Singapore Law Watch

FSL Trust Management gets two new directors, 19 Jun

Simon Davidson, a partner at law firm Holman Fenwick Willan in Singapore, joined the board

Online vice ring: 20th man gets jail, 19 Jun

He was given nine weeks in jail after he admitted paying $450 for a 17-year-old's

Man who got 12-year-old pregnant spared jail, 19 Jun

He was sentenced to 15 months' supervised probation instead.

Temple thief jailed for 3 years, 19 Jun

A 24-YEAR-OLD who stole more than $11,300 in cash and gold from four temples in

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Backdated forms at heart of row, 18 Jun

Key point raised after buyers take case to court when owner pulls out of $3.7m

State: Evidence of suicide overwhelming, 18 Jun

Homicide theory unfounded, says state counsel.

Minimal impact on local banks from MAS rules: Analysts, 18 Jun

But adhering to other strict new guidelines aimed at ensuring that banks stamp out attempts

Building and Construction Law – Dispute Resolution

Associate Dynamic Builder Pte Ltd v Tactic Foundation Pte Ltd - [2013] SGHCR 16

Contract – Breach

Excalibur Land (S) Pte Ltd v Win-Win Aluminium Systems Pte Ltd and another - [2013] SGHC 112

Contract – Specific Performance

Cherie Hearts Group International Pte Ltd and others v G8 Education Ltd - [2013] SGHC 116

Damages – Assessment

Tian Shaokai v Tiong Hwa Steel Sructures Pte Ltd - [2013] SGHCR 13

Criminal Procedure and Sentencing

Public Prosecutor v Charan Singh - [2013] SGHC 115

Supreme Court Note: AZS and another v AZR [2013] SGHC 102 (whether to grant stay of divorce proceedings)

Energy Conservation Act 2012: Provisions on energy management practices for registrable corporations

SCA allows New York proceedings against Morgan Stanley in Pinnacle Notes case to proceed

A rare interpretation of s 33 of the Evidence Act - Teo Wai Cheong v Crédit Industriel et Commercial [2013] SGCA 33

[US] New standards for party representatives in international arbitration: IBA Guidelines introduced

Kakavas v Crown Melbourne Limited [2013] HCA 25 (Equity, Unconscionable transactions): catchwords

International TradeMark Association Roundtable Discussion 2013: Trade Mark Use and the Internet (1.5 public CPD points)

Mandatory Ethics Programme (for newly-qualified lawyers), Law Soc, 20 Jun (1.5 public CPD points)

Intellectual Property Brand Management & Online Brand Protection Seminar, ALB, 20 June

Consumers' Protection in Europe, What impact on Asia-Europe's Trade, Sorbonne-Assas International Law School, 25-26 Jun (9.5 public CPD points)

Military Activities in the EEZ, NUS, 25 Jun

Legal Aid and Advice Act - Legal Aid and Advice (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S 355 of 2013)

Legal Aid and Advice (Amendment) Act 2013 - Legal Aid and Advice (Amendment) Act 2013 (Commencement) Notification 2013 (S 354 of 2013)

Customs Act - Customs (Duties) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2013 (S 353 of 2013)

Law Soc: eLitigation - Notification of Approved Letter of Request

Law Soc: Sub Courts - Mobile video-conferencing (pilot programme - phase 2)

Law Soc: Sub Courts - Rejection fees for filing of documents

Law Soc: Sub Courts - Circular on the change in practice in the Family Registry for documents filed in the EFS

SGX proposes circuit breakers for securities market