Sustainability in Legal Practice
Introduction First, let me congratulate all of you on your call and welcome you to the Bar. I share below some of my own insights and observations based on my journey in practice. I hope you will find...
View ArticleDoing the Right Thing – A Primer on Statutory Wills in Singapore
Under section 23(1)(k) of the Mental Capacity Act 2008 (MCA), the Court’s powers in respect of the mentally incapacitated person (P)’s property and affairs include “the execution for P of a will”. Such...
View ArticleIt is Not So Cloudy After All: Legal Remedies When Cloud Storage Rains on You
Cloud storage is changing our lives in many ways. Whether one uses it to store personal data or as a repository of confidential business documents, cloud storage appears to be the future of storing and...
View ArticleUnjust Enrichment: At Whose Expense?
The Singapore and UK Approaches to a Three-party Situation The law on unjust enrichment has suffered from much uncertainty – especially in a three-party situation where the claimant is the transferor...
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View ArticleMutual Wills: Till Death Do Us Part?
Inheriting its legal history from English law, the mutual wills doctrine has operated in Singapore for decades. Yet, the doctrine of mutual wills remains a mystery to many lawyers, let alone lay...
View ArticleAI and Copyright: The Death of Author?
Is the postmodern condition of the death of the author in literary criticism fast becoming a reality in copyright law? Not yet. The limitless potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse...
View ArticleCheating, Deception by Concealment and Ordinary Dishonesty
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...
View ArticleEstablishing Order … and Law in Singapore
The British East India Company 1819–1824 (Part 1) This is a much revised and truncated version of a much longer chapter written in connection with the Law Society’s Administration of Justice in...
View ArticleCancelling Cancel Culture: What Should Legislation Look Like?
Laws against cancel culture are in the works. But the complex sociological nuances driving this phenomenon make cancel culture difficult to legislate against. We examine some challenges and possible...
View ArticleEstablishing Order … and Law in Singapore
The British East India Company 1819–1824 (Part 2) This is a much revised and truncated version of a much longer chapter written in connection with the Law Society’s Administration of Justice in...
View ArticleFriend or Fiduciary? Finding the Right Approach in the Law of Fiduciaries
In its 2022 decision of Tan Teck Kee v Ratan Kumar Rai [2022] SGCA 62, the Court of Appeal considered, inter alia, the appropriate “test” for identifying a fiduciary relationship and whether and when a...
View ArticleCan and Should We Rein in AI with Law?
What are potential risks and dangers of artificial intelligence (AI)? What are some current and proposed regulatory approaches? Are they sufficient to rein in AI? This article answers the above...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence: Learned Friend or Foe?
Filing a brief in court referencing case authorities, finding out that the cases were actually made up (because no one – not opposing counsel, nor even the judge – could find them), and then blaming...
View ArticleRethinking Mentoring – Some Hard Truths
Introduction There are certain preconceived notions about mentoring and hence this article aims to unpack what mentoring is and is not. It also seeks to debunk the myth that having a mentor is...
View ArticleClimbing the Private Practice “Ladder”
Getting called to the Bar is much like getting your driver’s licence. You can legally operate your vehicle on a road, but you are now probably the most dangerous thing on it. You will face many...
View ArticleThe Future of Lawyering
When I was a lad, we knew what the future would bring. It was going to involve piloting our flying cars to the office, holidays on Mars and taking our dinners in the form of nutri pills, because...
View ArticleNavigating the Ever-evolving AI Landscape: What Lawyers and Businesses in...
What can businesses in Singapore do right now to prepare for the AI regulations that are speedily being enacted around the world, and before Singapore enacts our own? This article discusses the three...
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