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01 April 2021
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) has published a guidance infographic setting out an overview of MAS’ anti-money laundering requirements, and related supervisory expectations for the Digital Payment Token (“DPT”) sector (“Infographic”). Th...
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15 March 2021
The recent decision in Tonny Permana v One Tree Capital Management Pte Ltd and another [2021] SGHC 37 sets out a fresh framework to identify the scope of an agent’s duties, which provides a structured approach towards the resolution of disputes where...
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09 March 2021
Our update discusses the recent decision of Ang Jian Sheng Jonathan and anor v Lyu Yan [2021] SGCA 12, where the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court’s decision in allowing the Respondent’s claim against two Appellants for conspiracy and unjust enri...
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03 March 2021
In recognition of the intensified risks to financial institutions associated with existing and emerging technological solutions, the Monetary Authority of Singapore has released its revised Guidelines on Risk Management Practices – Technology Risk ea...
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23 February 2021
In Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels Inc and another v Global Gaming Philippines LLC and another [2021] SGCA 9, the Court of Appeal held that the three-month time limit in Art 34(3) of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration for se...
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19 February 2021
The recent Singapore High Court decision of Wong Sung Boon v Fuji Xerox Singapore Pte Ltd & anor [2021] SGHC 24 is exceptional, in that it involved an employee successfully proving that he had been wrongfully dismissed.
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15 February 2021
In the recent case of CAI v CAJ [2021] SGHC 21, the Singapore High Court took the rare step of setting aside part of an ICC arbitral award on the grounds that there had been a breach of natural justice, and that the Tribunal had exceeded its jurisdic...
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27 January 2021
Takaaki Masui & anor v Public Prosecutor [2020] SGHC 265 involved one of Singapore’s largest private sector corruption cases in history. However, the High Court’s decision was particularly ground-breaking as the High Court relied significantly on sta...
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22 January 2021
As the world moves towards controlling the effects of the pandemic, business may begin (or would have already begun) to consider whether they are covered under their policies of insurance. This article examines the recent Singapore High Court decisio...
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22 January 2021
In the epoch of information, the threat of malicious actors holding you to ransom by encrypting and denying access to your data is an ever-present one. This article discusses the immediate steps to be taken in the event of a ransomware attack, as wel...
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