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03 December 2019
It was recently clarified in Lim Chit Foo v PP [2019] SGCA 70 that the practice of standing down criminal charges falls within the Court’s duty to supervise and manage criminal proceedings.
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19 November 2019
Myanmar’s Trademark Law will be implemented in 2020 in two stages. The first stage is expected to start on 2 January 2020 with the commencement of a “soft opening” period lasting six months. The second stage which is targeted for 2 July 2020 will see...
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15 November 2019
The Intellectual Property (Dispute Resolution) Bill was passed by Parliament on 5 August 2019. The Intellectual Property (Dispute Resolution) Act 2019 (Commencement) Notification 2019, which was gazetted on 12 November 2019 provides that certain sect...
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14 November 2019
Head of IP practice, Tony Yeo, and Meryl Koh, Director of Drew & Napier’s Intellectual Property and Dispute Resolution practices, authored the Singapore Chapter in The Legal 500: Patent Litigation Country Comparative Guide. The Chapter provides an ov...
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07 November 2019
In Stargood Construction Pte Ltd v Shimizu Corporation [2019] SGHC 261, the High Court clarified that the application of the Court of Appeal’s holding in Far East Square on the architect being functus officio is limited to a situation where the const...
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05 November 2019
The Singapore bond market has been busy with October seeing much activity. Bonds, notes, MTNs – the jargon can seem complex and daunting. This note demystifies some of the basics and is best read with a vesper martini in hand.
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05 November 2019
The UK Supreme Court in Singularis Holdings Ltd (in Official Liquidation) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd [2019] UKSC 50 upheld an earlier decision that a bank was liable to a customer for breach of its Quincecare duty (named after Barclays Bank p...
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30 October 2019
In a recent decision of BYX v BYY [2019] SGHC 237, the High Court ordered that the Sheriff proceed with the sale of immovable property (which was subject to a mortgage) without the mortgagee bank’s consent.
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18 October 2019
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18 October 2019
In the recent case of Bi Xiaoqiong v China Medical Technologies, Inc [2019] SGCA 50, a five-member panel of the Singapore Court of Appeal provided clarity on the Singapore courts’ power to grant Mareva injunctions in support of foreign litigation. Th...
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