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Legal Updates
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27 June 2025
When employees commit criminal offences, when is the company held criminally liable? The High Court in PP v China Railway Tunnel Group Co Ltd (Singapore Branch) [2025] SGHC 101 considered this important question in the context of corruption offences....
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20 June 2025
Welcome to the third edition of the Drew Network Asia (DNA) ASEAN Roundup newsletter – a selection of the most popular articles published by DNA firms across ASEAN in the past quarter. Topics are wide-ranging and cover various areas of practice and j...
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In the News, Legal Update
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09 June 2025
In the recent decision of Aryan (SEA) Pte Ltd v Pure Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2025] SGHC 99, the High Court granted an injunction restraining a creditor from filing a winding-up application, holding that the debtor was demonstrably solvent and had ...
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05 June 2025
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2022 (Commencement) Notification 2025 (“FSMA Commencement Notification”) was published on 30 May 2025. The FSMA Commencement Notification provides that Part 9 and sections 183(b) and (c) and 214 of, and the Firs...
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02 June 2025
In May 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce, through the Bureau of Industry and Security, issued guidance which clarified that the use of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd AI Processor Chips anywhere in the world would amount to a violation of the U.S. E...
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Announcement, Legal Update
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30 May 2025
In the recent decision of the Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers Co. Ltd v PT OKI Pulp & Paper Mills and others [2025] SGHC 59, the General Division of the High Court considered the interpretation of “parties” and “an interest in the appeal” in O 18...
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28 May 2025
This article looks at some security measures in the context of decisions by the Personal Data Protection Commission, and how well they have fared.
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08 May 2025
WVH v WVG [2025] SGHCF 22 concerned the appointment of deputies for a man who lacked mental capacity. The Court held that it was both more appropriate and in the man’s best interests for his children, rather than his partner, to be appointed as deput...
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07 May 2025
Being a director is a serious responsibility. Breach of the director’s duty to use reasonable diligence is a criminal offence, and the High Court in PP v Zheng Jia [2025] SGHC 76 has set out a revised sentencing framework where imprisonment is the st...
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30 April 2025
In Sapura Fabrication Sdn Bhd and others v GAS and another appeal [2025] SGCA 13, the Court of Appeal held that the Singapore Courts have no mandatory obligation to grant a carve-out to moratoriums in restructuring proceedings to allow a creditor t...
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