Law. Faith. Justice. Community. Culture.
Mok Kah Hong v Zheng Zhuan Yao [2016] SGCA 8
Significance: Court of Appeal orders a party in a civil not criminal case (divorce proceedings: division of matrimonial assets) to 8 months’ imprisonment for defying court orders, being liable for civil contempt of court. The Court set out helpful legal principles and guidelines on committal proceedings for civil contempt of court.
Abdul Rashid bin Abdul Manaf v Hii Yii Ann [2016] SGHCR 1
Signifiance: Singapore High Court sets out principles on the convenience and compellability of witnesses in determining forum non conveniens or natural forum for purposes of determining a stay of court proceedings.
On 6 February 2016, a group of young adult Christians gathered at The Living Room Cafe in Zion Bishan BP Church over brunch to chat about their experience with engaging fellow Christians in their local churches about biblical social justice. The discussion revealed a pessimistic picture about the local churches’ attitudes to justice and mercy, and the glaring need for engagement.
We started by asking the 13 participants the following question: “On a scale of 1-10, to what extent do you think your church members have a positive understanding of social justice? Why did you give this answer?” The average response was 3.82 of 10.
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What legal issues do you need to look out for when starting a business in Singapore? Confidentiality and non-disclosure, legal structure, financing, employees and licences: this article will cover some of these aspects.
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Read the Straits Times report “Breaking the silence on financial abuse of elders”.
I once handled a legal case pro bono with the Legal Aid Bureau. Elderly lady was emotionally abused by her son and made to add his name as a joint tenant of her HDB property. He influenced and misled her to effectively transfer the property to him. (As a joint tenant, when the other joint tenant passes on, one is automatically made the remaining sole owner of the property.) Apparently there was some spiritual voodoo-esque thing going on as well.
What’s defamation, libel and slander? Defamation is the injury of another person’s reputation by exposing him to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or which tends to lower him in the esteem of right-thinking members of society. Libel and slander are forms of defamation. Libel is defamation in writing or image. Slander is spoken defamation. The key difference between the two is that special damages must be proven with regard to slander but not libel.
A person who has been defamed may bring an action or claim in the tort of defamation against the person defaming him. Related to this is the tort of malicious falsehood.
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Different legal structures are appropriate for different scenarios and considerations. This table sets out the possible options of legal structures and significant factors or considerations relating to each.
SIC College of Business and Technology Pte Ltd v Yeo Poh Siah and others [2016] SGCA 5
Significance: Singapore Court of Appeal orders retrial of an action because the trial judge had wrongly rejected certain key evidence from being admitted for purposes of the counterclaim because it was brought for purposes of the main claim, which had been dismissed.
Significance (2): Singapore Court of Appeal opined that order for security for costs against plaintiff company may not have been justifiable.
Significance (3): Singapore Court of Appeal held that lower court’s order for non-party to pay costs of the proceedings was wrong.
People often ask, how do you sue someone? That’s a challenging question for a litigation lawyer. It’s like asking a chef, how do you cook food?
Litigation means suing or being sued in a court of law. It may be commercial litigation, meaning it involves a commercial dispute. Or it may be corporate litigation, which usually means it involves corporate shareholder fights.
Generally, if it is not a criminal case, then it is a civil case. It is therefore a civil lawsuit or dispute, as opposed to criminal proceedings.
In this article, I give an overview and explanation on how to sue someone in the Singapore court. I explain the process, procedures, considerations, timelines, and requirements, involved in court litigation. I’ve included visual flowcharts and diagrams to explain these.
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Summary: Singapore Court of Appeal held that an ex-wife was not entitled to nominal maintenance as she was more than capable of taking care of herself.
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