Disclosure of a Prosecution Witness’s Prior Statements
A Commentary on Pigg, Derek Gordon v Public Prosecutor [2022] SGHC 5. The High Court has held that a prosecution witness’s prior statements can fall within the ambit of the prosecution's Kadar disclosure obligations even though such statements are presumptively
Reasonable Doubt, Guilt and the New Hybrid of Composition
A Commentary on Teo Seng Tiong v Public Prosecutor [2021] SGCA 65 A five-coram Court of Appeal has held that previously compounded offences under any law can potentially aggravate the sentence that an offender receives for a future offence. What are
Moving from Second to First Chair: How to Fail at it
Statistics indicate that the number of law firms in Singapore are steadily increasing. More law firms means more small to medium-sized firms, as senior partners leave large firms to set up their own boutique practices. This in turn means more
LawAsia Conference 2019: Harmonisation through Synergy
Chooi Jing Yen was one of the recipients of the Law Society’s sponsorship for young lawyers to attend overseas conferences. As part of the sponsorship, the recipient must submit a paper on the conference that he or she attended. In November
Legal Unsustainability and Order 18 Rule 19 of the Rules of Court
The decision of the High Court in Qroi Ltd v Pascoe, Ian and another [2019] SGHC 36 (Qroi), though short, was impactful. This article unpacks its significance and comes to the conclusion that the English Premier League really does not