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 update takes a brief look at the key takeaways from the decision.
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 electricity retail contracts. This includes modifications to the proposed wording to EMA’s Code of Conduct for Retail Electricity Licensees.
Tannos, who is in his 60s and also known as Tjhin Thian Po, was arrested in Singapore on Jan 17 after being implicated in a major graft scandal involving the Indonesian government’s electronic ID card or e-KTP project.
Singapore's legal impact on minority shareholder rights: Explore how Singapore court judgments are shaping minority oppression, derivative claims and reflective loss principle, featuring cases like Thio Syn Pyn v Thio Syn Kym. Bulk discounts available for 3 or more participants.
The AITP programme, conducted by the Institute for Adult Learning (IAL) to meet the Adult Educator (AE) requirements for the legal industry, will enable participants to develop their classroom facilitation skills, conduct effective assessment and understand learner profiles and learning designs.
Rape myths are untrue assumptions and beliefs about why rapes happen, focusing blame on the survivor., says the author.
The author finds that the recent proposal requiring psychologists to be registered before practising represents a significant step towards ensuring ethical and competent provision of mental health services.
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 signals of witnesses. This article discusses why these reasons are not tenable. Further, it highlights the case law and relevant provisions in the Courts (Civil and Criminal Justice) Reform Act 2021 (Act 25 of 2021) pertaining to remote hearings and recommends procedural reforms to increase the use of video conferencing technology, to enhance the administration of, and access to, justice.
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<Newly Published> The MCA establishes a framework for making decisions on behalf of individuals aged 21 and above who lack mental capacity, safeguarding their welfare and interests. Although modelled after its English counterpart, the MCA has since evolved through local developments to address Singapore’s unique societal and legal context. This book offers readers a practical and in-depth commentary on the MCA.
Mr Chia Boon Teck, who was elected vice-president of the Law Society in August 2023, sparked an outcry where he was accused of “victim shaming".
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