Our Partners have contributed three chapters on Admiralty and Shipping Law, Insolvency Law and Legal Profession to the Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review of Singapore Cases (“SAL Ann Review”). The SAL Ann Review is an annual publication that highlights key Singapore cases in an array of areas of law in the preceding year. Its contributors comprise leading practitioners and academics who review and analyse these cases.
- Admiralty and Shipping Law: Toh Kian Sing, SC, Head of our Shipping & International Trade Practice, highlighted four Singapore courts’ judgments in 2020, including two decisions concerning rather esoteric parts pertaining to limitation of liability.
- Insolvency Law: Our Partners, Sim Kwan Kiat, Kelvin Poon and Wilson Zhu, discussed Singapore courts’ judgments in 2020 which provide guidance on novel issues in debt restructuring. These include decisions on “roll ups” in rescue financing and a foreign debtor’s connection with Singapore for the purpose of commencing a scheme of arrangement process in Singapore, as well as the interplay between insolvency law and arbitration.
- Legal Profession: Our Partner from the Commercial Litigation Practice, Khelvin Xu, covered Singapore courts judgments in 2020 relating to ethics and professional responsibility. The judgments covered include a seminal decision in which the Court of Appeal overturned its previous decision on whether it had the jurisdiction to hear an appeal against a Judge’s decision in disciplinary proceedings, as well as cases involving conflicts of interest, statements to the media, and according due respect to the courts.
These chapters were first published in e-First on 16 August 2021, 10 August 2021 and 30 July 2021, respectively. e-First is SAL’s e-publishing prior-to-print module.
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