Welcome to Singapore Law

Welcome to Singapore Law

Singapore law, which has its roots in English law, has now evolved into a distinctive jurisprudence. It continues to absorb and modify the common law as well as best practices from other mature legal systems. Developments in Singapore law reflect an acute awareness of the need to recognize and accommodate current international business and commercial practices.

The legal system in Singapore has received numerous international accolades for its efficiency and integrity. As a consequence of this, there is now wide recognition of Singapore as a leading legal hub in Asia.

This website makes available authoritative commentaries on the essential principles of Singapore law.

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HEADLINE NEWS

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She lied to get work passes

Source: TODAY | Date: 21 Nov 2008
‘So he can go see sick mum’: CJ

Source: TODAY | Date: 21 Nov 2008
$30m suit against NUS thrown out

Source: Straits Times | Date: 21 Nov 2008
Woman, 92, sues bank for freezing her account

Source: Straits Times | Date: 21 Nov 2008
Gopalan Nair released from jail

Source: Straits Times | Date: 21 Nov 2008
Taking the fight to Ah Long: Moneylending industry changes

Source: Straits Times | Date: 20 Nov 2008
Organ broker's appeal thrown out

Source: Straits Times | Date: 20 Nov 2008
Expert traces victim's last moments

Source: Straits Times | Date: 20 Nov 2008
Employment Act keeps pace with changes

Source: Straits Times | Date: 19 Nov 2008
Timely update for moneylending rules

Source: Straits Times | Date: 19 Nov 2008

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LATEST CASES

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Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd v Ang Thian Soo - [2008] SGHC 213

Subject Area: Insolvency Law | Decision Date: 22 Nov 2008
Malayan Banking Bhd v United Arab Shipping Co (S.A.G.) and Another (Agrizala Co (Pte) Ltd, Third Party) and Another Suit - [2008] SGHC 214

Subject Area: Civil Procedure | Decision Date: 22 Nov 2008
Wang Chin Sing v Public Prosecutor - [2008] SGHC 215

Subject Area: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Sentencing | Decision Date: 22 Nov 2008
Tsu Soo Sin v Oei Tjiong Bin and Another - [2008] SGCA 46

Subject Area: Choses in Action, Equity, Gifts | Decision Date: 22 Nov 2008
Orix Leasing Singapore Ltd v Koh Mui Hoe and Others - [2008] SGHC 211

Subject Area: Tort | Decision Date: 22 Nov 2008
Orix Leasing Singapore Ltd v Koh Mui Hoe and Others - [2008] SGHC 212

Subject Area: Tort | Decision Date: 22 Nov 2008
Children's Media Ltd and Others v Singapore Tourism Board - [2008] SGCA 45

Subject Area: Companies, Contract | Decision Date: 22 Nov 2008
Public Prosecutor v Wang Minjiang - [2008] SGHC 209

Subject Area: Criminal Procedure and Sentencing | Decision Date: 22 Nov 2008
Public Prosecutor v Leong Soon Kheong - [2008] SGHC 208

Subject Area: Criminal Law | Decision Date: 22 Nov 2008
Sukhpreet Kaur Bajaj d/o Manjit Singh and Another v Paramjit Singh Bajaj and Others - [2008] SGHC 207

Subject Area: Trusts | Decision Date: 22 Nov 2008

LEGISLATION UPDATES

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Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) (Amendment) Act 2008

Published: 19 Nov 2008
Central Provident Fund Act - Central Provident Fund (Exemption) Order 2008

Published: 19 Nov 2008
Competition Act – Competition (Exclusion of Air Shuttle Service Agreement) (Revocation) Order 2008

Published: 19 Nov 2008
District Cooling Act - District Cooling (Exemption from Section 7(3) and (5)) Regulations 2008

Published: 19 Nov 2008
Income Tax Act - Income Tax (Approved Banks) (Consolidation) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2008

Published: 18 Nov 2008
Protected Areas and Protected Places Act - Protected Places (No. 5) Order 2008

Published: 18 Nov 2008
Common Gaming Houses Act - Common Gaming Houses (Exemption) (No. 38) Notification 2008

Published: 18 Nov 2008
Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill

Introduced: 17 Nov 2008
Civil Law (Amendment) Bill

Introduced: 17 Nov 2008
International Interests in Aircraft Equipment Bill

Introduced: 17 Nov 2008

NOTICE & DIRECTIONS

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Sup Ct PD No. 4 of 2008 - Practising Certificate Electronic Filing System

Effective: 15 Oct 2008
Sup Ct PD No. 3 of 2008 - Applications for grants of probate, letters of administration or resealing of grant in respect of deaths occurring on or after 15 Feb 08

Effective: 18 Sep 2008
Sup Ct PD No. 2 Of 2008 Miscellaneous Amendments

Effective: 01 Sep 2008
PD No. 1 of 2008 - Citation of Judgments

Effective: 23 Jun 2008
RC No. 5 of 2008 - Availabilty of counsel for hearings

Effective: 24 Apr 2008
RC No 4 of 2008 - Appointment of Vice-President of Court of Appeal

Effective: 18 Apr 2008
Sub Ct: ePractice Direction No. 2 of 2008- Applications for grants of probate or letters of administration in respect of deaths occurring on or after 15 Feb 08

Effective: 18 Sep 2008
ePD No 1 of 2008 - (1) FIDReC Pre-Action Protocol for the Management and Resolution of Low-Value Non-Injury Motor Accident Claims; (2) Expedited Writ Track

Effective: 17 Mar 2008
Sub Ct RC No. 2 OF 2008 - Pilot run for CM PIMA

Effective: 10 Sep 2008
Sub Ct RC No 1 of 2008 - Appointment of Senior District Judge

Effective: 28 Aug 2008

Continuing Legal Education

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Singapore Academy of Law Fifteenth Annual Lecture 2008, 8 Oct

Start Date: 08 Oct 2008
The WTO in Difficult Times: New Challenges and New Prospects, SMU & AWRN, 10-11 Oct

Start Date: 10 Oct 2008, End Date: 11 Oct 2008
2008 Annual Seminar of the Medico-Legal Society on 'Mental Disorders: The Medico-Legal Issues and Challenges', 11 Oct

Start Date: 11 Oct 2008
Advocacy Skills Workshop, LexisNexis, The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, UK, 13-14 Oct, 16-17 Oct

Start Date: 13 Oct 2008
The Return of Gambling and The Law: Across New Frontiers, Law Soc, 14 Oct

Start Date: 14 Oct 2008
Intellectual Property and the Financial Services Sector, SAL, 14 Oct

Start Date: 14 Oct 2008
Sub-Prime Crisis: Implications for Asia, SAL, 15 Oct

Start Date: 15 Oct 2008
Bolstering The Concept Of Private Ownership In China: The New Chinese Property Code Of 2007, NUS, 15 Oct

Start Date: 15 Oct 2008
Recent Developments in Patent and Trademark Law in the United Kingdom, Law Soc, 17 Oct

Start Date: 17 Oct 2008
CLE Seminar on GE2008 And The Future Of Malaysia, NUS, 17 Oct

Start Date: 17 Oct 2008

Commentaries

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EHC grants order to treat bank which mistakenly released its security as secured creditor

Financial Services Bulletin, Allen & Gledhill LLP, Oct, 2008
SHC considers appeal against order to waive defence of time bar in foreign arbitration proceedings relating to charterparties

Legal Bulletin, Allen & Gledhill LLP, Oct, 2008
EHC holds that a no show clause in an employment contract not a penalty

Legal Bulletin, Allen & Gledhill LLP, Oct, 2008
Undue influence in banking transactions

Interface, KhattarWong, Oct, 2008
English Court rules that banks’ unarranged overdraft charges are largely incapable of being penalties

Legal Update, Drew & Napier LLC, Oct, 2008
English HC discusses issuer’s redemption obligations in "pass-through" notes

Financial Services Bulletin, Allen & Gledhill LLP, Sep, 2008
Never assume you own the copyright

Legal Bulletin, Allen & Gledhill LLP, Sep, 2008
SCA construes meaning of “subsidiary proprietor” in s 84A(1)(b) Land Titles (Strata) Act

Legal Bulletin, Allen & Gledhill LLP, Sep, 2008
Australian CA restrains trustee of unit trust from exercising its power under trust deed due to representations made to investors

Financial Services Bulletin, Allen & Gledhill LLP, Aug, 2008
UK HL lays down guidelines on identification of the "inventive step" of a patent

Legal Bulletin, Allen & Gledhill LLP, Aug, 2008

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