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Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) – What have you done with your rough paper?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) has been in the limelight in the past few weeks. If you are an employer, alarm bells should be going off as you have to pay attention to your obligations under PDPA. If you are an employee, listen up as you have a big part to play in ensuring […]
Feature on Asia Law Network Premium Lawyers
Reading Time: 3 minutesAsia Law Network sponsors professional portraits for Premium Lawyers in its network under the Tech Start for Law Scheme by the Ministry of Law, Law Society of Singapore and SPRING. In this article, we feature a few of our Premium Lawyers in our network and a bit about each of them (in alphabetical order by […]
How to contest a will
Reading Time: 6 minutesIt isn’t uncommon for the family of a deceased person to feel that the will that the deceased person drafted properly reflects their final wishes. They may think about contesting the will, to seek to prove that it is invalid in court, that the deceased’s estate should be distributed differently. There are ways to contest […]
Don’t play the waiting game – why is procrastination common in divorce proceedings
Reading Time: 3 minutesGetting a divorce is a difficult situation to come to terms with, and it certainly doesn’t happen overnight. A couple going through a divorce normally faces a myriad of emotions – failure, fear, disappointment, anger and unhappiness. Lawyer Rajan Chettiar explains the reasons why procrastination is common in divorce proceedings. It can take a long […]
Lawyer Feature: Tan Zhi Xin from Derrick Wong & Lim BC LLP
Reading Time: 6 minutesAreas that you specialise in and why you chose this practice area? The work I do is presently really broad: it ranges from dispute resolution and litigation to commercial advisory work to community law (i.e. family law and estate planning) work. It is, therefore, easier for me to talk about what I enjoy doing rather […]
A step-by-step checklist to prenuptial agreement in Singapore
Reading Time: 8 minutesDivorce is stressful Divorce is ranked as the second most stressful life event on the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale, following the death of a spouse and two places before imprisonment and death of a close family member. “Divorce is deceptive. Legally it is a single event, but psychologically it is a chain – sometimes […]
Asia Law Network’s Quick Consult Clients’ Testimonials
Reading Time: 2 minutesAsiaLawNetwork’s mission is to enable people in Asia to make better and more confident decisions in their lives and build stronger businesses by efficiently and effectively connecting customers to the right legal advice quickly and affordably. We are the first to launch a service like Quick Consult in Singapore that lets anyone call a lawyer […]
The Truth You Never Knew About Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Clauses
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs an employer, you would not be unfamiliar with non-compete and non-solicitation clauses. Collectively known as restraint of trade (ROT) clauses, employers or their lawyers have probably drafted one form or another of ROT clauses into your standard employment contracts so as to restrain employees from engaging in certain activities. Nevertheless, despite your employee’s signature […]
The Conveyancing Process in Singapore (with 99.co)
Reading Time: 5 minutesAsia Law Network is collaborating with 99.co to bring great property-related legal content to readers of both blogs. In this article, Lawyer Daisy Tay talks about the conveyancing process in Singapore. What is conveyancing? Conveyancing is the transfer of legal ownership of property from one person to another. It is an exciting and most expensive decision a person has to make […]
Traffic Accident Victims: How to Make a Claim?
Reading Time: 6 minutesGetting into a traffic accident is an inevitability for many drivers. In 2016, the Singapore Police Force reported 10,828 traffic accidents in Singapore. This figure only accounts for accidents resulting in fatalities or injuries, so one can only imagine how many more traffic accidents occur each year. Making a claim after being involved in a […]
When will you need legal advice?
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe average Singaporean needs legal advice approximately 5 times in the course of his or her life according to internal research. These are often tied to various life stages that a typical individual might go through. Check out this nifty infographic that we created from our internal research which ties the various major life events with […]
Proving Adultery in Divorce Under Singapore Law
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Story In 60 Seconds Adultery is defined as the voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone who is not his/her spouse. Irretrievable breakdown of marriage is the sole ground for divorce in Singapore You can file for divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage (on account of adultery) if your […]
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 […]
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Pornography: How Legal is it in Singapore? 
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A Summary of “The Rule Of Law” by Tom Bingham: Part 1 
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