 Tan Cheng Han, dean of NUS law school, was the second Specialist Judge to be appointed to hear the Informatics Case.The aim of the scheme is bring additional expertise to the Subordinate
Courts bench and, at the same time, give leading practitioners and academics a better insight to the workings of the Judiciary of Singapore.A specialist judge is expected to devote up to 40 days a year to hearing cases and will be paid an allowance pegged to the salary of a senior judge in the district court.