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…
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Finding Quality Information on the Internet
We hear anecdotal stories of false claims made on the Internet that on the face of the article/website appear authoritative and accurate. Yet, it cannot be that everything on the Internet is bogus. So, how do we determine the wheat from the chaff?
Tel : +65 64383922
E-mail : enquiries@otp.sg
