(2024) CLU 3 / 08 May 2024 Civil Litigation Update (Apr 2024) - Order 3 rule 2(2): Recent cases on the court’s general power The latest April issue of the Civil Litigation Update examines how the courts have applied or considered O 3 r 2(2) of the Rules of Court 2021 since the Rules’ introduction three years ago.
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP / 15 Jul 2024 New Express Track scheme in the General Division of the High Court The Express Track is a new consent-based scheme which applies to originating claim actions in the General Division of the High Court designed to enhance access to justice by facilitating the speedy resolution of matters, and provide a bespoke,...
Rajah & Tann / 15 Jul 2024 Consultation on Proposed Extension of Block Exemption Order for Certain Liner Shipping Agreements to 31 Dec 2029 On 30 May 2024, the Monetary Authority of Singapore updated the "Guidelines on Fair Dealing – Board and Senior Management Responsibilities for Delivering Fair Dealing Outcomes to Customers". The revised guidelines sets out five...
WongPartnership LLP / 09 Jul 2024 2024 Amendments to the Cybersecurity Act 2018 of Singapore – Key Changes The Cybersecurity Act 2018 of Singapore was recently amended by the Cybersecurity (Amendment) Bill (Bill No. 15/2024) (“Bill”). The Bill introduces significant changes to the Cybersecurity Act which addresses recent technology...
Rajah & Tann / 09 Jul 2024 MAS Requires All Financial Institutions to Apply Fair Dealing Guidelines to All Products & Services On 30 May 2024, the Monetary Authority of Singapore updated the "Guidelines on Fair Dealing – Board and Senior Management Responsibilities for Delivering Fair Dealing Outcomes to Customers". The revised guidelines are expected to...
Rajah & Tann / 03 Jul 2024 Amendments to Licensed Builder Framework to Come into Operation on 15 June 2024 Amendments to the licensed general builder and licensed specialist builder framework came into operation on 15 June 2024 and are aimed at improving and clarifying the builder licensing scheme and to facilitate the Building and Construction...
Singapore Academy of Law / 16 Jul 2024 [SAL Annual Review]: Biomedical Law and Ethics This article encapsulates and evaluates the 2023 decisions of the Singapore courts on Biomedical Law and Ethics. It is authored by Associate Professor Tracey Evans Chan and Assistant Professor Benny Tan Zhi Peng.
Singapore Academy of Law / 10 Jul 2024 [SAL Annual Review]: Admiralty and Shipping Law This article encapsulates and evaluates the 2023 decisions of the Singapore courts on admiralty & shipping law. It is authored by Toh Kian Sing SC and Vivian Ang.
Singapore Academy of Law / 08 Jul 2024 [SAL Prac]: Defining the Elephant in the Room … What Makes a Floating Craft a "Ship" – Vallianz Shipbuilding & Engineering Pte Ltd v Owner of the vessel “ECO SPARK” [2023] SGHC 353 [case comment] This case comment explores the decision and implications of the decision by the Singapore High Court in Vallianz Shipbuilding & Engineering Pte Ltd v Owner of the vessel “ECO SPARK” [2023] SGHC 353 as to the factors to be...
Singapore Academy of Law / 05 Jul 2024 [SAL Annual Review]: Banking law This article encapsulates and evaluates the 2023 decisions of the Singapore courts on banking law. It is authored by Eric Chan.
Singapore Academy of Law / 04 Jul 2024 [SAL Annual Review]: Muslim law This article in the SAL Annual Review encapsulates and evaluates the 2023 decisions of the Singapore courts on Syariah law. It is authored by Azmin Jailani.
Rajah & Tann / 13 Jun 2024 New Tripartite Guidelines on Flexible Work Arrangement Requests: Implementation, Implications, and Practical Tips The Ministry of Manpower launched the Tripartite Guidelines on Flexible Work Arrangement (“FWA”) Requests last month establish how formal FWA requests should be made, how employers should consider such requests in a proper manner and...
Allen & Gledhill / 11 Jun 2024 BCA launches NEC4 contract for construction and engineering projects in Singapore On 29 April 2024, the Building and Construction Authority announced the launch of the NEC4 contract for construction and engineering projects in Singapore. The NEC4 contract is the latest edition of a suite of collaborative contracts for...
Rajah & Tann / 10 Jun 2024 Topline Competition: Notifying a Merger in Singapore – When and What are the Triggers? One key focus of the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (“CCCS”) is to determine whether there has been a substantial lessening of competition ("SLC") in Singapore. This means that CCCS expects merging parties...
Bits & Bytes by TRAIL / 03 Jun 2024 [Bits & Bytes by TRAIL]: An Exploration of AI Evaluation Regimes in Singapore and Worldwide (Part 2) This is the second part of a two-part article on artificial intelligence evaluation regimes in Singapore and worldwide. The first part reviewed the fast-growing Singapore regime, as seen from recent guidelines that were issued by the Personal...
Bits & Bytes by TRAIL / 09 May 2024 [Bits & Bytes by TRAIL]: Trade Marks in the Metaverse The metaverse conjures up infinite possibilities of a space without limits where our physical selves move seamlessly into virtual worlds as digital avatars in altered realities to play, work, learn, create, shop, socialise and trade. But the...
Singapore Academy of Law / 01 Jul 2024 [SAL Journal]: Artificial Intelligence as Inventor? The UK Supreme Court’s ruling in Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2024] Bus LR 47 clarifies that only natural persons can be inventors under the UK Patents Act 1977, dismissing the notion of AI as an...
Rajah & Tann / 27 Jun 2024 The Rise of Johor as a Data Centre Hub The onset of artificial intelligence has seen a boon in the number of data centres as the world grows more reliant on cloud-based technology and consumption of online content, a trend which has triggered a surge in the establishment of data...
Bits & Bytes by TRAIL / 06 Jun 2024 [Bits & Bytes by TRAIL]: Man versus Machine: UK Supreme Court Upholds Requirement for Human Inventorship to Secure Patent Protection This article comments on the UK Supreme Court’s decision in Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2023] UKSC 49 where the court held that artificial intelligence machines cannot be an inventor under the Patents...
Singapore Academy of Law / 05 Jun 2024 [SAL Prac]: Obtaining Recognition of Foreign Insolvency Orders in the People’s Republic of China This article serves as a guide for cross-border insolvency practitioners navigating the recognition and enforcement of foreign proceedings under the People's Republic of China law.
Rajah & Tann / 31 May 2024 Regional Competition Bites Q1 2024 This update examines some of the legislative and regulatory changes in competition law across Southeast Asia over the first quarter of 2024.
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP / 15 Jul 2024 New Express Track scheme in the General Division of the High Court
Rajah & Tann / 15 Jul 2024 Consultation on Proposed Extension of Block Exemption Order for Certain Liner Shipping Agreements to 31 Dec 2029
WongPartnership LLP / 09 Jul 2024 2024 Amendments to the Cybersecurity Act 2018 of Singapore – Key Changes
Rajah & Tann / 09 Jul 2024 MAS Requires All Financial Institutions to Apply Fair Dealing Guidelines to All Products & Services
Singapore Academy of Law / 08 Jul 2024 [SAL Prac]: Defining the Elephant in the Room … What Makes a Floating Craft a "Ship" – Vallianz Shipbuilding & Engineering Pte Ltd v Owner of the vessel “ECO SPARK” [2023] SGHC 353 [case comment]
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore / 04 Jul 2024 IPOS update on IP/IT dispute resolution in Singapore: May - June 2024