Straits Times /
27 Jan 2023
The portal comes as the Singapore Land Authority aims to fully digitise the current paper-based process for both private and public properties.
Business Times /
27 Jan 2023
Employees under duress can turn to an approach called ‘principled rebellion’. Principled rebellion: The approach suggests eight steps for how employees can say no to their bosses, systematically and sequentially.
Singapore Law Watch /
27 Jan 2023
This webinar will discuss selected pragmatic aspects in M&A deals involving foreign investors in Cambodia and Vietnam, such as the role of taxation and the Competition Law in M&As in Cambodia and detailed procedures to conduct an M&A...
Business Times /
26 Jan 2023
There has been some spectacular white-collar crime cases in Singapore over the years.
Straits Times /
26 Jan 2023
All organisations that send SMSes using alphanumeric sender IDs are required to register with the Singapore SMS Sender ID Registry.
Straits Times /
26 Jan 2023
The full-time national serviceman with the Singapore Police Force used a workplace computer system to unlawfully access the files of a teammate who had been arrested earlier, an offence under the Computer Misuse Act.
Singapore Law Watch /
26 Jan 2023
This seminar will attempt to distil the issues arising from cross border data flows and management of data, and legal challenges relating to transactions of crypto assets, and rights and ownership disputes. This event is supported by Lupl.
Business Times /
24 Jan 2023
Market regulators should conduct a more comprehensive review and further amend existing listing rules to better equip independent directors in their governance roles of listed companies.
Straits Times /
21 Jan 2023
MCI had previously stated that SPH Media Trust will receive public funding of up to S$180 million a year over five years.
Straits Times /
21 Jan 2023
Seven employees were taken to task over the matter in December. Four of them have left the company, while the other three were served warning letters.
Singapore Law Watch /
21 Jan 2023
This webinar will examine the new Personal Data Protection Law ratified by Indonesia’s Parliament in September 2022, including its key provisions such as consent and cross-border transfer regime, its impact on businesses that deal with the...
Straits Times /
20 Jan 2023
The judge found that the apprehending officer had acted in bad faith.
Business Times /
20 Jan 2023
His case will be heard by the High Court has the power to mete out sentences that exceed the District Court’s maximum sentencing jurisdiction of 20 years. His bail amount has also has been raised to S$6 million from S$4 million.
Straits Times /
20 Jan 2023
Jipson Quah allegedly helped his patients dishonestly make false representations to MOH that they were vaccinated.
Singapore Law Watch /
20 Jan 2023
Registrations now open. Modules on GDPR, EU Green Financing Law, EU Competition Law and EU Digital IP Law available.
Straits Times /
19 Jan 2023
Checks should be conducted to ensure transactions were bona fide and that there was no erroneous payment, said Public Accounts Committee chairman Foo Mee Har.
Business Times /
19 Jan 2023
FTX, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, owed US$3.1 billion to its top 50 creditors when it filed for bankruptcy in November 2022.
Straits Times /
19 Jan 2023
Juliana, 53, found to have opioid use and stimulant use disorders but there was no established causal link between her offending and her psychiatric conditions.
Straits Times /
18 Jan 2023
Singaporean Lulu Lim Beng Kim, 63 duped the financial institutions into providing her company with millions of dollars in trade financing in one of Singapore’s largest cases of trade financing fraud.
TODAY /
18 Jan 2023
The Court of Appeal upheld the High Court's order that allowed the Singapore Medical Council to use evidence from the criminal trial in the disciplinary inquiry.
Straits Times /
18 Jan 2023
Tiah Kok Hwee, 46, committed these offences when he was working for oil giant Shell and used the monies on luxury watches, foreign property and cars in one of the largest and most sophisticated marine gas oil heists in Singapore’s history.
Singapore Law Watch /
18 Jan 2023
Straits Times /
17 Jan 2023
DPM Lawrence Wong said the Government will encourage more employers to promote inclusive workplaces and fairer employment practices.
Straits Times /
17 Jan 2023
This comes after a bankruptcy application was taken out against Ng shortly after the High Court in May 2022 cleared the way for liquidators to pursue hundreds of millions of dollars allegedly transferred wrongfully into Ng’s personal...
Singapore Law Watch /
17 Jan 2023
This webinar will examine the new Personal Data Protection Law ratified by Indonesia’s Parliament in September 2022, including its key provisions such as consent and cross-border transfer regime, its impact on businesses that deal with the...
TODAY /
15 Jan 2023
The new Community Law Centre by Pro Bono SG, which will be launched on Jan 31 this year, is situated in front of Tian De Temple in Hougang.
Straits Times /
15 Jan 2023
The schemes offered to the maids are sometimes falsely touted as buy now, pay later schemes.
Straits Times /
15 Jan 2023
Do not take the creation of trust lightly as it is meant to protect the interest of its beneficiaries only.
Straits Times /
13 Jan 2023
IMH said there were no red flags of imminent risk of suicide on Sept 6, 2017, the day before the man took his own life.
Straits Times /
13 Jan 2023
A woman was sentenced to a year’s jail on Thursday after her eight-year-old stepdaughter tried to spike her birth mother’s drink with poison at her instigation.
TODAY /
13 Jan 2023
A supervisor in a prison workshop previously charged in November last year with smuggling sedatives into jail for inmates was sentenced on Thursday (Jan 12) to four weeks’ jail.
Straits Times /
13 Jan 2023
A man has been sentenced to jail as he is linked to a scam that saw a retiree losing $1 million in life savings after the money was transferred to other bank accounts without her knowledge.
Straits Times /
12 Jan 2023
The Republic has a clear zero-tolerance policy against individuals who are thinking of going abroad to fight for any cause, but it will also not barricade itself, Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam said on Wednesday.
Straits Times /
12 Jan 2023
A 38-year-old Ministry of Education (MOE) teacher has been detained for planning to travel to Palestine and engage in armed jihad.
Straits Times /
12 Jan 2023
The accused was initially cleared by the High Court in June 2020 following an 11-day trial but his acquittal was reversed by the Court of Appeal after the prosecution appealed, and he was sentenced to 13 years’ jail and 12 strokes...
Singapore Law Watch /
12 Jan 2023
Registrations now open. Modules on GDPR, EU Green Financing Law, EU Competition Law and EU Digital IP Law available.
Straits Times /
11 Jan 2023
Mr Syn Kok Kay, who was sole proprietor of Patrick Chin Syn & Co was suspended for three years and nine months by the Court of Three Judges.
Business Times /
11 Jan 2023
Companies listed on the SGX will have to disclose the exact amount and breakdown of the remuneration paid to their chief executive officer (CEO) and directors in their annual reports.
Straits Times /
11 Jan 2023
NCMP Leong Mun Wai's proposal to exclude land costs in pricing Housing Board flats is "superficially attractive" and "not logical", said National Development Minister Desmond Lee.
Singapore Law Watch /
11 Jan 2023
Straits Times /
10 Jan 2023
The two new senior counsel appointed at the start of the new legal year are Mr Wong Woon Kwong and Mr Kelvin Poon.
Straits Times /
10 Jan 2023
Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon speaking at an event at the Supreme Court on Monday to mark the opening of the 2023 legal year.
Straits Times /
10 Jan 2023
Attorney-General Lucien Wong speaks during the opening of the Legal Year at the Supreme Court on Jan 9, 2023.
Straits Times /
10 Jan 2023
An average of about 1,500 enforcement actions have been taken by NEA annually from 2017 to 2021.
Singapore Law Watch /
10 Jan 2023
This webinar will examine the new Personal Data Protection Law ratified by Indonesia’s Parliament in September 2022, including its key provisions such as consent and cross-border transfer regime, its impact on businesses that deal with the...
Straits Times /
09 Jan 2023
The family of the late former chief justice Yong Pung How has donated $20 million to the Singapore Management University's law school to set up financial aid and fellowship programmes as well as a research fund.
Straits Times /
09 Jan 2023
A woman pretended to be a lawyer and cheated three people, including her former boyfriend's mother, out of over $62,000 in total.
Straits Times /
06 Jan 2023
The primary terrorist threat to Singapore still comes from self-radicalised individuals, according to a report released by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) on Tuesday.
Straits Times /
06 Jan 2023
Barred by SGX RegCo, UOBKH is not allowed to undertake new mandates to act as an issue manager or full sponsor for initial public offering and reverse takeover submissions on the local bourse.
Singapore Law Watch /
06 Jan 2023
Registrations now open. Modules on GDPR, EU Green Financing Law, EU Competition Law and EU Digital IP Law available.
Straits Times /
05 Jan 2023
In the first case of its kind, the High Court annulled a decision of the Law Society to pursue a "watered down" charge against a lawyer before an existing disciplinary tribunal.
Straits Times /
05 Jan 2023
More than US$8 million (S$10 million) was stolen from a Singapore-based crypto wallet provider on Dec 26.
Straits Times /
05 Jan 2023
A district judge, finding an employer liable for negligence in a lawsuit brought by an injured worker, threw out its defence that the worker had agreed to waive his right of action against the company.
Straits Times /
05 Jan 2023
Upset that her 15-year-old daughter was going out frequently, a woman stabbed the teenage girl’s right thigh with a knife.
Singapore Law Watch /
05 Jan 2023
7th intake now open. Take advantage of the early bird special.
Straits Times /
04 Jan 2023
Section 377A, a decades-old law criminalising gay sex, has officially been struck off the books.
Business Times /
04 Jan 2023
YKGI, the group which operates Yew Kee Duck Rice and bubble tea brand Chicha San Chen in Singapore, is eyeing a Catalist listing.
Straits Times /
04 Jan 2023
A teenager, who was convicted of robbery in 2019 and ordered to undergo reformative training, was out under supervision when he slashed a man with a knife, causing serious injuries.
Singapore Law Watch /
04 Jan 2023
This webinar will examine the new Personal Data Protection Law ratified by Indonesia’s Parliament in September 2022, including its key provisions such as consent and cross-border transfer regime, its impact on businesses that deal with the...
Straits Times /
03 Jan 2023
A High Court judge found no merit in the woman's claim and questioned the point of the proceedings she brought.
Straits Times /
03 Jan 2023
The debate in Parliament on repealing Section 377A of the Penal Code criminalising gay sex in November saw several MPs raise the issue once more.
Straits Times /
03 Jan 2023
The assets included a flat, a POSB account with about $120,800 and an OCBC account with about $55,500.
Straits Times /
03 Jan 2023
The former employees had conspired to misappropriate more than US$479 million (S$642 million) worth of cryptocurrency assets.
Straits Times /
03 Jan 2023
Several VC firms have maintained their investments in the tech space despite 2022 proving to be a tumultuous year for the sector.
Singapore Law Watch /
31 Dec 2022
Across 84 pages, this publication tackles whether cryptoassets are property in the eyes of Singapore law by considering evolving definitions of such assets, examining Singapore case law, analysing gaps in judicial responses and the existing...
Straits Times /
30 Dec 2022
Tan Boon Lee was sentenced to five weeks’ jail and a $6,000 fine on Thursday.
Straits Times /
30 Dec 2022
Seow Koon Thong pleaded guilty to four graft charges involving four then directors at different firms and $30,500 in bribes.
Singapore Law Watch /
30 Dec 2022
This webinar will examine the new Personal Data Protection Law ratified by Indonesia’s Parliament in September 2022, including its key provisions such as consent and cross-border transfer regime, its impact on businesses that deal with the...
Straits Times /
29 Dec 2022
This is the longest custodial sentence for market manipulation in Singapore’s history.
Straits Times /
29 Dec 2022
John Soh and Quah Su-Ling masterminded Singapore’s biggest case of stock market manipulation that wiped out nearly $8 billion in market value in October 2013.
Singapore Law Watch /
29 Dec 2022
Registrations now open. Modules on GDPR, EU Green Financing Law, EU Competition Law and EU Digital IP Law available.
Straits Times /
28 Dec 2022
He was involved in sourcing bank accounts that were later used to receive scam money. OCBC said in January that it had made full goodwill payouts to all victims.
Business Times /
28 Dec 2022
SGX RegCo says its actions apply to IPO and RTO submissions for which UOBKH had agreed to act as issue manager or full sponsor under any agreement entered into from Aug 31.
Singapore Law Watch /
28 Dec 2022
7th intake now open. Take advantage of the early bird special.
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