Direct Access Barrister
John Ooi Tzu Sheng
Direct Access Barrister
John Ooi Tzu Sheng
John regularly represents clients including individuals and businesses in Court for matters of his practice areas at all stages of the proceedings, ranging from the preliminary stage of costs and case management conferences, directions hearings, interim applications, disposal hearings, and possession hearings to trials and appeal hearings.
John is well-versed with the relevant procedural rules of his practice areas and has been highly rated by his clients. John has been described as having good judgment and on top of his brief by fellow legal professionals.
Area of Law
Business and Corporate
John accepts instructions to provide legal advice and drafting services including drafting documents including agreements for share acquisition, business investment, and asset purchase etc. John can be instructed to review agreements on behalf of businesses to advise on the legal risk of potential transactions.
- Contractual disputes between businesses
- Breach of fiduciary duties owed including breach of director's duties
- Breach of duties owed towards third parties/employees
- Claims involving unpaid debt/payment
Chancery
John accepts instruction to deal with wide-ranging chancery matters, including but not limited to:
- Trusts (express and implied trusts) and beneficial interests of property/assets
- Tracing assets which were disposed of unlawfully
- Breach of fiduciary duties by trustees
- Injunctive relief
Commercial
John accepts instructions in commercial disputes between businesses (B2B) and matters between consumers and businesses (B2C) such as:
- Disputes on contract/contractual interpretation
- Debt recovery
- Sale of goods and/or services
- Consumer Rights Act 2015
- Disputes involving defective goods/unsatisfactory services
Employment and Pensions
John accepts instructions from businesses/employers, employees and Trade Unions in employment matters at all stages, including but not limited to drafting ET1/ET3 and representations at Tribunals for:
- Discrimination claims (racial, disability, age, religion/belief, gender)
- Unfair dismissal claims (including summary dismissal)
- Constructive dismissal claims
- Collective redundancy claims
- Harassment claims
- Unpaid wages including holiday pay
- Breach of employer's duties to consult Trade Union prior to collective redundancy (Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992)
John also accepts instructions from businesses/employers to advise and assist businesses in their responses to grievances, DSAR requests and impending employment claims by employees.
John also accepts instructions to draft internal policies and documents for businesses/employers, including employees' handbook, complaint procedures, grievance procedures etc.
Family
John has a busy practice in family law and regularly accepts instructions in matrimonial finance matters, private children law matters and non-molestation hearings, including:
Matrimonial finances
- Financial remedies following domestic or international divorce
- Interim maintenance order
Children
- Child Arrangement Order (CAO) (to live with/spend time with the child)
- Prohibited Steps Order (to prevent removal of child from care or jurisdiction, etc)
- Specific Issue Order (on matters involving the children, such as name change/change of school)
- Parental Responsibility
- Special Guardianship Order
- Domestic abuse
- Child abduction
- Parental alienation
Between partners/former partners
- Non-Molestation Orders (NMO)
- Occupation Orders
Insolvency and Restructuring
- Personal insolvency/bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy petitions
- Corporate insolvency
- Winding up petitions
Landlord and Tenant
John accepts instructions in landlord and tenant matters involving commercial and residential properties.
- Possession claims
- Claims to recover unpaid rents
- Relief from forfeiture
- Application to enter/re-enter property
- Applications to suspend eviction
- Applications to enforce contractual terms of lease
- Claims involving dilapidations/disrepair of the properties
- Claims involving trespass to properties
- Claims involving adverse possession
- Rent Repayment Orders
Personal Injury
John accepts instructions to advise claimants and defendants on the liability and quantum of impending claims.
John also accepts instructions to represent claimant or defendant in Court for matters involving:
- Personal injury claims including road traffic accidents, accidents at work, accidents at public places.
- Defending applications for fundamental dishonesty
- Disposal hearings
Property
John accepts instructions to deal with matters involving:
- Trust of lands (express/ implied trust)
- Leases
- Easement
- Boundary disputes
- Trespass and/or nuisance disputes between neighbours
- Landlord and tenant matters
- Possession proceedings
What sort of work do I do?
John can be instructed to provide legal advice , drafting services as well as to represent clients, at Court in all stages of proceedings relevant to his practice area.
John pays attention to details and is a persuasive advocate. John has been known to be approachable and very client-focused.
Who do I work for?
John represents a range of clients, including individuals and businesses. John accepts instructions via direct access and through solicitors.