Heeqmah graduated from the University of Birmingham, UK with a Second-Upper in Bachelor of Laws and was called to the Singapore bar in May 2019.
 
She began her legal stint in the criminal department of a firm as a trainee. She has defended accused persons for both white collar as well as blue collar crimes. Heeqmah has worked on an array of cases, including divorce (both in the Family Justice Courts as well as in the Syariah Court), probate and letters of administration, construction disputes, bankruptcy, and personal injury claims. Within a year of getting called to the Bar, Heeqmah acted as 1st chair in a civil claim trial. She has since led trial for several matters. 

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In 2019, she worked in an international legal setting in Dubai where she gained understanding and experience in arbitration, mainly in construction disputes, as well as in corporate work, where she worked under the guidance of a Queen’s Counsel and several legal practitioners from different jurisdictions.

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Presently, she is also a volunteer at the Legal Aid Bureau and Criminal Legal Aid Scheme.

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COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

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• Xia Zheng v Lee King Anne [2021] SGHC 199

• M JETS INTERNATIONAL SDN. BHD. V AIR SAFA PTE LTD (& Others)​

• ALL INDIA SUPERMART PTE LTD v INDIAN SUPERMARKET PTE LTD & Anor

• ​Royal’s Engineering & Trading (S) Pte. Ltd. v Sintech Mechanical & Electrical Services Pte. Ltd. [2022] SGDC 3

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CRIMINAL - DISPOSAL INQUIRY

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• 1st chaired a 3-way disposal inquiry. Conducted cross-examination of witnesses and claimants.

• Successfully attained favourable outcome for client, a dormant company, in the disposal inquiry against competing claim by insurance company.

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CRIMINAL MATTER

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• PP v ZYV

  • Made substantive submission and successfully argued for Mandatory Treatment Order for client

  • Client was charged under section 453(1)(a) of Penal Code for being armed with parang, Section 426 Penal Code for committing mischief by bending licence plate of a van with intent to cause damage, section 506 Penal Code for committing criminal intimidation by threatening victim with injury to reputation, and contravening section 7(1) POHA.

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SYARIAH DIVORCE

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• Successfully represented client and attained sole custody, care and control over her children

• Argued for the Court to make an exception on requirement of male adult witness and to allow the couple’s 16-year-old male son to be a witness on behalf of the Plaintiff mother to prove breach of fasakh.