Author: Seng Siew Lim
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Owner successful in claim for leakage repair against upper floor neighbour
OTP Law Corporation acted for a successful owner in her claim against her upper floor neighbour for water leakages.
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Millionaire husband wins claim over $20m Chancery Lane bungalow
A tussle by a couple in their 80s over who owned a $20 million bungalow in Chancery Lane has been settled in favour of the husband by the High Court. Justice Choo Han Teck found retired businessman See Fong Mun, 86, had paid for the house that was bought in 1983 but registered in the…
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Collective Sale of Harbour View Gardens Not Approved by High Court
OTP Law Corporation acted for successful minority owners opposed to a collective sale.
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Common Misunderstandings Concerning Divorce (Or The Grounds For divorce):
From my work at legal clinics, I am often asked about the ‘strongest’ ground for a divorce by unhappy wives. When I tell them there is only one ground for a divorce in Singapore, they are surprised. I hope that this article will clear common misunderstandings about divorce laws in Singapore.
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Intellectual Property Protection Guide
This Guide is intended to serve as a primer for the designer, the inventor and the entrepreneur on the protection of new ideas and the products that arise from such ideas. Like all publications of this kind, the Guide is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a lawyer on the complexities of…
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MacDivorce 2011: An Update
I wrote a MacDivorce article in April 2008 where I explained the term as something I coined to describe what I regarded as a fuss-free way to divorce. This article is an updated version as there are new rules put in place to make the process even easier now.
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Divorce Proceedings: CPF and HDB Standard Queries, What Are They?
If you intend to commence divorce proceedings and you have a HDB flat as a matrimonial asset, you are required to send these standard queries to the HDB. The replies to these queries form part of the Proposed/Agreed Matrimonial Property Plan which you will have to file as part of your divorce papers. Without the…
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From Cradle To Grave: The Life Cycle of a Business
In the late 1990s, a subsidiary of an European listed infocommunications company was deciding whether to expand into Asia or into the Americas. They conducted their initial intelligence using the Internet and came across an early version of our website. They were surprised by the wealth of useful and practical information found on our website…
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A Bank Account in Debit and in Credit at the Same Time?
A client was in trouble. His business – grown singlehandedly from a small two-person outfit into a multi-million dollar per year enterprise – was facing difficult times during 1997 financial crisis and had to bring a joint-venture (JV) partner in for financial support. The JV seemed to work initially; his partner was prepared to leave…
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What’s in a Name Change?
About 3 years back, I wrote an article on another blog about picking names for my then-unborn child. While that endeavour was already quite stressful, I realise it does get rather more complicated when you already have a name to begin with and need it changed. If you’re thinking of changing your name, there are…
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Alimony and the Attractive Ex-Wife
(…) That a divorcee’s beauty should be taken into consideration for her own future prospects of re-settling down with another – and consequently as grounds for deciding how much money she should be getting from her previous partner as a result – is not without merit. The moral implications of such evaluation, however, verily speaks…
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Social Media Issues – A ‘Hot’ Topic at the Electronic Litigation Conference 2011
Interview by Sylvia Low Lim Seng Siew will chair a panel discussion on the “Use and Impact of Social Media on Civil Litigation” on Day Two of the Conference. The other members of the panel are Mr Thio Shen Yi, SC from TSMP Law Corporation, Mr Wong Siew Hong from Infinitus Law Corporation, Mr Rama…
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