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30 September 2022
In the recent Court of Appeal decision of BCS Business Consulting Services Pte Ltd and others v Baker, Michael A (executor of the estate of Chantal Burnison, deceased) [2022] SGCA(I) 7, the Court of Appeal expounded on the court’s inherent and equita...
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27 September 2022
In the recent Court of Appeal decision of Michael A Baker (executor of the estate of Chantal Burnison, deceased) v BCS Business Consulting Services Pte Ltd and others [2022] SGCA(I) 8, the Court of Appeal expounded on the nature of a trustee’s duty t...
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23 September 2022
This update seeks to provide an introduction to Singapore’s stance on the taxation of staking rewards for validators in POS networks, and how the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore’s position differs from the approach taken by the Internal Revenue...
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10 August 2022
The Ministry of Trade and Industry has called for public feedback on legislation to mandate compliance with the Code of Conduct for Leasing of Retail Premises in Singapore (“Code”). The Code was introduced by the Fair Tenancy Industry Committee in 20...
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08 August 2022
Employers joining the fight against the scourge of COVID-19 in the past years have had to incessantly adapt their workplaces to keep their employees healthy and themselves safe from strict government guidelines. The virus, which was first vilified fo...
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22 July 2022
Amendments to the Food Regulations to include the “Nutri-Grade” regulations, which establish requirements for beverage nutrition labelling, will come into force in December 2022.
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07 July 2022
In LCX AG v John Does Nos. 1 – 25 (LCX AG), the Supreme Court of New York (NY Court) ordered service of court documents on unknown defendants via the “airdrop” of a “special-purpose Ethereum-based token” containing a hyperlink to court documents. In ...
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14 June 2022
In this update, Directors Gerui Lim and Tan Yuan Kheng, and Associate Director Regina Lim discuss the Singapore International Commercial Court decision of Sanum Investments Ltd and another v Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and othe...
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14 June 2022
In the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore decision in Sociedad Anonima Damm v Hijos de Rivera, S.A. [2022] SGIPOS 6, the finding that the disputing parties’ trade marks had co-existed in the Singapore market for 7 years without a single instan...
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25 May 2022
The discontinuation of LIBOR globally has seen Singapore move away from industry reliance on the Singapore Swap Offer Rate (“SOR”) (which includes USD LIBOR as a component in its calculation). Given that the SOR is widely used in Singapor...
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