Other key amendments include enhancing the prudential oversight of banks and MBs by the MAS by expanding the grounds for revoking bank licences..

This article concludes that POFMA, even if perceived to be draconian, is congruent with Art 14 of the Singapore Constitution. Nevertheless, such plenary powers are subject to potentially powerful political limits in the electoral process.

The Act puts in place a systems-level approach that mandates key responsibilities to enable reusing and recycling nationwide. 

On 6 January 2020, the Geographical Indications (Amendment) Bill (“Bill”) was introduced for first reading in Parliament.

In 3 Corporate Services Pte Ltd v Grabtaxi Holdings Pte Ltd [2020] SGHC 17, the SHC addressed in obiter the novel question of whether cybersquatting is a recognisable head of public policy which can render contracts non-enforceable.

The PDPC found that Personal Data of 7 individuals had been exposed to the risk of unauthorised disclosure as a result of the Organisation’s failure to ensure appropriate testing of its website or make other security arrangements..

The PDPC found that the Organisation did not have in place a clearly defined process to restart its application and printer servers and a sufficiently robust document ID generation process to prevent the duplication of document IDs.

In CA Investment (Brazil) S.A. v Joesley Mendonca Batista and others (unreported), the Defendants successfully set aside the service out of jurisdiction.

In International Placements (S) Pte Ltd v Public Prosecutor [2020] SGHC 46, the SHC held that “employment” under the EAA refers to “an engagement or use to do something whether or not there is a contract of service”.

Apart from the relief measures that directly assist households, the Resilience Budget sets aside funds to implement new schemes and enhance existing ones to support businesses in these crippling times.

This article provides some preliminary information for potential or existing owners of fitness centres. 

Are electronic exchanges of and electronic signatures on contracts for the sale and purchase of immovable property (SPAs) acceptable? 

It would be important for employers to have knowledge of the various options and measures to assist in managing excess manpower, as set out in the Tripartite Advisory.

For judgment creditors, the seizure and sale of immovable property is not always a straightforward matter.

In the fourth quarter of 2019, there were wide-ranging antitrust developments in South-east Asia..

Australian courts, acting within the limits of their power, must be protective of this jurisdiction, which the framers of our Constitution intended the courts to exercise. 

This article assesses the applicability and the implications of the newly introduced Green Channel regime in India, where there will be automatic clearance for mergers.

China officially abolished the foreign investment approval (and filing) system, which had been adopted in China for 40 years.