A Labyrinth of Adventure, Celebration and Romance
One Michelin-starred restaurant Labyrinth truly deserves its accolades. We are indeed fortunate that Chef Han Li Guang – known as Chef LG Han – has abandoned a career in banking and entered the culinary scene in Singapore. A graduate of The
Restaurant Ibid Serves an East-West Mashup of Flavours Familiar to Home
The legal profession is no stranger to seeing its members hang up their black suits for chef’s whites. But fledgling-lawyer-turned-restauranteur Woo Wai Leong has a slightly different claim to fame. In 2015, Woo bested 14 other amateur cooks to emerge
Malaysia-Singapore Law Games
“Whoever said, ‘It’s not whether you win or lose that counts,’ probably lost” - Martina Navratilova In what would have been the 49th edition of the annual Bench and Bar Games (renamed the Malaysia–Singapore Law Games this year) was held in Ipoh
Figuring Out Where Pro Bono and Volunteering May Fit in
The Negative Impact of the Myth of Work-Life Balance on Young Lawyers and How It May Be Balanced With the ongoing trend of the high attrition rate amongst their peers, it is becoming increasingly difficult for young lawyers to ignore the
28th IPBA Annual Conference 2018, Manila
Mabuhay! Pronounced “mah-boo-hai”, the Tagalog word for welcome aptly captures the warm hospitality of the host nation at this year’s Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) Annual Conference, held at Shangri-La at The Fort, Bonifacio Global City, Manila from 14 to16 March
Addressing Rapid Changes in the Global Legal Industry with Technology Solutions
Sponsored Article Technology is impacting the legal industry globally in more ways than one. Gaythri Raman, Managing Director of LexisNexis Southeast Asia and Min Chen, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of LexisNexis Asia Pacific share with the Singapore Law Gazette
Fighting for the Underdog – The Assigned Solicitors of the Legal Aid Bureau
“I had a client who married when she was still a minor. She had tried to be a good wife and mother – she had 3 children whom she cared for, and also ran the household. But the husband was
Rethinking the Conveyancing Practice
Benefits of an Automated Workflow Process Introduction Based on the statistics in the Law Society of Singapore Annual Report 2016, there are 715 law practices having one to five lawyers in 2016, constituting almost 83 per cent of the entire population of
Annual Dinner & Dance 2017
The Law Society held its golden jubilee dinner on 10 November 2017 at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia. At the dinner, the CC Tan Award was conferred on Mr Peter Cuthbert Low. We include in this issue the citation for Peter as
Leaving the Law for Mediation
In this issue, we chat with a law school graduate who started his career by taking over ownership of a mediation company, Peacemakers Consulting Services.