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How To Select A Lawyer? – Your Lawyer’s Duties To You
Reading Time: 1 minutesIn our “How To Select A Lawyer” series, we will be covering what points you should take note of when looking for a lawyer. Asia Law Network is home to an extensive list of lawyers across all areas of law. Our premier Quick Consult service allows you to speak to a lawyer at a flat […]
Asia Law Network congratulates winners and nominees of the Asialaw Regional Awards 2019
Reading Time: 1 minutesSource of the Featured Image can be found here. Held on 30th May 2019 in Hong Kong, the second Asialaw Regional Awards celebrated national law firms across 25 jurisdictions, eight legal expertise categories and seven industry expertise categories. All winners are judged on innovation, complexity and impact. In particular, Asia Law Network would like to congratulate […]
Insider Guide to Legal in Singapore: Roundtable #3
Reading Time: 2 minutesAsia Law Network together with the Law Society of Singapore, the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association and our Australian Counterparts, AlphaCreates and ASEAN Legal Tech Association, co-hosted the 2-day event which saw lawyers from Singapore and within the region visiting some of Singapore‘s companies and law firms to exchange ideas, share progress and fostered relationships between countries. The third roundtable […]
HONG KONG: Inadequate passage plan could amount to unseaworthiness of the vessel
Reading Time: 5 minutesIntroduction Under Article III rule 1 of the Hague Rules (which apply to contracts of carriage), the carrier shall be bound, before and at the beginning of the voyage, to exercise due diligence to make the ship seaworthy. In the recent case of Alize 1954, CMA CGM SA v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG and Others [2019] EWHC […]
Insider Guide to Legal in Singapore: Roundtable #2
Reading Time: 3 minutesHeld at Pontiac Group, the second roundtable for the Insider Guide to Legal in Singapore event saw legal counsels sharing their views on legal departments of the future. Jointly organised by Asia Law Network, the Law Society of Singapore, the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association and our Australian Counterparts, AlphaCreates and ASEAN Legal Tech Association – the […]
Same Sex Couples and Their Rights According to the Proposed Thai Civil Partnership Bill
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat are the rights the Proposed Thai Civil Partnership Bill grants to Same Sex Couples in Thailand? At the end of 2018, a long-awaited LGBT civil union bill was approved by the Cabinet and is currently pending legislation by the National Legislative Assembly. The Bill is known as the Life Partnership Registration Act (LPRA). According […]
Media Law 101: Do you need permission to take photos?
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn today’s day and age, taking a photo is as easy as whipping out your mobile phone from your pocket and snapping a still image, or recording a moment. Increasingly, one’s personal data might not be so personal anymore. The Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (No. 26 of 2012) (“PDPA”) thus concretised a general data […]
香港：绿化工程必须符合法例
Reading Time: 1 minutes背景
2016年5月20日，香港城市大学（「城大」）陈大河综合会堂的大型屋顶在毫无先兆下突然倒塌，导致在场三人受伤。事件起因相信是面积达1,400平方米的天台覆盖了草皮，最终因不胜负荷而倒塌。
这宗意外显示，屋顶覆盖植物及泥土会造成超重风险，亦令人质疑天台绿化工程缺乏监管。由于城大承认有关工程事先并没有向屋宇署入则，亦惹人关注天台绿化工程的合法性。
Insider Guide to Legal in Singapore: Roundtable #1
Reading Time: 2 minutesAsia Law Network together with the Law Society of Singapore, the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association and our Australian Counterparts, AlphaCreates and ASEAN Legal Tech Association, co-hosted the 2-day event which saw lawyers from Singapore and within the region visiting some of Singapore‘s companies and law firms to exchange ideas, share progress and fostered relationships between countries. The first roundtable […]
Myanmar Legal Alert: The MOC Mandates Wholesale/Retail Registration for Previously Exempted Commodities
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the most recent development in wholesale and retail, the Ministry of Commerce (“MoC”) issued Notification No. 23/2019 (“Notification”) in relation to the registration of companies involved in importing and trading the following commodities: Chemical Fertilizers, Seeds, Insecticides, Medical Instruments, Construction Materials and Agricultural Machinery (“Commodities”). In relation to wholesale and retail activities in Myanmar, […]
How do you prove you have no criminal record in Singapore?
Reading Time: 4 minutesSo, you are migrating, adopting a child or getting employed/educated in a different country. You have been requested to produce evidence of a clean criminal record in Singapore. How best would one go about proving a clean criminal record? In such circumstances, it would be best to obtain a document known as a “Certificate of […]
HONG KONG: Court of Final Appeal confirms “obtaining access to computer with a view to dishonest gain” should not apply to a person’s own devices
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction The wide interpretation of the charge of “obtaining access to computer with a view to dishonest gain for himself or another” under section 161(1)(c) of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap 200) (the “s.161(1)(c) Charge”) was considered in the Court of First Instance (“CFI”) in Secretary for Justice v Cheng Ka Yee and others[2018] HKCFI 1809, which was […]
Personal
SMU Lexicon: A Non-parent’s Maintenance Obligation
Reading Time: 7 minutesIntroduction Imagine you marry someone with a child from a prior relationship. Initially, you do not mind caring for this child. Then, your marriage sours and you no longer want anything to do with your spouse or the child. However, can your initial conduct of caring for the child unknowingly saddle you with a legal […]
Business
Singapore’s latest push as a restructuring and insolvency hub – Amendments to SICC rules
Reading Time: 3 minutesSingapore has earned a budding reputation as a hub for debt restructuring and insolvency in Asia, with its transparent legal system and judicial expertise. This growth can also be attributed to enduring efforts to innovate and reform. To enhance Singapore as a forum of choice in international restructuring and insolvency proceedings, the Rules of Court […]
Most Common and Confusing Legal Words (Legalese) Explained Simply 
Pornography: How Legal is it in Singapore? 
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What constitutes acceptance of a contract? 
Can WhatsApp messages be used in court in Singapore? -
A Summary of “The Rule Of Law” by Tom Bingham: Part 1 
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“Traditional” vs. “Design and Build” Contracts: What’s the Difference? 
A Guide to Sub-Contracts in the Building and Construction Industry
