Legal Updates & Publications
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21 March 2019
Singapore continues to solidify its position as a key arbitration hub. The year 2018 saw many significant Singapore court decisions relating to international commercial arbitration and investor-state arbitration.
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12 March 2019
This update discusses the recent amendments to the Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers (“Code”), which are intended to provide greater clarity regarding the application of the Code to companies listed on the SGX-ST which adopt a dual class share...
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08 March 2019
The Geographical Indications Act 2014 was passed in Parliament on 14 April 2014. This paves the way for a Geographical Indications (“GI”) registry to be established. Producers of GI products, associations of such producers and the relevant competent ...
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06 March 2019
This update discusses the importance of corporations planning an exit strategy when engaging enterprise technology services providers and highlights the risk of not investing enough time on this issue, even though it may be counter-intuitive to be th...
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05 March 2019
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (“IPOS”) has extended the FinTech Fast Track (“FTFT”) initiative into a second year. The new expiration date for the FTFT initiative is 25 April 2020.
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27 February 2019
An anti-suit injunction would ordinarily be granted if a suit is brought in breach of an arbitration agreement or an exclusive jurisdiction clause unless there are strong reasons not to grant such relief.
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31 January 2019
On 4 October 2018, it was reported that the Singapore Court of Appeal awarded damages of S$3.2 million to an ex-insurance agent in respect of a negligent reference check.
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25 January 2019
Director Adam Maniam examines the sentencing trends for offences under the Workplace Safety and Health Act (Cap 354A, 2009 Rev Ed). He also proposes several ways for companies to reduce their potential exposure to such offences.
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11 January 2019
In Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No 901 v Lian Tat Huat Trading Pte Ltd [2018] SGHC 270, the High Court held that a management corporation (“MC”) cannot unilaterally determine the quantum of damages to be paid by a subsidiary proprietor to...
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27 December 2018
Annual reports of SGX-listed issuers covering financial years commencing from 1 January 2019 will be subject to the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) revised Code of Corporate Governance (2018 Code) and accompanying non-binding practice g...
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