Tengku Nur Azura

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Tengku Nur Azura Binte Tuan Azman

Associate

Azura is an Associate at Chung Ting Fai & Co. She was admitted to the Singapore Bar in August 2024.

Her areas of practice include general dispute resolution through litigation, mediation, arbitration and commercial litigation as well as criminal defence. She is involved in a wide range of matters from contested probate matters, debt recovery, contractual disputes and family disputes.

Some notable cases that she has assisted in include:

  • A successful appeal in the High Court where the court held in favour of her client in a family dispute matter relating to mental capacity in executing wills.
  • A criminal defence matter involving a client facing drug trafficking charges under the Legal Assistance Scheme for Capital Offences (LASCO).
  • A complex probate and property dispute matter in the Singapore Courts involving initially self-represented parties with an extensive litigation history with related cases dating back to 1999.

She is also experienced in assisting clients in non-contentious matters such as:

  • Application for Deputyship under the Mental Capacity Act
  • Certificate Issuer for Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)
  • Application for Grant of Probate/Letter of Administration and Resealing of Foreign Grants
  • Drafting of Wills and Deed of Family Arrangement

Azura is fluent in English and Malay, and is also conversational in Japanese.

She recently attended a month-long training course in Chongqing, China conducted by the China-ASEAN Legal Research Centre of the Southwest University of Political Science and Law in December 2024 on “Diversified Commercial Dispute Settlement Mechanism in “Belt & Road” Region and Countries” whereby she represented Singapore as a participant, alongside other participants from the ASEAN region and Nepal.

Clients

Moot Court

2024 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court                                   02/2024                        
Judge
Beijing, China

2023 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court
10/2022-02/2023                        
Coach
London, United Kingdom

2020 Shandong Province Moot Court
05/2020-07/2020
Member of Proposition Group
Shandong Province, China

2020 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court
09/2019-03/2020
Counsel                                                 
Hainan Province, China              

2019 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court
09/2018-02/2019
Counsel
Yunnan Province, China                                          

  • Won the national first prize.

Research

Visual Analysis of Standard Sentencing Under the Leniency System of Guilty Plea
10/2018-09/2020

Team leader; Supervised by Professor Liu Jun                                                  

  • The research was awarded as the top 100 research by research of China. The team was elected as an excellent team in 2019.
  • The dissertation was published in Journal of Legal Practice.

Skills

  • Language: Mandarin (Native), English (Fluent)
  • Professional Skills: Qualified Chinese Lawyer