Doris Chia is a strategic advisor and skilled litigator with expertise in civil & commercial litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution, defamation law, contract law, contentious probate, company law, property law and other areas of law. Doris is currently a Special Counsel in Premier Law LLC. 

Doris has appeared before the Singapore Court of Appeal, the High Court and the State Court for a wide variety of cases, some of which were landmark legal decisions in Singapore.

With more than 30 years of experience in civil and commercial litigation work, Doris’ strength is in providing strategic legal advice to a diverse range of clients to help them achieve their goals. Doris has given legal advice to and acted for multinational corporations (MNCs), small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and individuals. She has clients from Singapore, India, People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Australia, France and the USA. 

Doris is widely recognized as a leading litigator and authority on defamation law in Singapore. Doris has authored four legal textbooks so far: “Defamation: Principles and Procedure in Singapore and Malaysia” (1st edition, 2016 Ed, LexisNexis) and  (2nd Ed, 2024 and 1st Ed 2016, LexisNexis), Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore Volume 8(2A) – Defamation (1st edition, 2020 Ed, Lexis Nexis) and “Evans on Defamation in Singapore and Malaysia” (3rd edition, 2008 Ed, LexisNexis). These defamation textbooks have been cited in various court judgments in Singapore and Malaysia including the Federal Court of Malaysia and the Singapore Court of Appeal. Her views on defamation are regularly sought by the media and she has been quoted by The Straits Times, Today, The New Paper and Channel News Asia. Doris conducts training workshops for journalists and editors for major news agencies several times a year. Doris is always in demand as a speaker for talks both in Singapore and Malaysia.

Defamation textbooks written by Doris Chia