He firmly believes in being a peacemaker and pursuing excellence in his advocacy before the court, arbitrator or mediator. He believes in providing his clients with prompt cost-efficient solutions by coupling an intimate knowledge of the law with a sensitive appreciation of each client’s unique needs.
Darryl’s practice covers a diverse range of contentious and non-contentious matters, including corporate and commercial disputes, family and probate matters, and insolvency law.
In particular, his experience includes multi-jurisdictional commercial and employment disputes and high-value estate disputes.
Acting for a multi-million dollar company in a claim against a director, his wife and their companies for breach of fiduciary duties, dishonest assistance and conspiracy to injure. Successfully acted for our client in a specific discovery application where the High Court held in [2023] SGHC 10 that marital communications privilege cannot assist a litigant to resist disclosure of what he communicated to his or her spouse.
Represented a shareholder in a corporate dispute against a former company director in a leading business in refrigerated transportation, arising from various breaches of fiduciary duties.
Represented an investor in a commercial dispute, involving a transnational investment agreement pertaining to a subject matter located in the Republic of Indonesia.
Advised in a medical negligence claim against a major hospital in Singapore
Assisted in a creditor’s voluntary winding up of a holding company and its two subsidiaries.
Successfully obtained a novel application for a grant pendente lite for a client embroiled in estate litigation proceedings, in XBW v XBX and another [2024] SGHCF 30.
Assisted Senior Counsel in two suits arising from the same multi-party dispute over an estate valued at more than SGD 50 million, eventuating in a mediated settlement agreement in the Singapore International Mediation Centre.
Acted for an ex-employee against an employer for unlawful termination of an employment agreement, involving a claim for unpaid remuneration in the form of both fiat currency and cryptocurrency tokens.
Assisted in a multi-jurisdictional employment dispute, involving the question of enforcement of Singaporean judgements in foreign jurisdictions.
Acted for an ex-employee in an employment dispute, involving the enforcement of restraint of trade clauses in the commodity trading industry.
Advised on the wrongful termination of an agreement to engage the client as a developer of a cryptocurrency protocol under the Solana blockchain.