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03 April 2020
To complement the financial measures announced by the Government in the Resilience Budget, the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Bill (“Bill”) is intended to be introduced at the next sitting of Parliament (intended to take place on or about 7 April 2020...
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03 April 2020
The impact and turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic has been keenly felt by the construction industry in Singapore, where the availability from one week to another of cashflow, labour and materials, or the occurrence of delay in project delivery, can be ...
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02 April 2020
With severe restrictions placed on gatherings and meetings to minimize the spread of COVID-19, many entities have expressed concerns over how they can comply with their obligations to hold meetings without running afoul of these restrictions, especia...
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01 April 2020
Next week, a new Bill targeted to provide companies and individuals temporary relief from their contractual obligations in light of COVID-19 will be introduced in Parliament.
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27 March 2020
In Parliament yesterday afternoon, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat stated that the Singapore Government is presently studying the issue of providing people relief from legal obligations which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. A set of meas...
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25 March 2020
Heads of Life Sciences Practice, Tony Yeo, and Benjamin Gaw, authored the Singapore Chapter in Chambers and Partners’ Life Sciences Global Practice Guide. The Chapter focuses on the legal and regulatory framework and salient issues surrou...
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04 March 2020
The Singapore Exchange Regulation (“SGX RegCo”) has announced that it will grant a time extension of up till 30 June 2020 (“Waiver”) for issuers (irrespective of their place of business or operations) which fulfill certain criteria to hold their annu...
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04 March 2020
Head of IP practice, Tony Yeo, contributed to Asia IP magazine’s cover story, Brand Wars: The Rise of Grey Products, which reveals the dark side of the trade. Tony highlights the prevalence of grey goods in the e-commerce marketplace and what is bein...
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03 March 2020
Businesses are looking to their contracts and agreements to find ways to escape liability for non-performance. One question which businesses continue to be concerned with is this – is COVID-19 a ‘force majeure’ event, a frustrating event, or simply f...
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02 March 2020
In the recent decision of Hai Jiao 1306 Ltd and others v Yaw Chee Siew [2020] SGHC (I) 3, the Singapore International Commercial Court ordered that adverse inferences be drawn against an individual who had failed to comply with an earlier Court order...
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