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A Company’s Liability in Knowing Receipt for the Fiduciary Breaches of its Errant Directors

This update covers the recent decision in Griffin Real Estate Investment Holdings Pte Ltd (in liquidation) v ERC Unicampus Pte Ltd [2018] SGHC 273. The High Court decided that where directors of the plaintiff company which had wrongfully caused it to extend an unauthorised loan to the defendant company, the defendant company, on the facts, incurred liability as a knowing recipient.

A Company’s Liability in Knowing Receipt for the Fiduciary Breaches of its Errant Directors

Transitioning From a Private To a Public Company

Lee & Lee’s latest article looks at the transitions that
a private company goes through when becoming a publicly traded company.

This article first appeared in the Q1/2019 Issue of the SID Directors Bulletin published by the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Transitioning From a Private To a Public Company

New Partners

The firm is pleased to announce the appointment of the following individuals as Partners of the Firm with effect from 1 January 2019:

Mr Anthony Wong (Litigation Department)Mr Timothy Loh (Real Estate & Property Department)

We take this opportunity to congratulate our Partners on their new appointments.

Arbitration Agreement in Shareholders’ Agreement does not extend to Disputes concerning Company’s Articles of Association

In BTY v BUA and other matters [2018] SGHC 213, the High Court decided that an arbitration clause in a Shareholders’ Agreement did not extend to disputes which pertain to the Articles of Association.

Arbitration Agreement in Shareholders’ Agreement does not extend to Disputes concerning Company’s Articles of Association.

New Sentencing Framework for Disciplinary Proceedings against Doctors

The Court of Three Judges has laid down a new sentencing framework for doctors found guilty of professional misconduct causing harm to their patients in Wong Meng Hang v Singapore Medical Council and other matters [2018] SGHC 253.

New Sentencing Framework for Disciplinary Proceedings against Doctors

Patent Ambiguities

This article by Tan Tee Jim, S.C. discusses the recent Court of Appeal case of Cicada Cube Pte Ltd v National University Hospital (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2018] SGCA 52 in which we acted for NUH.

This article was first e-published by the Singapore Academy of Law in December 2018.

Patent Ambiguities

Amendments to the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act and Regulations to come into operation on 14 December 2018 and 1 February 2019

This update is on the amendments to the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act and Regulations which will come into operation on 14 December 2018 and 1 February 2019.

Amendments to the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act and Regulations to come into operation on 14 December 2018 and 1 February 2019

 

Keeping to the spirit of AGMs

Our Litigation and Dispute Resolution Partner, Christopher Tan, was recently quoted in the Business Times (23 Oct), in the article “Keeping to the spirit of AGMs”. Christopher gave his views on how the laws of defamation, in particularly the possible defence of qualified privilege, might operate in discussions which take place at Annual General Meetings

THE latest season of Annual General Meetings (AGMs) – the once-a-year affair in which investors get to engage with the management of companies they invest in […]

Introduction to the Cybersecurity Act 2018

This update is on the Cybersecurity Act 2018 which came into force on 31 August 2018 with a view to establishing a legal framework for the oversight and maintenance of Singapore’s national cybersecurity.

Introduction to the Cybersecurity Act 2018

The Court of Appeal Clarifies the Procedure and Principles to be Applied in Patent Entitlement Proceedings

Lee & Lee’s update covers the recent decision by the Court of Appeal in Cicada Cube Pte Ltd v National University Hospital (Singapore) Pte Ltd and another appeal [2018] SGCA 52.

The Court of Appeal Clarifies the Procedure and Principles to be Applied in Patent Entitlement Proceedings