Mr David Haw and Ms Cindy Yee alleged that they were misled into investing in the projects through London-based firm Ecohouse.

This includes cases where employers terminate their employees’ contract of service, but engage their services under conditions that effectively make them employees.

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Madam Eng Beng was awarded $39,515.08 in special damages, but will have to return the amount, less the legal costs, to MOH.

Under the amendments, a tiered framework will be introduced for drug possession, with the maximum jail sentence set at 30 years.

Anti-discrimination in the workplace is in the spotlight after a list of proposals was recently unveiled for the Workplace Fairness Legislation.

Mr Lee Hsien Yang and Mrs Lee Suet Fern absconded after they came under investigation for lying during judicial proceedings, and it was in the public interest that the police released information about the matter.

He set out three lessons from the crisis, as well as corresponding actions to be taken: fortifying the public health system, enhancing forward-planning capabilities, and strengthening national resilience.

This is why the nominations are revoked upon marriage but not divorce, said Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng in Parliament on Monday.

In written grounds of decision issued on Friday, the High Court set a benchmark sentence of four weeks' jail for "archetypal" cases of driving without a valid licence.

David Lim Wee Hong, 44, became the last person to admit that he was part of the syndicate that duped SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) into disbursing the amount as subsidies linked to skills training courses.

Apex court says man had shown clear intention to treat it as part of family estate.

In this exclusive interview with Lianhe Zaobao, Stefanie Yuen Thio, joint managing partner at TSMP Law Corporation, discusses her charity work, family, and being invited to tea by the People’s Action Party.

SMU is the only law school in Singapore to offer the specialisation tracks for students.

MAS last month introduced a notice on business conduct requirements for CF advisers, setting out specific requirements to manage conflicts of interest and ensure proper governance and supervision.

He committed the offence despite knowing that his OCBC account was only for his personal use and that he was not supposed to allow anyone else to use it.

The judge described the case as an abuse of the judicial process.

Firm, Matthew Peloso have faced claims from partners-turned-creditors, contempt proceedings and patent fight.

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Former Sakae Holdings director Andy Ong Siew Kwee went on trial on Monday over the alleged misappropriation of $15.8 million from a real estate investment joint venture.

The foster parents of an eight-year-old girl, who was placed in their care shortly after her birth as both her biological parents were in prison, were allowed to adopt the child despite her natural father's objections.

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This left the Singapore International Commercial Court with an unusual legal conundrum: Can the victim of a Ponzi scam sue the participants of the same scam to retrieve funds?

Two law graduates who were called to the Bar on Thursday after owning up to past wrongdoings deserve the second chance and are good examples of how to act after messing up, lawyers have said.

Short video-sharing app TikTok will now have additional obligations to help combat fake news, including preventing abuse by bots and ensuring online transparency for political advertising under Singapore's fake news law.

The ready supply of vaping products in Malaysia and the impact it may have on Singapore need to be scrutinised more closely.

Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon allowed their applications to be called to the Bar after all stakeholders involved said they had no objections to their admission.

He orders man's CPF monies to go to daughter instead of estranged former wife.

The recently passed Environmental Public Health (Amendment) Bill has drawn some attention because it enacts what some are calling a “guilty until proven innocent” provision.

Independent directors cannot rely on the advice and conclusions of others, but must scrutinise the relevant reports themselves.

Consultancy firm CPG Consultants has been ordered to pay home-grown builder Or Kim Peow Contractors $43.8 million over the collapse of part of the PIE in 2017.

The court said taxi driver Cheng Hoe Soon was "gravely disadvantaged twice in his attempts to seek recourse and justice for his road traffic accident case".

The jury is still out on whether smart cities truly live up to their ambition of offering people a better quality of life -- which is more than the promise of easy, safe, and ecological living.

Singaporeans living overseas will be able to vote by post in the upcoming presidential election.

Herbalife has won its appeal to the High Court against the taxman over the value of the products it supplies to its members on which goods and services tax is levied.

A couple who invested in an exclusive resort villa in the holiday town of Kamala, Thailand, ended up being dragged through two legal battles.

He succeeds in claim against police over unlawful arrest but fails in assault claim. 

It would be hard for elections committee to ignore finding of lying under oath, they say.

New laws aim to target money mules involved in laundering criminal proceeds for scammers as well as syndicated scam operations.

The Court of Three Judges and a disciplinary tribunal had in 2020 found that the couple had lied under oath during disciplinary proceedings against Mrs Lee over her handling of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew’s last will.

Among the inaccuracies in the e-book was one regarding the insertion of a demolition clause for the house at 38 Oxley Road in Mr Lee Kuan Yew's last will.

This group will be given the power to investigate disputes and stop certain nuisance behaviour.

The High Court found Inzign only vicariously liable for the acts of its employee Paing Win, and ordered the company to pay $30,574 in damages to Siemens.

Steady efforts building on Singapore’s first steps to evolve the compact around platform work will be needed.

The structural changes to the professional training and admission regime of lawyers were first announced in 2018.

The planned code of practice for app stores aims to protect children from harmful content such as sexual and violent material.

The prosecution said the charges were amended following the release of a report by the Institute of Mental Health. The accused was found to have major depressive disorder of moderate severity.

Mr Edwin Tong SC, Second Minister for Law, and Mdm Rahayu Mahzam, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Law), spoke in Parliament on 27 February 2023 and shared about MinLaw’s work and initiatives for the year.

The move is among several planned to enhance the community dispute management to encourage amicable resolution of such disputes.

MHA will be introducing the Online Criminal Harms Act later this year which will help address gaps in tackling online harms such as as scams, foreign interference, online gambling and sexual abuse material.

They say alleged conspiracy saw them taking up loans under onerous terms.

When the suit was dismissed in 2022, the High Court judge described the man as an unfilial son who “dishonoured his mother and everything she had done".

These changes are largely to deal with the problem of new psychoactive substances, which started becoming an issue in the past decade.

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The judge said specific deterrence was a key consideration, given the driver’s long history of not following traffic rules and his lack of remorse.

Celebrity hairstylist Addy Lee had signed a deal to start a shop called After Coffee, but a different shop called Beyond Coffee opened it its place.

Suggestions from MPs ranged from short-term unemployment support to part-time work options for middle-aged and older workers.

The BTO ballot system could take a multi-level approach with phases with fixed quotas for groups such as young couples, the elderly and families with children.

The proposed amendments to the Companies Act have yet to be tabled for debate in Parliament.

The apex court in dismissing the appeal said that Ms Carolyn Tan Beng Hui showed a lack of remorse even in her written mitigation pleas to the disciplinary tribunal.

Noting that business costs have risen and are likely to keep doing so, some MPs wanted small- and medium-sized enterprises to get more help to offset high operating costs, and enhanced productivity and digitisation initiatives.

Britain-based Element Six Technologies had sued Singapore firm IIa Technologies in 2016, alleging that the latter had infringed two of its patents registered in Singapore.

Defendant did not fall short of duty of care it owes woman over uncovered drain: Judge

Workplace misbehaviour and mistreatment can take many forms and may exist in any workplace and can be hard to resolve, even with enhanced legislation to discourage such behaviours.

Such transactions are prohibited under the United Nations Security Council resolutions.