Category: General Disputes & Arbitration
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Disputes Between Co-Owners of A Property And A First Right of Refusal To Buy Over The Other’s Share
This article is part of our Uncertainty of Litigation Series, highlighting with articles about previous court decisions as well as the experiences of lawyers and clients, how commonly unpredictable cases can be when fought in court.
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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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No one is Above The Law – Probation Sentencing Guidelines in the Case of PP v Terence Siow Kai Yuan
The case of PP v Terence Siow highlights how an offender’s academic success appears to unduly influence perceptions of their rehabilitative potential, raising doubts about the fairness of lenient sentencing in serious offences.
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Litigation Conference 2019
Our Director Lim Seng Siew chairing at the plenary session 5 ” The Trial ” at the Litigation Conference 24th April, 2019 organised by the Law Society of Singapore. Panelists discussed possible impact of the Civil Justice Reforms on trials, preparation of witnesses and what it means to have “increased judicial involvement” during trials in…
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Mediation and Civil Disputes
This article was written by Daryl Er (an intern of OTP Law Corporation) and Emelia Kwa (a trainee at OTP Law Corporation). We have previously covered what mediation entails in our Basic Guide to Mediation. Having covered many instances where mediation could have been helpful in family cases, we decided to turn the focus a…
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Portrait of the Old Timer – The Not-So-Private-Nor-Secret Life of a Sole Proprietor of a Singapore Law Practice 1990-2018 (with 2-year hiatus 2005-2007)
Written By: Ong Ying Ping of Ong Ying Ping Esquire – An Affiliate of PracticeForte Advisory. This article was first published on PracticeForte’s website: www.practiceforte.sg As my late pupil master said, you can complain all you like about how exacting and demanding – even unforgiving – legal practice can be, but litigation practice is never…
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Singapore’s Apex Court Gave Husband 85% interest in $20m Bungalow held in Wife’s Name
In a tussle between 2 octogenerian husband and wife, Singapore’s Court of Appeal ruled that the husband is entitled to a 85% interest in their matrimonial home. The house at Chancery Lane is estimated to be worth S$20 million and is registered in the name of the wife. Notwithstanding this, Singapore’s Apex Court ruled that…
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Guarantor Not Obliged To Pay In Illegal Moneylending Deal
The High Court yesterday ruled that our client need not pay on a guarantee he had provided to a lender. Judicial Commissioner Tan Siong Thye held that the loan was tainted under the Moneylenders Act. As such the guarantee could not be enforced by the lender against the guarantor. This was an unfortunate case involving…
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Woman sues loan guarantor for $540,000
An Indonesian businesswoman, Madam Lena Leowardi, lent about S$1 million to a man who claimed he needed to raise money to free up a US$7.2 million inheritance. But Mr Stanley Choong, the borrower, did not repay the loans. Now, Madam Leowardi is trying to get back $540,000 of her money in a civil suit against loan…
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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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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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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…
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