This publication provides an overview of the still nascent concept that is data embassy, including its purposes, features, limitations and analogies with diplomatic missions from which inspirations are drawn, and includes a comprehensive mapping of the two primary data embassy models in operation today. Get your copy here. An issues paper on this topic is available for free download here.

On April 16, 2024, the Singapore Government accepted all 10 recommendations by the Tripartite Workgroup on the Tripartite Guidelines on Flexible Work Arrangement Requests (Guidelines). These mandatory Guidelines come into effect on December 1, 2024 and are intended to shape the right norms and expectations concerning flexible work arrangements. This update takes a look at the Guidelines.

On March 1, 2024, the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (“CCCS”) released its Environmental Sustainability Collaboration Guidance Note (“ESCGN”). It aims to provide clarity to businesses on CCCS's evaluation of collaborations f pursuing environmental sustainability objectives, so that such collaborations may be pursued in a way that does not harm competition. This update highlights key points of the ESCGN.

Listed companies may soon need to act within 21 days of getting requisition notice.

The domestic violence turned fatal one night in January 2019, when M. Krishnan, battered Ms Mallika Begum Rahamansa Abdul Rahman to death.

Soraya Hafsa Ibrahim pleaded guilty to three charges, including one charge of preparing legal documents when she had been disbarred as a lawyer.

Chinese national Zhang Ruijin, 45, faces three charges of forging documents to cheat CIMB bank. The fake documents include two sale agreements for properties in Macau and a loan agreement stating he had borrowed funds from a Hong Kong company.

The bitter fight was sparked after one of them cried foul for being short-changed, even though he got over $45 million.

In Foo Kian Beng v OP3 International Pte Ltd (In liquidation) [2024] SGCA 10, the Singapore Court of Appeal dismissed the Appellant’s appeal and held up the findings by the Judge of the General Division of the High Court of Singapore that a director has a duty to consider the interests of creditors as part of his duty to act in the best interests of the company at a time when the company was in a financially parlous state, and that the Appellant had breached that duty by authorising the payment of disputed transactions to himself. This update analyses the court's decision.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore recently announced its intention to repeal the regulatory regime for Registered Fund Management Companies (“RMFC”) on 1 August 2024. This update highlights key points RFMCS should note and action to prepare for the repeal of the RFMC regime.

The Christopher Bathurst Prize, presented in collaboration between SAL and Fountain Court Chambers, is now accepting submissions for 15th edition of the annual essay writing competition! Open to all full-time law students of NUS, SMU, SUSS and young lawyers under 30 years old, this is your chance to showcase your legal prowess. The winner will win an all-expenses-paid two-week internship in London! Submissions close 28 June 2024 (4pm SGT). 

The guidelines adopt a broad definition of flexible working arrangements that employers must fairly consider and be open to offering.