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13 January 2025
In WQP v WQQ [2024] SGHC(A) 34, the Appellate Division of the High Court held that the fact that the pool of matrimonial assets comprises substantial pre-marriage assets commingled with post-marriage assets is relevant to the division of matrimonial ...
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06 January 2025
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) 2025 Arbitration Rules has come into force on 1 January 2025. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the 2025 Arbitration Rules and its procedures will apply to any SIAC arbitration which is co...
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30 December 2024
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) 2025 Arbitration Rules will come into force on 1 January 2025. In this update, Director Mahesh Rai and Senior Associate Melissa Ng highlight the key procedural mechanisms newly introduced in the...
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26 December 2024
In COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co, Ltd v PT OKI Pulp & Paper Mills and others and anor matter [2024] SGCA 50, the claimant shipowner had entered into contracts of carriage with the defendant, who was not only the sub-charterer of the vessel b...
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11 December 2024
In Chang Peng Hong Clarence v Public Prosecutor [2024] SGCA 58, the Court of Appeal held that under the proper interpretation of Section 13(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, sentencing judges can and must impose one penalty for each charge wher...
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26 November 2024
We discuss the recent decision of Asiana Airlines, Inc v Gate Gourmet Korea Co, Ltd and others [2024] SGCA(I) 8, in which the Court of Appeal made a significant ruling regarding the limited circumstances in which an anti-suit injunction will be grant...
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22 November 2024
Can a scheme of arrangement include creditors that are potentially secured without first having their claims to security being fully and finally determined? Will the court entertain belated objections from a creditor regarding creditor classification...
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21 November 2024
In Li Jialin and another v Wingcrown Investment Pte Ltd [2024] SGCA 48, the Court of Appeal clarified and restated the applicable framework to analyse whether a contractual deposit should be upheld and forfeited when the sale and purchase transaction...
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15 November 2024
On 11 November 2024, the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Amendment Bill was introduced in the Singapore Parliament. If passed, the bill will revamp the Simplified Insolvency Programme and make it a permanent feature of Singapore’s insolvenc...
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06 November 2024
Key Developments in Myanmar’s Patent Law
Myanmar has passed the long-anticipated Myanmar Patent Law in 2019 which came into effect on 31 May 2024. We are pleased to inform you that the Myanmar Department of Intellectual Property has started acceptin...
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