Straits Times / 09 Apr 2026 Migrant worker wins $5,700 overtime pay after 2-year fight as High Court cites unlawful practice The High Court ruled that employers cannot use a fixed monthly allowance to offset overtime pay.
Business Times / 09 Apr 2026 No longer ‘boilerplate’: Force majeure provisions under fresh scrutiny, say Singapore lawyers Granular provisions are replacing broad, generic language in this ‘unloved’ section of contracts.
Straits Times / 09 Apr 2026 MAS, banks to tighten GIRO safeguards after double-charging incidents The review will consider measures including enabling customers to set monthly limits on the amount and number of transactions.
Straits Times / 09 Apr 2026 When AI shrinks time, a lawyer’s billable hour becomes harder to defend: Opinion Law firms can no longer justify billing by the hour when AI has sharply cut the time needed to do legal work.
Academy Publishing / 09 Apr 2026 ADV: Newly Published: The Singapore Torrens System After Baalman This commentary on the Land Titles Act 1993 (2020 Rev Ed) provides the first full, clause‑by‑clause analysis of Singapore’s Torrens statute since John Baalman’s seminal 1961 commentary on the Land Titles Ordinance 1956. Drawing on...