When the Employment Act (Amendment) Bill (“EA”) was released in October 2018 (click here to read more), the issue that sparked the most discussion was the ability for an employee to bring wrongful dismissal claims against the employer (i.e., a claim that the dismissal was “without just cause or excuse”). While it was…

This update focuses on the amendments that have since found their way into the Cybersecurity Act as passed by Parliament.

Since the Personal Data Protection Act came into force on 2 July 2014, the Personal Data Protection Commission has published a number of enforcement decisions taken against 22 organisations for breaching various obligations under the Act.

If a company’s lawyers interview the company’s employees as part of an internal investigation, can legal advice privilege protect the contents of the interview and any notes taken by the lawyers from later disclosure to a regulator or in subsequent court proceedings?

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”)(Amendment) Bill, passed in Parliament on 11 May 2015, provides MAS with greater supervisory powers over financial institutions and more extensive cooperation between MAS and its foreign supervisory counterparts. This amendment was accepted from the proposed revisions in MAS’ Consultation Paper P009-2014, as referred to…

In a recent decision, the Singapore High Court clarified that in determining an appropriate sentence for corruption, the Court will take into account the specific nature of the corruption. There are no sentencing presumptions in respect of private sector and public sector corruption, both of which can attract a custodial…