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08 February 2022
On 12 January 2022, the Intellectual Property (Amendment) Bill 2021 was passed by Parliament.
This article sets out the key changes affecting the various IP statutes in Singapore that are expected to come into force in May 2022.
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21 January 2022
Under Section 13(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the Court has, in certain circumstances, the power to order that a person convicted of having corruptly accepted gratification to pay a penalty. Typically, this penalty is assessed based on amo...
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07 January 2022
In UJM v UJL [2021] SGCA 117, the Court of Appeal has, for the first time, expressly laid down the principles governing applications for leave to appeal from a decision of the Appellate Division of the High Court.
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03 December 2021
As digital assets rise in prominence as a new asset class, it has become the target of several high-profile hacks. This update discusses the technical practicalities of retrieving stolen digital assets (excluding non-fungible tokens), and highlights ...
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23 November 2021
The UK Supreme Court, in Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP [2021] UKSC 20, held that the scope of the duty of care is governed by the purpose of the duty, decided objectively by reference to the reason why the advice is being given....
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16 November 2021
In the recent case of CAJ & CAK v CAI [2021] SGCA 102, the Singapore Court of Appeal observed that approximately only 20% of applications to set aside arbitral awards have been allowed. Nevertheless, the Court of Appeal was persuaded that this was a ...
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10 November 2021
The Women's Charter (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Parliament on 1 November 2021.
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02 November 2021
The Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill, which was introduced in Parliament on 1 Nov 2021, proposes to introduce a framework for conditional fee agreements (“CFAs”) to be entered into between lawyers and their clients in selected proceedings.
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25 October 2021
In the recent decision of Tamar Perry and anor v Jacques Henri Georges Esculier and anor and another matter [2021] SGCA(I) 5, the Court of Appeal held that personal claims (ie claims which do not give the plaintiff an ownership claim to the assets ...
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22 October 2021
The Court of Appeal held in Nambu PVD Pte Ltd v UBTS Pte Ltd and another appeal [2021] SGCA 98 that a reference to terms and conditions in non-contractual documents (in this case, invoices and delivery orders) have no contractual force.
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