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04 April 2023
The public unveiling of AI chatbots which provide fairly convincing simulacra of actual conversations has sent frissons of excitement at the vast potential of AI. Much has been discussed about how the use of these systems can lead to legal issues, bo...
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31 March 2023
In Rio Christofle v Tan Chun Chuen Malcolm [2023] SGHC 66 the Court held that parties that engaged in a peer-to-peer transaction of cryptocurrency did not contravene the Payment Services Act 2019, even if they lacked the license to carry on a busines...
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23 March 2023
In the recent decision of Eng Beng v Lo Kok Jong [2023] SGHC 63, the High Court allowed the claimant’s claim for full medical expenses incurred as a result of the defendant’s negligence where a portion of these medical expenses were subsidised by gov...
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17 March 2023
In CSO v CSP and another [2023] SGHC 24, the General Division of the High Court held that the “Broad Approach” to “without prejudice” privilege is the position at common law and is not precluded by Section 23(1) of the Evidence Act 1893 or by binding...
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08 March 2023
The recent decision of Tamar Perry and another v Jacques Henri Georges Esculier and another [2023] SGCA(I) 2 concerned a Ponzi scheme. In this decision, the Court of Appeal held that even though the company to which the Appellants had transferred mon...
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03 March 2023
The initial months of 2023 saw a number of developments that may affect the Singapore lending market. In this update, we highlight the developments relating to (i) the green and transition taxonomy (“Taxonomy”) published by the Green Finance Industry...
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24 February 2023
In IIa Technologies Pte Ltd v Element Six Technologies Ltd [2023] SGCA 5, a matter concerning the technology of lab-grown diamonds, the Court of Appeal held that where the person skilled in the art is...
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09 February 2023
The High Court recently expounded on the principles to be applied in determining the party to whom property seized in criminal proceedings should be returned in a disposal inquiry, especially where there is more than one claimant who was in lawful po...
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31 January 2023
In Ethoz Capital Ltd v Im8ex Pte Ltd and others [2023] SGCA 3, the Court of Appeal upheld the findings by the Judge of the General Division of the High Court, that the certain payments under agreements between the parties were unenforceable penalties...
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18 January 2023
It is well established that banks owe their customers a duty of care. In this update, Director Terence Tan discusses the UK Court of Appeal case of Philipp v Barclays Bank UK plc [2022] EWCA Civ 318 which considered whether banks are expected to ques...
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