January 22, 2021 Tags Cross Border Work Tailored Insolvency Process For Smes: Why They Are Important And What Countries Are Doing Small businesses play a critical role in almost every economy. In Singapore, for example, government statistics show that small and
January 20, 2021 Tags Member Stories Justin Tan Talks “Audi” And Accreditation The Senior Associate at Harry Elias Partnership discusses the landmark case and his career in building and construction law. It isn’t every day that you argue against your former pupil master in court—and it’s even rarer to do it
January 18, 2021 Tags Tech and Transformation Digital Finance In 2021: What To Expect Allen & Overy’s Kwok Shuhui on why foresight is a useful trait in her practice area. The Beijing Olympics, the election of Barack Obama and the collapse of Lehman Brothers were just some of the events
January 15, 2021 Tags Prize Winners and Appointments Senior Counsel Appointment (2021) A socially-distanced Senior Counsel appointment ceremony on 11 January 2021. Once a year, the Academy’s Senior Counsel Selection Committee, chaired
January 11, 2021 Tags News Releases Three Senior Counsel Appointed In 2021 Scheme recognises legal profession’s best and most skilful advocates. The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon announced the appointment of three new Senior Counsel at the Opening of Legal
January 11, 2021 Tags Senior Counsel Appointments Senior Counsel 2021 Honour and gratitude were running themes this morning, when the Singapore Academy of Law announced this year’s Senior Counsel appointees.
January 1, 2021 Tags Tips & Guides What might therapy look like in Therapeutic Justice? Access to the podcast is free but downloading of the applications may be required. How can lawyers and therapists
December 10, 2020 Tags Member Stories Remembering Dr Gopalan Raman (1938 – 2020) We are saddened to learn of the passing of Dr G Raman and we extend our deepest condolences to his family. For many years, he served on the SAL Legal Heritage Committee and we have benefited much from his contributions to our heritage programmes. We had the privilege of recording Dr Raman’s oral history interview a few years ago. His vivid recollection of what he witnessed and experienced during his years of service in the courts and legal practice is an invaluable record to our legal history. The full interview can be heard here. Dr Raman was 10 years old when his family moved to Singapore from their home in north Perak. Life was tough
December 9, 2020 Tags News Releases Singapore Academy Of Law And Law Society Connect At First-ever Virtual Get-Together Some 250 members of the legal profession logged online on the evening of 2 December to demonstrate that COVID-19 has
December 7, 2020 Tags Member Stories Rajan Chettiar On Revenue In Family Law Does the move to mediation affect the coffers of law firms? The MD of Rajan Chettiar LLC weighs in. “Nobody wants a contested divorce,” says Mr Rajan Chettiar. Perhaps noticing my raised eyebrows, he quickly backtracks and adds a