July 8, 2020 Tags Working Knowledge Commercial Precedents on LawNet: Lawyers Weigh In Stefanie Yuen Thio (TSMP Law), Benjamin Gaw (Drew & Napier), Bryan Tan (Pinsent Masons) and Stephen Revell (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
July 8, 2020 Tags Working Knowledge Stefanie Yuen Thio On Her “Sleepless Nights” And how LawNet’s latest initiative might have kept them at bay. It’s hard to imagine a Stefanie Yuen Thio who’s unsure of herself or her work. After all, confidence is almost
June 30, 2020 Tags Member Stories How He Won The Christopher Bathurst Prize 2019 Last year’s recipient of the Christopher Bathurst Prize, Darren Low of Davinder Singh Chambers, shares his winning approach. The arguments between a Queen’s Counsel and a Judge are often the most thought-provoking, entertaining and engaging in the law.
June 23, 2020 Tags Career Moves Prof Goh Yihan: “The World Will Still Be Very Internationalised” Does overseas exposure count for something in a post-pandemic world? Absolutely, says the Dean of the SMU School of Law. Listening to Professor Goh Yihan’s memories of his three months in London is like hearing someone talk of a bygone
June 16, 2020 Tags Working Knowledge “The Division Of Matrimonial Assets Is Far From A Science” Ms Tricia Ho, a family law lecturer at SUSS, on the courts’ approach to asset division in the past year.
June 16, 2020 Tags Working Knowledge Commercial Law: Starting Out (1 – 5 years PQE) Your first days of lawyering are tough enough without having to fumble over what goes into a contract. Precedents might
May 7, 2020 Tags News Releases Singapore Academy Of Law Rolls Out $1.9 Million Support Package To Help Members Amid COVID-19 More than 9,000 members of the Singapore Academy of Law (“SAL”) will benefit from a $1.9 million package to help
May 6, 2020 Tags Legal Heritage Hold My Hand Till the End: An Interview with Sister Gerard Fernandez After the trials have ended and the death sentence passed, what happens to prisoners on death row? In an oral history interview, Sister Gerard Fernandez sheds light on the final days of some of Singapore’s most famous death row inmates. BY FOO KIM LENGAmazing Grace is one of the most popular hymns around Changi Prison’s death row. It is sung joyfully
April 15, 2020 Tags Tips & Guides 7 Tips For Online Advocacy Virtual hearings can be daunting to some, but the right mindset and preparation makes all the difference, says Justice Aedit Abdullah. BY ASHUTOSH RAVIKRISHNAN Virtual courtrooms were once the stuff of science fiction, but today, they are an accepted reality in
April 7, 2020 Tags Prize Winners and Appointments SAL Asks: Senior Counsel 2020 (Mohamed Faizal, SC) Mr Mohamed Faizal, SC currently serves at the Attorney-General’s Chambers as a deputy chief prosecutor and senior state counsel. In