Miss Celia Tan Yin Fong read her law degree at University of Northumbria at Newcastle, United Kingdom and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (LL.B(Hons)). She is a Barrister-at-Law of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn since 2005 and was subsequently called to the Malaysian Bar on 13th July, 2006. She joined Messrs Ngeh & Co. (Ipoh Branch) as Partner in year 2019. In the year 2021, she joined Messrs Low and Partners as a Principal Associates.

She has served on the Perak Bar Committee since 2017, during which she chaired the Social Committee (2018-2019), the Publicity / IT Committee (2020-2021), and the Conveyancing Committee (2017-2018, and 2022-present). Furthermore, she serves as a committee member for the Bar Council Conveyancing Practice Committee (CPC) for the 2023-2026/2027 term. Whilst she is practising primarily as a litigation as well as conveyancing lawyer handling an extensive range of matters including :-

a. Civil & Corporate Litigation
b. Family Law and Matrimonial Disputes
c. Contentious and Non-contentious Probate proceedings
d. Partnership Disputes
e. Land Recovery

Her area of practice also involves Conveyancing matters related to sale and purchase agreement, banking documentation, drafting of will and trust and Cooperate matters which includes but not limited to shareholders agreement and partnership agreement. She is committed in her work and believes that “the energy of the mind is the essence of the life.”

NOTABLE CASES/ TRANSACTIONS

Court of Appeal:

  • Represented on encroachment of land located in Taiping worth more than RM600,000.00.
  • Represented clients on various appeal from High Court to Court of Appeal dealing with goods sold and delivered.

High court and lower court

  • Eviction of squatters: Represented a Developer to evict squatters on land purchased for development.
  • Assisted in claiming for fraudulent gold investment trading for a value of more than RM1,500,00.00, Represented a well-known company against multiple claims on illegal gold trading with a total combined claim of more than RM1,000,000.00