(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.
Drew & Napier LLC / 26 Jun 2024 Entities Designated under the Significant Investments Review Act 2024 of Singapore The Significant Investments Review Act 2024 of Singapore was passed by Parliament on 9 January 2024 and came into force on 28 March 2024. The Act sets out a new investment regime which will regulate significant investments – by both local...
WongPartnership LLP / 24 Jun 2024 The Model AI Governance Framework for Generative AI On 30 May 2024, the Infocomm Media Development Authority and the AI Verify Foundation published the Model AI Governance Framework for Generative AI. The framework recognises the unique characteristics and risks of generative AI, seeks to set out...
Drew & Napier LLC / 13 Jun 2024 MAS Revised Guidelines on Fair Dealing The Monetary Authority of Singapore has updated the Guidelines on Fair Dealing – Board and Senior Management Responsibilities for Delivering Fair Dealing Outcomes to Customers [FSG-G04] on 30 May 2024. This update discusses the changes to...
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP / 12 Jun 2024 Transport Sector (Critical Firms) Bill passed to subject key transport entities under stricter controls The Transport Sector (Critical Firms) Bill (“TSCFB”) was passed in Parliament on 8 May 2024 and aims to enhance the resilience of essential transport services in Singapore by subjecting designated essential companies in the transport...
Rajah & Tann / 12 Jun 2024 ACRA (Registry and Regulatory Enhancements) Bill Introduced in Parliament The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority ("ACRA") (Registry and Regulatory Enhancements) Bill ("Bill"), introduced in Parliament for its first reading on 7 May 2024, seeks to amend the ACRA Act 2004 and other...
Singapore Academy of Law / 28 Jun 2024 [SAL Prac]: A Pointed Problem: What Are “Benefits From Criminal Conduct”? – Public Prosecutor v Gumede Sthembiso Joel [2024] SGHC 23 [case comment] In deciding what to make of 34.7kg of rhinoceros horns that had been illegally transported from South Africa into Singapore on its way to Laos, the High Court took the opportunity to clarify the meaning of “benefits from criminal...
Harry Elias Partnership LLP / 25 Jun 2024 Keep Calm and Carry On Restructuring (While Paying Rent) - Legal Update on Re Picotin Pte Ltd [2024] SGHC 156 This update examines the key learning points in the decision of Re Picotin Pte Ltd [2024] SGHC 156 where the court clarified the law under Sections 64 and 65 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 in respect of corporate group...
WongPartnership LLP / 19 Jun 2024 Explicit Language in Subsequent Dispute Resolution Clause Needed to Affect Existing Arbitration Proceedings Will the presumption of “one-stop” adjudication apply to affect legal proceedings that are already underway for breaches allegedly committed prior to the change of the dispute resolution clause? This update takes a look at the...
Allen & Gledhill / 19 Jun 2024 High Court decides in landmark decision that legal & equitable set-offs are not permissible against a company in liquidation and clarifies application of the insolvency moratorium w.r.t counterclaims The General Division of the Singapore High Court in Park Hotel CQ Pte Ltd (in liquidation) & Ors v Law Ching Hung and Park Hotel Management Pte Ltd (in liquidation) & Ors v Law Ching Hung & Ors [2024] SGHC 105 decided two major points...
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...
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.
Singapore Academy of Law / 30 May 2024 [SAL Prac]: Restrictive Covenants in an Employment Relationship – An Indian and Singapore Comparative Perspective Against the backdrop of rapid job transitions, businesses have incorporated restrictive covenants into employment contracts to protect their proprietary interests. This article offers a comparative analysis of how these covenants are enforced in...
Singapore Academy of Law / 28 Jun 2024 [SAL Prac]: A Pointed Problem: What Are “Benefits From Criminal Conduct”? – Public Prosecutor v Gumede Sthembiso Joel [2024] SGHC 23 [case comment]
Drew & Napier LLC / 26 Jun 2024 Entities Designated under the Significant Investments Review Act 2024 of Singapore
Harry Elias Partnership LLP / 25 Jun 2024 Keep Calm and Carry On Restructuring (While Paying Rent) - Legal Update on Re Picotin Pte Ltd [2024] SGHC 156
WongPartnership LLP / 19 Jun 2024 Explicit Language in Subsequent Dispute Resolution Clause Needed to Affect Existing Arbitration Proceedings
Allen & Gledhill / 19 Jun 2024 High Court decides in landmark decision that legal & equitable set-offs are not permissible against a company in liquidation and clarifies application of the insolvency moratorium w.r.t counterclaims
Singapore Academy of Law / 14 Jun 2024 [SAL Annual Review]: Securities and Financial Services Regulation