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Archive: December 2022

This article examines the recent Singapore Court of Appeal decision in Poh Yuan Nie v Public Prosecutor and another matter [2022] SGCA 74, which considered the novel issue of whether the word “dishonest” in the phrase “dishonest concealment of facts”

Introduction Proper client management is one of the most important skills required in legal practice. To ensure a sustainable practice, it is essential for legal practitioners to communicate effectively with their clients to avoid any misunderstandings or misperceptions. Recent court decisions

In 2011, Marc Andreessen said “software is eating the world”. And with that in mind, a computer scientist and a lawyer decided to do just that. Legalese.com was born, and five years later, Singapore Management University’s Centre for Computational Law.

Can you believe it’s already December? The year has flown by. This is the year Singapore

The Law Society Annual Dinner was held on 18 November 2022 at Hotel Fort Canning.

Dear Amicus Agony, I’m a second year associate who was, not too long ago, really excited

Articles From This Month's Issue

This article examines the recent Singapore Court of Appeal decision in Poh Yuan Nie v Public Prosecutor and another matter [2022] SGCA

Introduction Proper client management is one of the most important skills required in legal practice. To ensure a sustainable practice, it is

In 2011, Marc Andreessen said “software is eating the world”. And with that in mind, a computer scientist and a lawyer decided

Can you believe it’s already December? The year has flown by. This is the year Singapore was released from the lockdown inflicted on

The Law Society’s Women in Practice Committee’s “Voices of the Women in the Industry” series aims to gather exclusive industry insight from

The Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA), which translates from French to the International Association of Young Lawyers is the only global

Mr Chao Hick Tin was conferred honorary membership of the Law Society at the Society’s annual dinner on 18 November 2022. Here

Citation The citation for the C C Tan Award 2022 was read by Vice-President Jason Chan, SC at the Law Society’s annual dinner

The Law Society Annual Dinner was held on 18 November 2022 at Hotel Fort Canning. More than 400 members from the legal

Dear Amicus Agony, I’m a second year associate who was, not too long ago, really excited to start practice. I generally enjoy the

Pursuant to section 93(5) of the Legal Profession Act, the Council of the Law Society is required to publish the findings and

The articles above are from the December 2022 issue of the Law Gazette.