(2025) CLU 2 / 20 Mar 2025 Civil Litigation Update (Mar 2025) - Judicial protection of client’s right to be fairly charged The latest March issue of the Civil Litigation Update (CLU) examines a recent decision of the Appellate Division of the High Court concerning a case of overcharging clients, a worrying trend in recent years that brings into sharp relief the...
(2025) CLU 1 / 11 Feb 2025 Civil Litigation Update (Jan 2025) - No right to be heard if costs remain unpaid The latest January issue of the Civil Litigation Update (CLU) discusses the court’s discretion under RoC 2021 to stay or dismiss proceedings when a party has not complied with his obligation to pay costs arising from a previous proceeding.
Allen & Gledhill / 28 Mar 2025 EMA consults on proposed modifications to automatic renewal practice for electricity retailers The Energy Market Authority (“EMA”) recently conducted a public consultation on proposed modifications to the auto-renewal practice in the retail electricity market to enhance consumer awareness of auto-renewal provisions in...
Singapore Academy of Law / 27 Mar 2025 [SAcLJ]: The new frontier: Regulating artificial intelligence in Singapore Artificial intelligence (“AI”) is advancing rapidly, transforming industries and societies. As a jurisdiction at the forefront of AI development, Singapore stands at the crossroads of this nascent but fast evolving sector, where the...
Allen & Gledhill / 26 Mar 2025 EMA consults on proposed modifications to automatic renewal practice for electricity retailers The Energy Market Authority (“EMA”) recently conducted a public consultation on proposed modifications to the auto-renewal practice in the retail electricity market to enhance consumer awareness of auto-renewal provisions in...
Singapore Academy of Law / 25 Mar 2025 [SAcLJ]: The online court and remote hearings: Enhancing the administration of and access to justice in Singapore It was predicted that remote hearings would be conducted less frequently after the COVID-19 pandemic, because such hearings did not allow witnesses to be confronted face‑to‑face, were perceived to be informal and made it difficult to observe body...
Allen & Gledhill / 24 Mar 2025 EMA consults on proposed modifications to automatic renewal practice for electricity retailers The Energy Market Authority (“EMA”) recently conducted a public consultation on proposed modifications to the auto-renewal practice in the retail electricity market to enhance consumer awareness of auto-renewal provisions in...
WongPartnership LLP / 02 Apr 2025 Law Watch: March 2025 This update looks at some of the key legal highlights over the past 3 months, across various practice areas including deals, construction, arbitration and copyright among others.
Singapore Academy of Law / 01 Apr 2025 [SAL Prac]: Interim injunctions in Restraint of Trade Cases – American Cyanamid or RGA Holdings: a proposed framework Through a discussion of two High Court decisions issued in 2024 – Shopee Singapore Pte Ltd v Lim Teck Yong [2024] SGHC 29 and MoneySmart Singapore Pte Ltd v Artem Musienko [2024] SGHC 94 – this article examines the framework for...
Rajah & Tann / 28 Mar 2025 Court finds bankrupt ex-director personally liable for uncollected debts of the company In SME Care Pte Ltd v Jannie Chan Siew Lee [2025] SGHC 27, the Singapore High Court held a bankrupt ex-director of a company personally liable to the company for failing to take steps to recover sums owed by third parties to the company. This...
Rajah & Tann / 26 Mar 2025 Court finds bankrupt ex-director personally liable for uncollected debts of the company In SME Care Pte Ltd v Jannie Chan Siew Lee [2025] SGHC 27, the Singapore High Court held a bankrupt ex-director of a company personally liable to the company for failing to take steps to recover sums owed by third parties to the company. This...
Rajah & Tann / 20 Mar 2025 Singapore high court refuses back door appeal against arbitral institution's administrative decision The Singapore High Court in DMZ v DNA [2025] SGHC 31 held that proceedings commenced by the claimant seeking review of an administrative decision made by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre were bound to fail. The decision is worthy of...
Drew & Napier LLC / 24 Mar 2025 Report of the Committee to enhance Singapore’s corporate restructuring and insolvency regime A committee to enhance Singapore's corporate restructuring and insolvency regime was convened by the Ministry of Law to provide recommendations to further enhance Singapore’s corporate debt restructuring and insolvency framework. The...
Rajah & Tann / 11 Mar 2025 Singapore Budget 2025: Onward together for a better tomorrow This update highlights some key tax measures and changes that were announced in Budget 2025 and discusses the changes and refinements under the existing Singapore tax regime.
Rajah & Tann / 10 Mar 2025 Consumer protection in Singapore – Five key observations for businesses in a heightened enforcement climate This update highlights key developments in consumer protection enforcement and highlights important observations for businesses to take note of.
Singapore Academy of Law / 07 Mar 2025 [SAL Prac}: Legal Generative AI – The new equation for lawyers of the future The legal profession is undergoing a transformative shift with generative artificial intelligence (“AI”). Integrated into legal technology, it now enhances legal tasks like contract drafting and analysis. Generative AI boosts...
Drew & Napier LLC / 06 Mar 2025 DrewTech Series Chapter 15 - Looking at the man in the middle (in a cyber breach) – allocation of risk While cyberattacks relying on technological advances become increasingly common, the weakest point of any system often remains the well-intentioned but occasionally unintentionally bumbling human actors. This article looks at a venerable attack...
Rajah & Tann / 02 Apr 2025 Consultation on new EU waste shipment regulation on the export of 'green-listed' waste to Non-OECD countries The Waste Shipment Regulation 2024/1157 entered into force in May last year which introduced stricter rules on the export of non-hazardous waste and plastic waste from the EU to non-OECD country. This update highlights key aspects of the...
Rajah & Tann / 18 Mar 2025 Singapore launches new AI safety initiatives at global AI action summit New AI governance initiatives were introduced to enhance the safety of AI for Singaporeans and global citizens at the recent AI Action Summit which was held in February. This update highlights the key features of these initiatives.
Allen & Gledhill / 14 Mar 2025 Singapore announces new AI safety initiatives This update sets out the three new initiatives that were announced by Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo during the AI Action Summit which was held in Paris from 10 to 11 February 2025.
Singapore Academy of Law / 05 Mar 2025 [SAcLJ]: Medical Tourism: A Happy Holiday? This article explores the nuances in medical tourism and highlights the key challenges posed in terms of ethics and application in this unregulated industry. The need for a comprehensive legal framework to balance patient safety and autonomy is...
Drew & Napier LLC / 04 Mar 2025 UK court approved a restructuring plan despite shareholders retaining majority shares under the plan - Re Sino-Ocean Group Holding Ltd [2025] EWHC 205 The English High Court in Re Sino-Ocean Group Holding Ltd approved a restructuring plan despite it allowing the shareholders to retain a majority shareholding in the company and thus disproportionally benefitting the shareholders. Among the...
Rajah & Tann / 02 Apr 2025 Consultation on new EU waste shipment regulation on the export of 'green-listed' waste to Non-OECD countries
Singapore Academy of Law / 01 Apr 2025 [SAL Prac]: Interim injunctions in Restraint of Trade Cases – American Cyanamid or RGA Holdings: a proposed framework
Rajah & Tann / 28 Mar 2025 Court finds bankrupt ex-director personally liable for uncollected debts of the company
Allen & Gledhill / 28 Mar 2025 EMA consults on proposed modifications to automatic renewal practice for electricity retailers
Singapore Academy of Law / 27 Mar 2025 [SAcLJ]: The new frontier: Regulating artificial intelligence in Singapore
Rajah & Tann / 26 Mar 2025 Court finds bankrupt ex-director personally liable for uncollected debts of the company
Allen & Gledhill / 26 Mar 2025 EMA consults on proposed modifications to automatic renewal practice for electricity retailers
Singapore Academy of Law / 25 Mar 2025 [SAcLJ]: The online court and remote hearings: Enhancing the administration of and access to justice in Singapore
Drew & Napier LLC / 24 Mar 2025 Report of the Committee to enhance Singapore’s corporate restructuring and insolvency regime