Legal Articles & Information

I’ve set out below an index of legal articles or blog posts which I trust will be helpful for people to understand their legal rights and issues under Singapore law.

They contain legal information and do not constitute legal advice. For legal advice for your particular case, you should consult a lawyer.

For free templates in order to draft your own legal agreements, contracts, documents, letters, wills, check out another page of mine: SG Legal Templates Website.

General / Corporate Commercial Law

• Business Debt Claims
• Article: What to do if I am sued in the Singapore court?
• Article: Considerations When Drafting Employment Contracts
• Article: What to do if a company that owes me money has been wound up?
• Article: What if an expatriate dies in Singapore?
• 6 Ways Businesses Can Maximise Their Downtime During COVID-19 Season
• Article: Director’s Right to Inspect Company Documents
• Payment Services Act commencing January 2020: application forms, notifications, exemptions, regulations, requirements, compliance
• Article: Can employment contract prohibit post-termination disclosure of information that is not confidential?
• Article: Civil Claims and Liabilities for Payment of Bribes
• Article: Measure of Loss for Breach of Warranty in Sale of Shares
• Article: Priority / Ranking of Debts in Insolvency and Subordinated Debts
• Article: Jurisdictional puzzle in English and European Union law regarding insolvency and civil & commercial proceedings
• Article: So you want to conduct an initial coin offering (ICO) or digital token sale?
• Market Operators in Singapore – Cryptocurrency and Digital Token Exchanges
• Article: Share Capitalisation Table for Financing and Equity Rounds
• Shareholders Agreement Drafting Questionnaire
• General Contract Drafting Questionnaire
• Venture Capital Investment Model Agreements (VIMA)
• Article: Legal issues involving Chinese (PRC) business parties
• Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) Free Self-Assessment Tool
• Article: How to Sue Someone?
• Article: Legal Debt Recovery
• Article: Setting Up A Start-up Business in Singapore
• Article: Proper Plaintiff Rule and No Reflective Loss Principle
• Article: Shareholders or members bringing a statutory derivative action on behalf of the company
• Article: Remedies for Commercial Unfairness to or Oppression of Minority Shareholder
• Article: Defamation, Libel, Slander, Malicious Falsehood
• Article: Subpoenaed as Court Witnesses
• Article: Remedies for Commercial Unfairness to or Oppression of Minority Shareholder
• Article: Immigration Law and Employment of Foreign Manpower
• Article: Employment contracts penalty clauses
• Legal Structures For Non-Profit Entities
• Legal Structures for Joint Ventures
• Article: Oral Contracts Amending Written Contracts
• Legislation Update: Employment Act (Amendment) 2015
• Legislation Update: Work Injury Compensation Act compensation limits increase Jan 2016
• Article: How to Enforce Foreign Judgments
• Legislative Update: Choice of Court Agreements Bill

Personal Law

• Article: Criminal Breach of Trust
• Article: Cross-border or international aspects in matrimonial and divorce law
• Article: Forced Heirship Laws and Singapore Trusts
• Article: Appointment of deputies, court directions and statutory wills under the Mental Capacity Act
• Article: 7 Things to Consider When Writing Testamentary Wills
• Article: Wills and Testamentary Dispositions
• Article: Trust Nomination of Insurance Policy Moneys
• Article: Lasting Power of Attorney and Mental Capacity
• Article: Power of Attorney
• Article: Variation of Maintenance Order and Order on Care and Control of, and Access to, Children

Film Financing Article Series

• Film Financing Intro: Producing a film, writing a screenplay, or acting in a film? What you need to know to navigate the law and finance of the film industry
• Film Financing 1: An Overview: 3 Things for Film Producers
• Film Financing 2: Understand the Different Types of Business Structures
• Film Financing 3: The 3 Important Approaches To Negotiating A Fair Deal
• Film Financing 4: Negotiating A Fair Deal With Writers
• Film Financing 5: Raising Finances For Your Film
• Film Financing 6: An Introduction To Completion Bonds
• Film Financing 7: Distributing Your Film – Entering Into Distribution Licence Agreements
• Film Financing 8: Get To Know Your Film’s Intellectual Property Rights – Copyright And Trademark Protection