Reported by Sai Ganesh On the 11th of May 2023, Legal500 held the inaugural Southeast Asia Awards 2023 in Singapore. Richard Wee Chambers (“RWC”) was shortlisted in the category of “Rising Law Firm of The…
By Darren Lai and Kimberly Chan Assisted by Sai Ganesh In our previous chapters, we discussed the general process of initiating a suit and the rules on pleadings in Part 1, Judgments in Default and…
Written by Richard Wee and Fatin Ismail The new amendment for the Penal Code went through the first reading on 4 April 2023. The Bill seeks to amend the Penal Code to substitute and remove certain sections in…
Written by Darren Lai, Fatin Ismail, Jay Tee and Athirah Jaafar Introduction: ClientEarth V Board Of Directors Of Shell [2023] On 9th February 2023, a lawsuit (“the said Suit”) was filed by the Shell’s Shareholders…
Written by Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail and Nurul Athirah Ja’afar Introduction On 15 March 2023, the Ministry of Youth and Sports recently published its first edition of the Safe Sports Code, also known as “Kod…
Written by Darren Lai and Nurul Athirah Ja’afar Introduction A bank is where customers deposit their money for safekeeping. As such, a bank, since its inception has always been regarded as a guardian of its…
Reported by Wong Zi Ying On 31 January 2023, Messrs Richard Wee Chambers (“RWC”) was invited by the Sekretariat Industri Sukan to attend a townhall programme with the Minister of Youth and Sports, YB Hannah…
Written by Darren Lai and Fatin Ismail A dispute is a problem to be solved together, rather than a combat to be won — Woodrow Wilson Introduction Mediation is a non formal and wholly voluntary…
Written by Richard Wee, Darren Lai and Kimberly Chan Non-Fungible Tokens (“NFTs”) have been the talk of the town in recent years. The success stories of individuals becoming millionaires overnight just from the sale of…