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 […]
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 […]
What’s in a Name Change?
About 3 years back, I wrote an article on another blog about picking names for […]
When Law Firms Need Interns
For our latest intern’s exit interview, we thought we might ask him to write a post about his experience for our blog. After a couple of minutes of mildly flipping out, our young friend came up with this gem of a piece. Needless to say, his experience was as valuable a learning experience for all…
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…
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 […]
When Lawyers Need Laymen
I’m not a lawyer. For that matter, I’m not a paralegal either (not yet anyway, on both counts). I work for a lawyer, though. And as I trudge through my 9 to 6 weekdays running through cases with him, analyzing evidence and pouring through his mess of letters, authorities and court forms, I have slowly…
Getting Away on Technicalities: Making Sense of the Justice/ Injustice of Procedural Rules
The very function of procedural rules is as convoluted as the legal profession itself; strict adherence to the rules without exception is justified as a “must-have” to ensure that “justice must be seen to be done”. To the non-lawyer, these are technicalities which can be twisted into loopholes which allow wrongdoers to avoid paying for…
Are Legal Services A Necessity In Financial Crises? Or A Necessary Evil?
Article gives reasons why you will need lawyers even more in times of a financial crisis and the role of a lawyer.
Practical Tips on Avoiding Disputes with Your Interior Designer: an article by Wan Yew Fai
Mr Wan Yew Fai is the Chief Financial Officer of Mason Works Pte Ltd. More […]
Project Law Help
This article was first published in the August 2008 issue of The Law Gazette. It is a personal account of Ong Tay & Partners’ involvement in Project Law Help, an initiative started by the Law Society of Singapore where law firms provide pro bono services to approved Voluntary Welfare Organisations (“VWO”).
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