Dispute Resolution: Master, What Does the Future Hold?
While litigation scaled fees may have been postponed, a larger challenge to the dispute resolution profession draws closer: the disruption that artificial intelligence (AI) promises. This article summarises the challenges that AI brings to dispute resolution lawyers. But scrambled laws
Analytical Framework for Sentencing: Harm, Culpability and Aggravating/Mitigating Factors
This article surveys the recent Supreme Court judgments with regard to the analytical framework for sentencing: (a) harm, (b) culpability, (c) aggravating factors and (d) mitigating factors. It navigates the contours of the two-step sentencing bands framework in Ng Kean Meng
Singapore’s New “Omnibus” Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Bill
What Does This Mean for Stakeholders? The most recent in a series of reforms to Singapore's restructuring and insolvency regime, The Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Bill is expected to come into force in early 2019. We discuss the key changes, and
Lawyers’ Call for Help
I ended last year with a sigh of relief. I remember 2018 for its burnout, stress and lack of motivation in my law practice. The new year starts with its usual hopes and aspirations. The evolution of law practice is quite
President’s Message: Opening of the Legal Year 2019
This speech was delivered by the President at the Opening of the Legal Year on 7 January 2019. Introduction May it please Your Honours, Chief Justice, Judges of Appeal, Judges and Judicial Commissioners. Welcome First, let me extend a warm welcome to our overseas
CEO’s Message
Dear Members, I would like to wish all members a very blessed New Year, best of health and success at every turn! Secretariat extends our warmest congratulations to our Law Society President Mr Gregory Vijayendran SC who was bestowed the honour of
Risk Factors in Interviewing and Advising Elderly Clients – The 5Cs
Introduction With Singapore’s rapidly ageing population, a significant segment of Singapore law practices’ clientele in the future will likely comprise elderly persons. At the Second Reading of the Vulnerable Adults Bill in May 2018, it was noted that by 2030,
Trial Advocacy and Appellate Advocacy — As Different as Chalk and Cheese?
It is commonly assumed that good trial lawyers also make good appellate advocates. However, in an age where lawyers are increasingly driven to specialise in narrow fields of work, perhaps the time has come to recognise that trial advocacy and
UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts – An Article-by-Article Commentary by Eckart J. Brödermann A standard (American) English dictionary defines “vade mecum” as a manual or guide “sufficiently compact to be carried in a deep pocket”. Given the deep-pocket costs of international litigation and
Gin-gle Bells
I did not know this until I had to write this article but “Yule” was an ancient Germanic festival, during which