(2025) CLU 4 / 23 Sep 2025 Civil Litigation Update (Aug 2025) - Impact of error and delay on court’s discretion to extend time to appeal Being a lawyer can be challenging in the high-energy environment of modern litigation, and failure to meet the standards of proper practice in litigation can have catastrophic consequences for the client. This issue of the Civil Litigation Update...
Allen & Gledhill / 21 Oct 2025 IPOS announces enhancements to Patent Prosecution Highway programmes The programmes provide greater accessibility and benefits for innovators and businesses, translating to streamlined processes and improved outcomes.
Rajah & Tann / 21 Oct 2025 New proposed requirements on equipment and vehicles with HFC refrigerants: compliance and impact The National Environment Agency of Singapore issued a consultation paper on the requirements for equipment containing hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants which aim to support the national climate ambition. This update summarises the key proposals in...
Allen & Gledhill / 17 Oct 2025 MAS publishes Guidelines on Standards of Conduct for Digital Advertising Activities to promote responsible online financial content sharing and advertising The guidelines seek to establish expectations for financial institutions on responsible and professional digital advertising practices and are aimed at promoting responsible online financial content sharing and advertising.
Singapore Academy of Law / 14 Oct 2025 [SAcLJ]: A critical analysis of the application of guidelines on reduction in sentences for guilty pleas in Singapore This article examines the Court of Appeal’s decision in Iskandar bin Jinan v Public Prosecutor [2024] 2 SLR 673 with regard to the application of the Guidelines on Reduction in Sentences for Guilty Pleas to drug trafficking cases.
Singapore Academy of Law / 06 Oct 2025 [SAL Prac]: Certification Marks in Practice – Part 2: Governance of Use Part 1 of this two-part article provided empirical evidence on the use of the registered certification marks regime. Among other findings, it revealed that registered marks rarely indicate their status as certification marks. Building on these...
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore / 23 Oct 2025 AMP Mediation: Rasa Fitness & Dance Academy & Nur Badriah Binte Johari [2025] AMP MED 1 In their mediation, a partnership in the business of providing fitness classes, and a fitness trainer, started off relying heavily on their legal positions, but in private caucuses, the mediator skilfully drew out the parties’ true concerns...
Drew & Napier LLC / 22 Oct 2025 Court upholds will — Disinherited wife’s challenge fails; Half-sister inherits estate: XAT v XAU and another [2025] SGHCF 4 XAT v XAU [2025] SGHCF 4 concerns the validity of a will made by the deceased, who excluded his wife, the appellant, from his will, and instead left his estate to his half-sister (“Will”). The General Division of the High Court...
Singapore Academy of Law / 21 Oct 2025 [SAcLJ]: Down for the (ac)count: Clarification regarding the duties of a privately appointed receiver - Victory International Holdings Pte Ltd v Borrelli, Cosimo [2025] 1 SLR 49 [Case Note] This case note analyses the recent decision of the Appellate Division of the High Court in Victory International Holdings Pte Ltd v Borrelli, Cosimo [2025] 1 SLR 49, where the court clarified the nature and scope of a privately appointed...
Singapore Academy of Law / 17 Oct 2025 [SAL Ann Rev]: Mediation and appropriate dispute resolution This article encapsulates and evaluates the 2023 decisions of the Singapore courts on mediation & dispute resolution. It is authored by Professor Nadja Alexander, Shouyu Chong.and Sarah Lim Hui Feng.
Singapore Academy of Law / 16 Oct 2025 [SAL Ann Rev]: Contract Law This article encapsulates and evaluates the 2023 decisions of the Singapore courts on contract law. It is authored by Professor Tham Chee Ho and Associate Professor Tan Zhong Xing.
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP / 09 Oct 2025 Dentons Rodyk Dialogue 2025 The 2025 Dentons Rodyk Dialogue touched on key issues such as how Singapore can maintain its position as an international financial centre amidst the challenges to its capital markets. This update condenses the key insights from the dialogue.
Withers KhattarWong LLP / 29 Sep 2025 International estate planning for art collectors – a Singapore perspective The unique nature, diverse forms, and complex ownership of artworks call for detailed inventories, careful selection and empowerment of executors and trustees, consideration of cross-border legal and tax implications, and thoughtful strategies to...
Drew & Napier LLC / 19 Sep 2025 ACRA and SGX update on climate reporting and assurance roadmap in Singapore The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority and Singapore Exchange Regulation have extended the timelines for implementing climate reporting requirements. This update summarises the key timelines for companies to note.
Withers KhattarWong LLP / 15 Sep 2025 Negotiation tips when facing layoff Losing your job can feel overwhelming and many employees do not realise they have the right to ask for more. This article shares five practical tips for securing a better outcome.
Allen & Gledhill / 12 Sep 2025 ACRA and SGX RegCo extend timelines for most climate reporting requirements The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (“ACRA”) and Singapore Exchange Regulation (“SGX RegCo”) have extended the timelines in light of the uncertain global economic landscape and feedback encouraging greater...
Rajah & Tann / 17 Oct 2025 The rising response to "Dark Patterns" – Lessons from new regulations and enforcement actions by global regulators Dark patterns, user interface designs that manipulate users into taking action they did not intend to have become an increasing source of concern for consumers. This update looks at enforcement against dark patterns across a few countries and...
Allen & Gledhill / 13 Oct 2025 Privy Council abolishes “Shareholder Rule” exception to legal advice privilege For more than 130 years, English law has recognised the so-called “Shareholder Rule” which precluded companies from asserting legal advice privilege against their shareholders in litigation. However, in Jardine Strategic Limited v...
Allen & Gledhill / 08 Oct 2025 Singapore to contract high-quality nature-based carbon credits from four projects in Ghana, Peru, and Paraguay On 16 September 2025, the National Climate Change Secretariat (“NCCS”) announced that NCCS and the Ministry of Trade and Industry will contract 2.175 million tonnes worth of high-quality nature-based carbon credits from four projects...
Withers KhattarWong LLP / 06 Oct 2025 Justifying liquidator fees: UK Privy Council draws from Singapore framework The UK's Privy Council has delivered a landmark judgment clarifying the principles for assessing the fees of liquidators in complex, large-scale insolvencies. The decision in Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago v CL Financial Ltd (in...
WongPartnership LLP / 26 Sep 2025 Merger control update: The current state of play in ASEAN This update gives an overview of the ASEAN merger control regimes as they currently stand.
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore / 23 Oct 2025 AMP Mediation: Rasa Fitness & Dance Academy & Nur Badriah Binte Johari [2025] AMP MED 1
Drew & Napier LLC / 22 Oct 2025 Court upholds will — Disinherited wife’s challenge fails; Half-sister inherits estate: XAT v XAU and another [2025] SGHCF 4
Singapore Academy of Law / 21 Oct 2025 [SAcLJ]: Down for the (ac)count: Clarification regarding the duties of a privately appointed receiver - Victory International Holdings Pte Ltd v Borrelli, Cosimo [2025] 1 SLR 49 [Case Note]
Rajah & Tann / 21 Oct 2025 New proposed requirements on equipment and vehicles with HFC refrigerants: compliance and impact
Rajah & Tann / 17 Oct 2025 The rising response to "Dark Patterns" – Lessons from new regulations and enforcement actions by global regulators
Allen & Gledhill / 17 Oct 2025 MAS publishes Guidelines on Standards of Conduct for Digital Advertising Activities to promote responsible online financial content sharing and advertising
Drew & Napier LLC / 15 Oct 2025 High Court clarifies the scope of "deemed consent" and the application of "actionable loss" for data breaches under the PDPA- Piper, Martin v Singapore Kindness Movement [2025] SGHC 173