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13 June 2018
In JTrust Asia Pte Ltd v Group Lease Holdings Pte Ltd and others [2018] SGCA 27, the Singapore Court of Appeal decided that in principle, a collateral or ulterior purpose could justify the refusal of Mareva relief where this rendered the application ...
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12 June 2018
In Chan Lung Kien v Chan Shwe Ching [2018] SGCA 24, a five-member coram of the Singapore Court of Appeal held that a co-owner of registered land under the Land Titles Act (Cap 157, 2004 Rev Ed) who holds his interest as a joint tenant with other co-o...
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08 May 2018
This update analyses the upcoming changes to the Employment Act (Cap. 91) and discusses what employers should do in anticipation of these changes being implemented.
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19 April 2018
Directors Blossom Hing, Ong Ken Loon and Renu Menon provided insights to the main trends/significant developments in Singapore’s lending markets. In a Q&A style guide, they gave a comprehensive overview of key issues affecting lending and secured fin...
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10 April 2018
On 19 March 2018, the Criminal Justice Reform Bill was passed by Parliament. One of the major changes is the introduction of a regime for deferred prosecution agreements.
Instead of being mired in lengthy litigation when employees go astray, busin...
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10 April 2018
The Criminal Justice Reform Bill was passed by Parliament on 19 March 2018. This Bill introduces a framework for deferred prosecution agreements (“DPAs”) in Singapore.
This update analyses certain features of the DPA framework in Singapore, and di...
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09 April 2018
In the recent decision of Peter Low LLC v Higgins, Danial Patrick [2018] SGHC 59, the High Court has held that a joint tenant’s interest in immovable property may be attached and taken under a writ of seizure of sale in execution of a judgment debt.
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05 April 2018
In this issue, we highlight key takeaways from the three most recent enforcement decisions issued by the PDPC, and also examine several of the PDPC’s latest publications, including its Guide to Basic Data Anonymisation Techniques. We also analyse the...
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19 March 2018
Director Mahesh Rai authored the Singapore Chapter in The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations, Global Investigations Review 2018 (second edition).
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13 March 2018
In the recent decision of Sit Kwong Lam v Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No 2645 [2018] SGCA 14, the Court of Appeal clarified the meaning of “common property” under the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act in the context of a str...
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