The Deal Room as a Data Export
What Singapore Lawyers Should Know When Advising on the Acquisition of a PRC Business A Singapore buyer may encounter PRC data regulation before it acquires a single share. Uploading target records to an offshore virtual data room or permitting access from
Therapeutic Justice in Practice: Reflections from the Bar
I. The Shift to Therapeutic Justice-minded lawyering Family law practice has shifted from an adversarial model to a paradigm that prioritises amicable means of dispute resolution wherever possible, particularly when the interests of children are involved. In a recent article
Epieikeia in the Age of Algorithms: Reflections on Advocacy, AI, and the Soul of the Profession
I. The Question Beneath the Question I spent a day at TechLaw.Fest 2026 wandering the exhibition halls. The booths were impressive. Autonomous platforms drafted pleadings while I watched. Predictive engines forecast judicial outcomes with confidence intervals and neat little graphs. Digital
On Work: Too Much, Too Little, and Whether It Even Matters
Editor’s note: this is the first of a bimonthly column, in which our author will explore what it means to practice well. Perhaps you’re a young, or young-at-heart, practitioner, and you’ve been in practice for a while. But you’ve got problems.[ref]I
Electronic Archiving, Destruction of Physical Documents, and Requests for Electronic Copies
The Advisory Committee (“AC”), a committee of the Professional Conduct Council, provides guidance to legal practitioners on their ethical obligations. Legal practitioners may submit a written enquiry to the AC through the Secretariat at [email protected]. The protocol for submitting a
Where the Machine Stops: Technology and Justice in Singapore
It grows harder each day to begin a presentation or article on technology, especially AI, without sounding like AI. That rapid ubiquity of AI, and indeed, of technology, makes it difficult to see how human clients, lawyers and judges can
The 54th Singapore-Malaysia Bench & Bar Games 2026
Three days, 21 events and a scoreboard that could not have been closer. The 54th Singapore-Malaysia Bench & Bar Games, held from 28 to 30 August 2026, began with Malaysia taking an early lead on Friday, saw Singapore fight its way