(2025) CLU 5 / 09 Dec 2025 Civil Litigation Update (Nov 2025) - When may a further affidavit be filed? Recent case law has significantly clarified the circumstances in which a party may adduce a further affidavit containing supporting evidence or new grounds for the remedy sought. This issue of the CLU looks at the considerations of the court in...
(2025) CLU 5 / 02 Dec 2025 Civil Litigation Update (Nov 2025) - When may a further affidavit be filed? Recent case law has significantly clarified the circumstances in which a party may adduce a further affidavit containing supporting evidence or new grounds for the remedy sought. This issue of the CLU looks at the considerations of the court in...
Singapore Academy of Law / 15 Jan 2026 [SAL Prac]: Advocacy in a virtual world – Age-old tips for a new frontier Virtual hearings have overtaken in-person hearings as the mainstay of a litigation lawyer’s practice. This article reflects on how traditional court craft, age-old adages and traditions of the Bar equally apply in a virtual setting to guide...
Singapore Academy of Law / 13 Jan 2026 [SAL Prac]: Out of the frying pan, into the fire – Does section 17(3) really resolve the status of claims for damage, loss or expense in adjudication proceedings? This article explores the ambiguities in the wording, scope and exceptions in s 17(3) of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004, which enterprising employers and contractors can take advantage of to raise claims for...
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP / 05 Jan 2026 The subtle art of gifting Legacy planning is one of life’s most meaningful yet often overlooked responsibilities. For Muslims, Faraid (Islamic Inheritance Law) provides a comprehensive framework and divine guidance, and should be complemented with practical measures...
Rajah & Tann / 02 Jan 2026 Parliament passes law to prevent misuse of companies, protect shareholders and ease regulatory burden The Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Bill was passed in Parliament on 5 November 2025 and most of the provisions of the Bill are expected to be in force from April 2026 onwards. This update looks at some of the key changes in the Bill...
Singapore Academy of Law / 31 Dec 2025 [SAcLJ]: Imprisonment when an offender cannot pay a fine This article critiques the common-law rule from Low Meng Chay v Public Prosecutor, highlighting the crucial distinction between (a) being sentenced to a fine, then imprisoned in default of payment; and (b) being sentenced to imprisonment....
Singapore Academy of Law / 16 Jan 2026 [SAL Prac]: Void charges and statutory injunctions: Developments in the law of company liquidation – Group Lease Holdings Pte Ltd v Group Lease Public Co Ltd [2024] SGHC 302 [case comment] Group Lease Holdings Pte Ltd v Group Lease Public Co Ltd [2024] SGHC 302 involved an interim injunction in a clawback action against a company’s parent, raising novel issues on unregistered charges, and the exercise of a charge which is...
Allen & Gledhill / 06 Jan 2026 Singapore High Court delivers significant decision involving interaction between insolvency and arbitration, and provides important guidance on entire agreement clauses In the recent decision of Kardachi, Jason Aleksander v Deepak Mishra [2025] SGHC 218, the General Division of the High Court of Singapore decided three interlocking applications at the intersection of insolvency, arbitration, and contract law....
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore / 06 Jan 2026 IPOS update on IP/IT dispute resolution in Singapore: November-December 2025 This update covers recent Court decisions and featured articles, events and developments relating to IP/IT dispute resolution in Singapore in November to December 2025.
WongPartnership LLP / 05 Jan 2026 Should proofs of debt be rejected simply because of complexity or parallel or overlapping claims across different insolvent estates? The answer is “no”, following a recent decision by the General Division of the High Court of Singapore which provides welcome guidance on the admission of proofs of debt
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore / 02 Jan 2026 AMP+ Mediation Success: Moniba Ather & Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd [2025] AMP+ MED 4 This mediation between an author of a novel and a digital publishing company presented cultural dynamics, language barriers and logistical hurdles navigated remotely across three jurisdictions (Singapore, Pakistan and China). This case is a...
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP / 16 Jan 2026 Securing value in private equity M&A: Bespoke protections and W&I insurance insights This article explores the tailored approach required when advising private equity (PE) buyers and sellers by setting out the contractual protections that PE clients commonly expect, how these protections are aligned with the usual scopes of...
Singapore Academy of Law / 14 Jan 2026 [SAL Prac]: Legal Generative AI – The new equation for lawyers of the future The legal profession is undergoing a transformative shift with generative artificial intelligence (“AI”). Integrated into legal technology, it now enhances legal tasks like contract drafting and analysis. As AI becomes more common,...
Singapore Academy of Law / 29 Dec 2025 [SAcLJ]: “Does this unit have a soul?” AI-generated works, creativity research, and copyright policy This article contends that determining whether copyright protection should apply to AI-generated works requires understanding whether AI is “creative”. If it is a tool, works generated using AI deserve copyright protection. However,...
Singapore Academy of Law / 26 Dec 2025 [SAcLJ]: Building sandcastles at high tide: Contracts in the IP regulation of AI training data Contracts have been proposed to complement copyright law to better regulate the use of data in training AI models. Still, the dynamic between contracts and copyright law in this context remains underexplored. This article examines their...
Allen & Gledhill / 05 Dec 2025 Bioethics Advisory Committee publishes report on ethical, legal, and social issues arising from human nuclear genome editing The report provides guidance to academics, healthcare professionals, researchers, Institutional Review Boards, and Clinical Ethics Committees on the response use of human nuclear genome editing technologies in both biomedical research and...
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP / 15 Jan 2026 A Privy Council reset for proving deceit without awareness Commercial deals may rest on unstated assumptions. English authorities have required claimants to prove conscious awareness of misrepresentations, limiting fraud claims. In Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Ltd v Ivanishvili [2025] UKPC 53, the Privy...
Singapore Academy of Law / 12 Jan 2026 [SAcLJ]: Comparative analysis of text and data-mining exception clauses in South Korea, Singapore, and Japan This article examines whether generative AI image models infringe copyright, analysing US transformative use principles and TDM exceptions in Japan, Singapore, and the EU. The findings support a dedicated TDM exception in South Korea.
Singapore Academy of Law / 09 Jan 2026 [SAcLJ]: Assessing the originality of works created with the assistance of generative AI: An Indonesian legal perspective This article proposes a method for assessing originality in AI-generated works under Indonesian copyright law, addressing challenges posed by generative AI’s impact on creativity and legal protection.
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP / 09 Jan 2026 Cultural differences in international disputes Over the past three years, empirical surveys and practice-oriented studies have shown that regional culture influences user preferences, and that cross‑cultural communication styles materially affect hearings.
Singapore Academy of Law / 08 Jan 2026 [SAcLJ]: Copyright ownership and duration of AI-authored works On the assumption that Parliament has endorsed the notion of AI authorship and the prospect that copyright may well subsist in works created autonomously by the AI itself, this article further explores allied issues surrounding the ownership and...
Singapore Academy of Law / 16 Jan 2026 [SAL Prac]: Void charges and statutory injunctions: Developments in the law of company liquidation – Group Lease Holdings Pte Ltd v Group Lease Public Co Ltd [2024] SGHC 302 [case comment]
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP / 16 Jan 2026 Securing value in private equity M&A: Bespoke protections and W&I insurance insights
Singapore Academy of Law / 15 Jan 2026 [SAL Prac]: Advocacy in a virtual world – Age-old tips for a new frontier
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP / 15 Jan 2026 A Privy Council reset for proving deceit without awareness
Singapore Academy of Law / 14 Jan 2026 [SAL Prac]: Legal Generative AI – The new equation for lawyers of the future
Singapore Academy of Law / 13 Jan 2026 [SAL Prac]: Out of the frying pan, into the fire – Does section 17(3) really resolve the status of claims for damage, loss or expense in adjudication proceedings?
Singapore Academy of Law / 12 Jan 2026 [SAcLJ]: Comparative analysis of text and data-mining exception clauses in South Korea, Singapore, and Japan
Singapore Academy of Law / 09 Jan 2026 [SAcLJ]: Assessing the originality of works created with the assistance of generative AI: An Indonesian legal perspective
Singapore Academy of Law / 08 Jan 2026 [SAcLJ]: Copyright ownership and duration of AI-authored works