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17 January 2023
In Anupam Mittal v Westbridge Ventures II Investment Holdings [2023] SGCA 1, the Court of Appeal decided that the arbitrability of a dispute is determined not only by the law of the seat of arbitration, but also by the law that governs the arbitratio...
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28 December 2022
The financial services industry and the Singapore lending market continued to face significant developments in 2022.
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27 December 2022
In the recent decision of Aquarius Corporation v Haribo Asia Pacific Pte Ltd and another appeal [2022] SGHC(A) 39, the Appellate Division of the High Court held that whilst a claimant may succeed in its substantive claim for damages, but fails to ten...
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21 December 2022
In the decision of Leong Quee Ching Karen v Lim Soon Huat [2022] SGHC 309, the High Court dismissed the Defendants’ appeals to strike out the Claimant’s Suit for minority oppression under section 216 of the Companies Act 1967 (2020 Rev Ed).
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16 December 2022
The decision in V V Technology Pte Ltd v Twitter, Inc [2022] SGHC 293 provides clarification to the controversial issue of whether acquired distinctiveness should be considered at marks-similarity stage of the Staywell test, and also provides guidanc...
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13 December 2022
In Lao Holdings NV and another v Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic [2022] SGCA(I) 9, the Court of Appeal upheld the Singapore International Commercial Court’s decision and refused to set aside two investor-state arbitral awards. The...
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01 December 2022
In the recent decision of How Weng Fan and others v Sengkang Town Council and other appeals [2022] SGCA 72, the Court of Appeal disagreed with the High Court and held that the relationship between the Town Council and its members & employees does not...
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17 November 2022
The Criminal Procedure Code 2010 (“CPC”) was amended by Parliament on 19 March 2018 as part of broader changes to enhance fairness and justice in criminal proceedings under the Criminal Justice Reform Act 2018.
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14 November 2022
In Janesh s/o Rajukumar v Unknown Person (“CHEFPIERRE”) [2022] SGHC 264, the High Court held that injunctions can be granted against persons unknown, so long as the claimant has provided a sufficient description to identify the defendant. The High C...
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08 November 2022
The Post-appeal Applications in Capital Cases Bill was introduced in Parliament on 7 November 2022 and introduces a new procedure for post-appeal applications in capital cases where avenues for appeals and bids for clemency have been exhausted (“PACC...
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