In this digital age, the internet has become an integral part of our daily lives, providing us with countless opportunities for communication, information access, and entertainment. However, the online world is not without its dark side, and the rise in cybercrime has prompted governments worldwide to create laws to combat…
What is the Code of Conduct for Leasing of Retail Premises and Its Significance for Landlords and Tenants? The Code of Conduct for Leasing of Retail Premises (the “Code”) was first introduced in March 2021. It sets out leasing and negotiating principles that aim to ensure, as much as possible,…
Animals have become an integral part of life within the Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats in Singapore. As more and more residents accept the notion of sharing a home with a pet, HDB apartments have developed into warm homes for both people and a variety of animal friends. However,…
On 4 July 2023, amendments to the Women’s Charter were passed to strengthen protection for victims of family violence and facilitate better rehabilitation of perpetrators. Under the new law, “family violence” refers to physical, sexual, emotional and psychological abuse. The Women’s Charter provides statutory protection for victims of family violence…
In October 2020, Nicholas Tan Siew Chye, an undergraduate at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), followed a woman on campus before taking an upskirt video of her at a lift lobby. He was subsequently arrested and released on bail, but reoffended in February 2021 – this time filming a 17-year-old girl…
In 2022, the Tripartite Alliance for Fair & Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP), the agency that oversees the adoption of fair, responsible and progressive employment practices, received around 250 complaints of workplace discrimination, with the most common grounds of discrimination being discrimination on the basis of one’s nationality, age and sex.…
Revenge porn is an informal term to describe the non-consensual leaking of explicit images or recordings of a person online such as WhatsApp or Telegram channels, or even offline mediums such as where a person shows someone an explicit image on a mobile phone. Even if you have initially consented to…
Navigating divorce proceedings can be complex and often emotionally difficult for all parties involved, especially when there are children to the marriage. Parents who wish to obtain a divorce would need to consider the arrangements they would need to make for their children. These would include issues such as who…
COVID-19 regulations may be changing at a feverish pace, but we’re here to soothe your nerves. This article will serve as a comprehensive one-stop resource for the current state of COVID-19 laws in Singapore. It is accurate as of 10 October 2022. It also covers Singapore’s Vaccinated Travel Framework for…
You may have read about the possible legal consequences of individuals recording conversations without consent. What happens when organisations record conversations without consent? If you, as an individual, are acting on behalf of an organisation when you record a conversation that contains personal data about a person and consent from…
