Justice Christopher Tan

Justice Christopher Tan Pheng Wee was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 1 October 2023 and appointed Judge of the High Court on 1 August 2025; he is concurrently the Presiding Judge of the State Courts.

Justice Tan joined the Legal Service in 1999 as a Justices’ Law Clerk. In 2001, he joined the then Subordinate Courts as a Magistrate and subsequently as a District Judge. Since 2003, he has served in various capacities in the Legal and Judicial Services, having conducted prosecutions in the Attorney General’s Chambers as well as enforcement and regulatory work in the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Competition Commission of Singapore.

In 2014, he returned to the Judiciary, serving first as a Senior Assistant Registrar in the Supreme Court and subsequently as a District Judge in the Criminal Justice Division of the State Courts. He was appointed Registrar of the State Courts in 2020 and was concurrently appointed as the Deputy Presiding Judge of the State Courts in 2022.

Justice Tan was awarded The Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2011.