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31 July 2019
In the recent decision of Anan Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd v VTB Bank (Public Joint Stock Co) [2019] SGCA 41, the Court of Appeal allowed an application to adduce fresh evidence for an appeal against a winding-up order. It laid out a two-step analysis...
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25 July 2019
As the invited authors of the Singapore Chapter in The International Comparative Legal Guide to Data Protection 2019, the Data Protection and Privacy Practice Group shares updates on Singapore’s personal data protection framework as well as rec...
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19 July 2019
Last week, the Court of Appeal in Yap Chen Hsiang Osborn v PP [2019] SGCA 40, had the opportunity to clarify that secondary offenders (ie someone who does not himself commit the offence from which the proceeds were originally derived but launders the...
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17 July 2019
In the recent decision of Far East Square Pte Ltd v Yau Lee Construction (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2019] SGCA 36, the Court of Appeal held that the “duty to speak” via a payment response provided under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Pa...
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15 July 2019
In Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd [2019] UKSC 32, the UK Supreme Court recently upheld that a covenant prohibiting a former employee from having shareholding in a competing business was unreasonably wide, but enforced the covenant after it decided that t...
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15 July 2019
This update examines whether the rules of various arbitral institutions impose different standards for summary dismissal.
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12 July 2019
On 11 July 2019, the Singapore Exchange Regulation announced various amendments to the voluntary delisting regime, which took immediate effect. The amendments are intended to provide minority shareholders with greater protection and a better exit off...
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12 July 2019
In the recent case of Allswell Marketing Pte Ltd v PP [2019] SGHC 157, the High Court held that a criminal court may impose a penalty based on the tax assessment made by the Comptroller of Income Tax, even though the assessment is not final and is pe...
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11 July 2019
As the invited authors of the Singapore Chapter in Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Telecoms and Media 2019, the TMT practice group led by Lim Chong Kin shares insights into key legal and industry developments in the Singapore telecoms and media s...
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11 July 2019
On 8 July 2019, the Ministry of Law tabled the Intellectual Property (Dispute Resolution) Bill for the first time in Parliament.
This Bill continues to support innovative activities in Singapore and strengthens Singapore’s position as a hub for i...
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