Straits Times /
30 Aug 2024
Such questioning won't be tolerated, says judge, dismissing appeal of tutor jailed for molestation.
Straits Times /
30 Aug 2024
Case was fined for failing to put in place reasonable security arrangements to protect the personal data in its possession or under its control.
Straits Times /
30 Aug 2024
The Ministry of Home Affairs said that the decision to include wildlife trade offences under the law was a proactive move to deter organised crime groups from wildlife trading in Singapore.
Singapore Law Watch /
30 Aug 2024
Written, compiled and edited by Justice Andrew Phang, this book details the remarkable life and legacy of Dr Yong Pung How across ten chapters. It features contributions from 64 former Justices’ Law Clerks, a Foreword by former Prime...
Straits Times /
29 Aug 2024
More Chinese firms likely to solve disputes in Singapore after signing of agreement.
Straits Times /
29 Aug 2024
Move comes after report by global body flags risks from exposure to alternative assets.
Business Times /
29 Aug 2024
Value of such assets held by firms worldwide continues to grow significantly; proposed guidelines will be aligned with international valuation standards.
Singapore Academy of Law /
29 Aug 2024
Calling all young lawyers with less than 3 years of PQE! Form a team of two and be part of this exciting Competition! The winning team will be offered an all-expenses-paid two-week stint at Essex Court Chambers in London. Registration closes 31...
Business Times /
28 Aug 2024
The bank is among several others that have been in the process of recovering funds.
Business Times /
28 Aug 2024
Recommendations will be announced in phases to allow prompt rollout.
Singapore Law Watch /
28 Aug 2024
This webinar will introduce third-party release in the US, look at its use in Singapore, discuss issues such as the jurisdiction to hear and consider third-party releases and public policy considerations in sanctioning plans or schemes involving...
Straits Times /
27 Aug 2024
A 16-day trial in the State Courts for the case of Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh is scheduled to take place between Oct 14 and Nov 13.
Straits Times /
27 Aug 2024
Mr Leong Sze Hian's statement on housing grants for eligible first-time home buyers of resale flats is false and misleading, said the Ministry of National Development.
Straits Times /
27 Aug 2024
A mastermind of an elaborate scam ran a firm offering cryptocurrency investment schemes, in which 12 investors parted with more than $1.8 million in total.
Straits Times /
27 Aug 2024
A woman who fabricated a story about suffering a miscarriage at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) and the founder of alternative news site Wake Up, Singapore (WUSG) who published the false account were both fined by a district...
Singapore Law Watch /
27 Aug 2024
Legal innovation isn’t just a passing fad, but a necessity to stay relevant in today’s world. Join Mr Eric Chin and Mr Rodney Yap at the upcoming 2-day Legal Innovation workshop, held on the sidelines of TechLaw.Fest.
Straits Times /
26 Aug 2024
Equal emphasis is given to supporting AI adoption and consumer protection.
Straits Times /
24 Aug 2024
The judge spared him caning on account of his mild intellectual disability, although prosecutors had sought six strokes of the cane.
Straits Times /
24 Aug 2024
MoneySmart also operates online financial product comparison platforms, and is considered to be a rival of MoneyHero.
Straits Times /
24 Aug 2024
Kim Taek Hoon, 63, allegedly used the money to buy nearly 28,000 gold bars, each weighing 1kg.
Singapore Law Watch /
24 Aug 2024
We invite submissions for the Corporate Law subject in the SAL Practitioner Journal. This is a great opportunity for legal professionals and academics to contribute insights into Singapore Corporate Law. Submit your papers by 16th September...
Business Times /
23 Aug 2024
The measures are aimed at improving the financial security of workers for on-demand platforms such as Grab and foodpanda.
Straits Times /
23 Aug 2024
This comes as the number of scam cases and amount lost in the first half of 2024 hits record highs; currently, the police cannot stop a victim from doing what he wants with his money, even if he is suspected of being scammed.
Singapore Law Watch /
23 Aug 2024
Legal innovation isn’t just a passing fad, but a necessity to stay relevant in today’s world. Join Mr Eric Chin and Mr Rodney Yap at the upcoming 2-day Legal Innovation workshop, held on the sidelines of TechLaw.Fest.
Business Times /
22 Aug 2024
Supreme Court's upper division reaffirms earlier decision on basis that fraud exception for letters of credit had been made out.
Straits Times /
22 Aug 2024
The panel added that jail time should apply even to offenders below 21 years old, except for those who are dealt with in the Youth Court.
Straits Times /
22 Aug 2024
The firm had handed over the money from the clients to the now disbarred lawyer.
Straits Times /
22 Aug 2024
Lee Yuet Heng, 74, who was then working for Hydrochem – a wholly owned subsidiary of water treatment firm Hyflux – committed the offences to advance Zhengda Corporation’s business interests with Hydrochem.
Sentencing Advisory Panel /
22 Aug 2024
The Sentencing Advisory Panel has published a set of Guidelines for Scams-Related Offences on 21 August 2024. Parties may raise the Guidelines in their submissions to the court with immediate effect.
Singapore Academy of Law /
22 Aug 2024
Calling all young lawyers with less than 3 years of PQE! Form a team of two and be part of this exciting Competition! The winning team will be offered an all-expenses-paid two-week stint at Essex Court Chambers in London. Registration closes 31...
Business Times /
21 Aug 2024
The tool, GPT-Legal, can churn out summaries for the more than 15,000 court judgments in the LawNet database.
Straits Times /
21 Aug 2024
The plan is being updated for the first time since it was announced in 2019 as critical physical systems are increasingly connected to internet-linked devices for remote control or maintenance.
Singapore Law Watch /
21 Aug 2024
Join the launch of the second edition of Corporate Law and get up-to-date analysis on the new developments of corporate law, including digital assets and technological advancements from the authors themselves.
Straits Times /
20 Aug 2024
A committee is looking into designing a structured mentorship programme, in the hope that more senior lawyers can impart professional skills to their younger colleagues and serve as role models.
Business Times /
20 Aug 2024
This comes after Hoi Wei Kit was convicted of cheating, among other charges.
Straits Times /
20 Aug 2024
Liu Huijian was convicted after a 43-day trial that began in 2021 of unlawfully importing at least one toy gun into Singapore.
Singapore Law Watch /
20 Aug 2024
This webinar will introduce third-party release in the US, look at its use in Singapore, discuss issues such as the jurisdiction to hear and consider third-party releases and public policy considerations in sanctioning plans or schemes involving...
Straits Times /
19 Aug 2024
It was the first time a Singapore court has considered a trustee’s exercise of its right of recoupment.
Straits Times /
17 Aug 2024
The judge said one friend’s seemingly endless generosity and misplaced trust was callously exploited by the other.
Straits Times /
17 Aug 2024
Singaporean businessman duped 6 banks into disbursing more than $69m in loans.
Singapore Law Watch /
17 Aug 2024
Written, compiled and edited by Justice Andrew Phang, this book details the remarkable life and legacy of Dr Yong Pung How across ten chapters. It features contributions from 64 former Justices’ Law Clerks, a Foreword by former Prime...
Straits Times /
16 Aug 2024
Liew Yik Kit, 41, was the personal driver to Cambodian national Su Binghai, who fled during the probe and is wanted for his involvement in alleged money laundering offences.
Business Times /
16 Aug 2024
He has been in remand with more than 100 criminal charges stemming from the alleged Ponzi scheme, said to be the largest in Singapore’s history.
Business Times /
16 Aug 2024
He is alleged to have instigated Thung Sai Fun to falsify several line items in a financial statement for the year ended March 2022.
Straits Times /
16 Aug 2024
The proposal for a new Community Relations Unit to deal with severe noise issues is welcome, as is the move to make the mediation process more powerful.
Singapore Law Watch /
16 Aug 2024
Join the launch of the second edition of Corporate Law and get up-to-date analysis on the new developments of corporate law, including digital assets and technological advancements from the authors themselves.
Straits Times /
15 Aug 2024
The biggest money laundering probe in Singapore saw about $3 billion in cash and assets seized or issued with prohibition of disposal orders.
Straits Times /
15 Aug 2024
The former bank employees are Chinese nationals, while the driver is a Singaporean.
Singapore Law Watch /
15 Aug 2024
We invite submissions for the Corporate Law subject in the SAL Practitioner Journal. This is a great opportunity for legal professionals and academics to contribute insights into Singapore Corporate Law. Submit your papers by 16th September...
Straits Times /
14 Aug 2024
Currently, less than 30 per cent of dispute cases between neighbours proceed to mediation at the Community Mediation Centre.
Straits Times /
14 Aug 2024
The court said that it was bound by law to order a mandatory forfeiture of the van as the two conditions of the relevant provision of the Customs Act 1960 had been satisfied.
Singapore Law Watch /
14 Aug 2024
This webinar will introduce third-party release in the US, look at its use in Singapore, discuss issues such as the jurisdiction to hear and consider third-party releases and public policy considerations in sanctioning plans or schemes involving...
Straits Times /
13 Aug 2024
Under proposed laws, it can also ask for installation of noise sensors to collect data.
Straits Times /
13 Aug 2024
Iswaran is seeking a ruling from the Court of Appeal on whether the prosecution has to provide him with conditioned statements of the witnesses it has lined up for the trial.
Singapore Law Watch /
13 Aug 2024
Join the launch of the second edition of Corporate Law and get up-to-date analysis on the new developments of corporate law, including digital assets and technological advancements from the authors themselves.
Straits Times /
12 Aug 2024
Mr Wan Hoe Keet, also known as Ken, and his wife Sally Ho – both Singaporeans – had been sued by Ms Chan Pik Sun, a Hong Konger who said she invested in the SureWin4U scheme as a result of their false representations.
Straits Times /
12 Aug 2024
The Ministry of Home Affairs said the Pofma direction was made to address two false statements of fact.
Straits Times /
12 Aug 2024
Low-carbon hydrogen could supply up to 50 per cent of Singapore’s power needs by 2050.
Straits Times /
10 Aug 2024
It is sometimes better to negotiate for a peaceful settlement than to go for broke, especially when you do not even have a strong case.
TODAY /
09 Aug 2024
There is nothing legally wrong with eating a cigarette in and of itself, but eating a cigarette in order to destroy evidence of an offence is unlawful.
Singapore Law Watch /
09 Aug 2024
Written, compiled and edited by Justice Andrew Phang, this book details the remarkable life and legacy of Dr Yong Pung How across ten chapters. It features contributions from 64 former Justices’ Law Clerks, a Foreword by former Prime...
Straits Times /
08 Aug 2024
The striking-off was handed down to Ms Jill Phua by the Court of Three Judges, which is the highest disciplinary body for the legal profession.
Straits Times /
08 Aug 2024
It will look into CrowdStrike incident and see if more enhancements are required.
Straits Times /
08 Aug 2024
It shields them from liability in event of food poisoning, if they comply with safety rules.
Straits Times /
08 Aug 2024
Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation was hit by a data breach in 2022 while the Academy of Medicine Singapore was hacked in 2023.
Business Times /
08 Aug 2024
The group also aims to wind up inactive Malaysian subsidiary with zero equity value.
Business Times /
08 Aug 2024
Central to the EUSDTA is the EU's consistent preference for open and secure cross-border data flows, with significant caveats.
Straits Times /
07 Aug 2024
Courts will be able to order sale of seized properties without involved parties' consent.
Straits Times /
07 Aug 2024
German insurer Allianz has offered to acquire a 51 per cent stake in Income for $40.58 a share in a deal valued at $2.2 billion, subject to MAS' approval.
Straits Times /
07 Aug 2024
The new Bill paves the way for platform workers to be designated as a distinct category, separate from employees and the self-employed.
Straits Times /
07 Aug 2024
In 2021, soaring electricity prices caused six retailers to fold and exit the market.
Straits Times /
07 Aug 2024
MPs stressed the need to prioritise food safety amid recent mass food poisoning incidents such as the one involving TikTok parent company ByteDance.
Singapore Law Watch /
07 Aug 2024
Join the launch of the second edition of Corporate Law and get up-to-date analysis on the new developments of corporate law, including digital assets and technological advancements from the authors themselves.
Straits Times /
06 Aug 2024
Court rules investor failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove authenticity of service agreement he relied on.
Straits Times /
06 Aug 2024
The court sentenced the 61-year-old man to 14 years’ preventive detention, adding that it was warranted in this case, as the man had shown himself to be a habitual offender who was too recalcitrant for reformation.
Singapore Law Watch /
06 Aug 2024
We invite submissions for the Corporate Law subject in the SAL Practitioner Journal. This is a great opportunity for legal professionals and academics to contribute insights into Singapore Corporate Law. Submit your papers by 16th September...
Straits Times /
05 Aug 2024
Professor Chin Tet Yung saw its importance when the sector's focus then was on banking, commerce.
Straits Times /
05 Aug 2024
Getting help to ensure kids are not hurt amid divorce process is important: Experts.
Straits Times /
04 Aug 2024
Consumers can now claim for losses of up to $150,000 if they have been sold unsuitable investments.
Straits Times /
03 Aug 2024
A group of rogue employees secretly siphoned off more than $120 million worth of fuel from Shell's Pulau Bukom facility onto vessels berthed at the wharf.
Singapore Law Watch /
03 Aug 2024
Written, compiled and edited by Justice Andrew Phang, this book details the remarkable life and legacy of Dr Yong Pung How across ten chapters. It features contributions from 64 former Justices’ Law Clerks, a Foreword by former Prime...
Straits Times /
02 Aug 2024
The property agent was issued a correction order for a video that referenced the recent $1.73 million sale of a five-room HDB flat at the SkyOasis @ Dawson development.
Straits Times /
02 Aug 2024
Figure is over two-thirds that for whole of 2023; rise due to stepped-up enforcement.
MinLaw /
02 Aug 2024
The Criminal Procedure (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2024 was passed in Parliament on 5 February 2024. The amendments will be commenced in phases, and the first phase of amendments came into effect on 31 May 2024. Seven more amendments...
Singapore Law Watch /
02 Aug 2024
This webinar will introduce third-party release in the US, look at its use in Singapore, discuss issues such as the jurisdiction to hear and consider third-party releases and public policy considerations in sanctioning plans or schemes involving...
Business Times /
01 Aug 2024
The city-state is exploring possibility of such technologies; 123 Agreement expected to come into force by the end of this year.
Straits Times /
01 Aug 2024
The man published four videos on TikTok between July and August 2023 which contained falsehoods.
Straits Times /
01 Aug 2024
Udeh Kumar Sethuraju, 64, is also accused of pretending to be an advocate or solicitor that year.
Singapore Law Watch /
01 Aug 2024
We invite submissions for the Corporate Law subject in the SAL Practitioner Journal. This is a great opportunity for legal professionals and academics to contribute insights into Singapore Corporate Law. Submit your papers by 16th September...
Straits Times /
31 Jul 2024
Case brought against Ng Yu Zhi and trio for alleged complicity in $1.5b nickel trading scam.
Straits Times /
31 Jul 2024
The allegation arose in a civil case between Global Training Services and Poh Wah Scaffolding & Engineering, which opened in the High Court on July 30.
Business Times /
31 Jul 2024
A study conducted by the American Bar Association and Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation revealed some rather startling statistics: About 28 per cent of lawyers struggle with some level of depression, 19 per cent experience symptoms of anxiety, and...
Singapore Law Watch /
31 Jul 2024
Join the launch of the second edition of Corporate Law and get up-to-date analysis on the new developments of corporate law, including digital assets and technological advancements from the authors themselves.
Singapore Law Watch /
02 Aug 2024
This webinar will introduce third-party release in the US, look at its use in Singapore, discuss issues such as the jurisdiction to hear and consider third-party releases and public policy considerations in sanctioning plans or schemes involving...
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