Tag: lawyers

  • Conditional Fee Agreements (CFAs) With Your Lawyer

    Conditional Fee Agreements (CFAs) With Your Lawyer

    by Lim Seng Siew, Director OTP Law Corporation The BasicsSingapore recently passed laws to allow for lawyers to enter into conditional fee agreements with their clients for certain types of cases. The purpose of such changes is to allow for better access to justice for deserving cases. The changes allow a flexible fee arrangement, in…

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  • My Story As A New Mum & Young Lawyer

    My Story As A New Mum & Young Lawyer

    By Isabel Chew-Lau Part One: My pregnancy and birth journey I was not ready to be a mum when my husband and I got married in November 2020. We were only 26. Most of my friends in law school were still unmarried; in fact, my close friends were mostly single. We were living with my…

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  • LegalPreneurs Spotlight – Lim Seng Siew

    LegalPreneurs Spotlight – Lim Seng Siew

    Published on 18 Jul 2018 by Centre for Legal Innovation Preparing a firm for disruption – how one firm looked beyond technology As a lawyer, technologist and regulator, Lim Seng Siew is familiar with wearing many professional ‘hats’, especially when it comes to legal innovation.  In addition, he has also recently joined the CLI Advisory…

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  • Financial Manipulations In Matrimonial Cases – A Lawyer’s Perspective By Susan Tay

    Financial Manipulations In Matrimonial Cases – A Lawyer’s Perspective By Susan Tay

    Financial Manipulations In Matrimonial Cases – A Lawyer’s Perspective By Susan Tay This was a presentation made by Ms Susan Tay at the ‘Seminar on Financial Manipulation in Matrimonial Cases” organised jointly by PracticeForte Pte Ltd and The Law Society of Singapore and held on 27 April 2017. Introduction: Thank you Hello everyone, my name…

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  • Our Lawyers Completed the Mediation Course with THAC

    Our Lawyers Completed the Mediation Course with THAC

    We are pleased to share that two of our lawyers, Susan Tay and Mylene Chua had completed the mediation course with the Thailand Arbitration Centre (THAC)!!!

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  • Appointment to the Community Justice Centre’s Panel of Primary Justice Lawyers

    Appointment to the Community Justice Centre’s Panel of Primary Justice Lawyers

    Our very own, Ms Susan Tay Ting Lan  

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  • When Lawyers Need Laymen

    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…

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  • Ten Rules To Helping Your Lawyer Help You

    Ten Rules To Helping Your Lawyer Help You

    As in any successful relationship, a good lawyer-client relationship involves cooperation on both sides. As a client, you have a role to play to make sure you get the best possible legal help. To do so, you must hold up your end of the responsibilities. This article lists ten common sense rules to establishing a…

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