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Legal Updates
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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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22 April 2025
In CIX v DGN [2025] SGCA 10 (“CIX”), the Court of Appeal (“CA”) affirmed that the extended doctrine of res judicata (“Doctrine”) would apply to an action before the Court, if the issue in that action could, and ought to, have been raised in an earlie...
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15 April 2025
This legal update summarises and interprets the MAS' recent Consultation Paper on Proposed Amendments to AML/CFT Notices and Guidelines (the “Consult Paper”), dated 8th April 2025. The Consult Paper aims to enhance Singapore's AML/CFT regime, alignin...
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11 April 2025
In this legal update, Co-Head of Data Protection, Privacy & Cybersecurity Lim Chong Kin, Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences Benjamin Gaw, and Associate Director Goh Boon Yeow set out the key recommendations under the Guide and how it may affect medic...
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20 March 2025
A Committee to Enhance Singapore's Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Regime was convened by the Ministry of Law to provide recommendations to further enhance Singapore’s corporate debt restructuring and insolvency framework. The Committee has re...
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05 March 2025
This article will discuss the potential pitfalls of such a program as well as the relevant legal regimes that surround it.
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