 After passing his Senior Cambridge examination, Tun Sardon pursued a career in Law in London and qualified as a Barrister from Lincoln’s Inner Temple.He returned to Singapore in 1941 and had his practice in Singapore and later in Johor Bahru.He was called to the English Bar in 1938 at the same time as Tun Suffian Hashim who later retired as the Lord President

Tun Sardon held the post of Minister of Health until 1972.