Tag: When Family Meets Law

Under Section 112 of the Women’s Charter, inherited assets can become matrimonial property if not carefully protected. This article examines how co-mingling and other triggers erode the protection, and the trust structures and agreements that preserve it.

Familial relationships do not confer property rights under Singapore law. Occupants without formal agreements are licensees — and evicting them requires a proper legal process. Self-help measures reliably create more litigation than they resolve.

An LPA protects against incapacity — not against a family member who controls access and information. This article examines the doctrine of undue influence, what courts require to establish it, and proactive measures to protect elderly parents.

No-contest clauses lack clear enforceability under Singapore law — no court has yet ruled on them definitively. This article examines what they can and cannot do, and the complementary measures that provide more robust estate planning protection.

One Singapore family accumulated ten legal proceedings. This article examines why mediation — with its 67% settlement rate at the Singapore Mediation Centre — is so often the better path in family disputes, and how it works in practice.

One Singapore family. Ten legal proceedings. A Straits Times report prompted our directors to examine every legal framework that could have prevented it. This is the introduction to the seven-part When Family Meets the Law series.

Standard company constitutions are not designed for families. When informal governance meets divided interests, the result is deadlocked boards and courts. This article covers the shareholder agreements, independent directors, and mediation clauses that prevent it.