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May 6, 2021

Tech and Transformation

A Peek At The New Lawnet That’s Coming Soon
Plus, how you can get exclusive access before anybody else.

LawNet is an early pioneer of legal technology, created more than 30 years ago to empower all law firms with

May 5, 2021

Prize Winners and Appointments

SAL Asks: Senior Counsel 2021 (Goh Yihan SC)

Professor Goh Yihan is Dean of the SMU Yong Pung How School of Law. In 2021 he was appointed Senior

April 21, 2021

Legal Heritage

The Toa Payoh Ritual Murders: A Case Of Insanity Or Was It Just A “Wayang”? (Part 2)
The first part of this article took you into the court room where the battle was fought between the defence and prosecution as to whether the murderers were of sound mind. The psychiatric defence failed but could there have been a different outcome?

BY FOO KIM LENG “It was a very hard-fought trial and right to the end, it’s not certain which way

April 14, 2021

Professional Ethics

Asst. Prof Dorcas Quek Anderson: We Can’t Ignore Ethics In Mediation
Why it’s more urgent than ever we have a conversation about mediation ethics.

BY ASHUTOSH RAVIKRISHNAN What makes a successful mediation? To Assistant Professor Dorcas Quek Anderson, the answer lies primarily in high

April 11, 2021

Legal Heritage

The Toa Payoh Ritual Murders: A Case Of Insanity Or Was It Just A “Wayang”? (Part 1)
Much has been written about one of Singapore’s most sensational crimes which took place 40 years ago. Delving into unpublished oral history accounts collected under SAL’s legal Heritage Programme and the National Archives of Singapore, we revisit the trial which continues to intrigue long after the case was closed.

BY FOO KIM LENG In early 1981, two children were killed in the vicinity of Toa Payoh. Shortly after, police

April 9, 2021

Cross Border Work

1970 Hcch Evidence Convention And Remote Taking Of Evidence By Video-link
The Asian Business Law Institute spoke to Dr João Ribeiro-Bidaoui, First Secretary at the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, ahead of a joint webinar between the two organisations on 1 June.

BY CATHERINE SHEN The Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) is co-organising a webinar with the Permanent Bureau of the Hague

April 7, 2021

Tips & Guides

Drafting An Ip Agreement: Max Ng’s Three Steps
The Managing Director of Gateway Law weighs in.

BY ASHUTOSH RAVIKRISHNAN For Mr Max Ng, drafting commercial IP agreements involves a three-step process that he has refined over

March 30, 2021

Tips & Guides

The Importance Of Structure In Written Submissions

Here are Justice Ang Cheng Hock’s tips on preparing well-structured submissions, which can make all the difference. He presented these

March 27, 2021

Tips & Guides

The Power Of Pleadings
They’re no guarantee of victory but good pleadings make a world of difference, says Justice Aedit Abdullah.

BY ASHUTOSH RAVIKRISHNAN Sitting down to chat with Justice Aedit Abdullah, it quickly becomes clear that he scrutinises pleadings with an

March 25, 2021

Publications

In Conversation With Profs Kevin Tan And Thio Li-ann
The academics explain why it’s about time we look at Singapore’s constitutional developments again.

L-R: Profs Thio Li-ann and Kevin Tan speaking at NUS in 2018. Photo: NUS Law BY ASHUTOSH RAVIKRISHNAN The prospect

A Peek At The New Lawnet That’s Coming Soon
Plus, how you can get exclusive access before anybody else.

Plus, how you can get exclusive access before anybody else.

SAL Asks: Senior Counsel 2021 (Goh Yihan SC)

The first part of this article took you into the court room where the battle was fought between the defence and prosecution as to whether the murderers were of sound mind. The psychiatric defence failed but could there have been a different outcome?

Asst. Prof Dorcas Quek Anderson: We Can’t Ignore Ethics In Mediation
Why it’s more urgent than ever we have a conversation about mediation ethics.

Why it’s more urgent than ever we have a conversation about mediation ethics.

The Asian Business Law Institute spoke to Dr João Ribeiro-Bidaoui, First Secretary at the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, ahead of a joint webinar between the two organisations on 1 June.

Drafting An Ip Agreement: Max Ng’s Three Steps
The Managing Director of Gateway Law weighs in.

The Managing Director of Gateway Law weighs in.

The Importance Of Structure In Written Submissions

The Power Of Pleadings
They’re no guarantee of victory but good pleadings make a world of difference, says Justice Aedit Abdullah.

They’re no guarantee of victory but good pleadings make a world of difference, says Justice Aedit Abdullah.

In Conversation With Profs Kevin Tan And Thio Li-ann
The academics explain why it’s about time we look at Singapore’s constitutional developments again.

The academics explain why it’s about time we look at Singapore’s constitutional developments again.

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