Employers’ Control of Data in Employees’ Personal Devices
BYOD and Disclosure in Legal Proceedings What are the legal risks and issues if employees use personal devices in the course of employment? What are ways to mitigate some such risks? This article discusses (i) the benefits and implications of a
Copyright Fair Use in the Face of Technological Developments: Staying Ahead or Limping Behind? – Part 2
Specific Technological Developments and Fair Use – Two Case Studies At the time of writing, there are over a dozen lawsuits since the start of 2023 against companies such as OpenAI and Stability AI for using copyright-protected works in the training of
Recent Developments in Taxation of Businesses, Including on Incentives for Trusts
This article updates on the work of the Tax & Trust Committee and highlights selected legislative changes made this year to the income tax regime in Singapore. The author is a member of the Committee, and presents some details into
Don’t Skip the Boilerplate: A Guide to Review (Part 4)
This is the fourth and final part of a four-part series on how to review boilerplate clauses, focusing generally on lesser-known risks. The previous parts one, two and three respectively covered confidentiality clauses, clauses from A to En, and clauses
Voices of Women in the Industry: Women in Tax
This is the next article in our series on Voices for Women in the Industry, published by the Women in Practice Committee. For this session, I had the opportunity to speak with and receive insights from two leading women in
Of People, Paper (Lots of!) and Practice
I enjoyed reading the article “Reflections on 40 Years of Legal Practice” by Raymond Chan in the September 2024 issue of the Law Gazette. It conveyed, amongst other things, his experience of how he practised mainly construction law and arbitration
Rethinking AI in Law: Lessons from the “Calculator Mistake”
Many of us remember a time in school when calculators were forbidden. Where math teachers insisted on manual calculations, memorising formulae and solving square roots by hand. Their reasoning was practical for that time - adults do not carry calculators
Law Society Annual Dinner 2024
On 1 November 2024, the Law Society of Singapore held its Annual Dinner at the Pan Pacific Singapore. We welcomed approximately 390 guests, and this year, we embraced the theme "Scary Decisis," aiming to create a fun atmosphere where everyone
A Common Sense Approach to Client Money Management
This article is reproduced from the archives of the Law Gazette. It was first published in the August 2003 issue. This article sets out in detail matters to be taken into consideration and signs to watch out for when managing client’s
Artificial Intelligence: 10 Things You Should Know, by Professor Tim Rocktaschel
If you consider yourself to be an expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI), read no further as Professor Rocktaschel’s 100- page book consisting of 10 short chapters on AI may not be for you. But if you have been (desperately) trying