ADDENDUM As an addendum to our legal update dated March 2015, we set out certain key revisions to the Companies Act applicable to foreign companies. (1) Fewer agents required Currently, a minimum of 2 agents, natural persons and resident in Singapore, are required when a foreign company is registered in Singapore, for acceptance of service
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JTJB Seminar On Protecting Your Company’s Data: Legal & Technical Measures JTJB’s first Seminar of 2015 was conducted on Thursday 26th February 2015 by JTJB’s new Head of Corporate Compliance and Data Protection, KK Lim on the topic, “Protecting Your Company’s Data: Legal & Technical Measures”. Mr. Shaun Lee from Stone Forest IT Pte
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IS PROTECTING YOUR CUSTOMERS’ DATA REALLY THAT IMPORTANT? In the movie “Black Hat”, a convicted prisoner was freed from prison to help to apprehend a hacker who had destroyed a nuclear plant. The real reason behind all these was to manipulate the stock market involving millions of dollar by members of the underworld. For those
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JTJB’S NEW DEPUTY MANAGING PARTNER We are delighted to announce the appointment of John Sze as Equity Partner and Deputy Managing Partner with effect from 1 January 2015. John started his legal career with JTJB as a pupil in 2003. He has moved up
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FORMATION OF THE SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL COURT At the opening of the legal year on 5 January 2015, the Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) was officially launched by the Chief Justice of Singapore, Mr Sundaresh Menon. The launch of the SICC aims to further promote Singapore as a neutral forum for international dispute resolution, alongside
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THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF FAMILY JUSTICE IN SINGAPORE A comprehensive review of the Family Justice system was conducted in 2013 and 2014 through the formation of a Review Committee and an extensive public consultation exercise. The Committee’s key recommendations have been adopted and were implemented through the enactment of the Family Justice Act. These include:
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JTJB PARTICIPATES IN THE ASIA PACIFIC MARITIME AND OFFSHORE CONFERENCE 2014 JTJB’s Managing Partner K Murali Pany was a member of the Maritime Arbitration Panel at the Asia Pacific Maritime and Offshore Conference 2014 held on 30th October 2014. The Panel was chaired by Mr. Lee Wai Pong, Executive Director of Singapore Chamber of
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AN OVERVIEW OF THE LASTING POWER OF ATTORNEY The Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) has received widespread attention from the public lately due to two high profile legal tussles. One case was between former China tour guide Yang Yin and the niece of wealthy widow Madam Chung Khin Chun, 87, over her estimated $40 million
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JTJB represented Lagoon View Owners’ Association (LVOA) in the privatization exercise. The Sale and Purchase Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and LVOA for the purchase of the common area in Lagoon View was signed on the 30 June 2010. The matter was promptly completed in December 2010. Upon receipt of the Subsidiary Strata Certificate
JTJB’s Managing Partner Dato Jude P Benny assumed the position of Chairman of the Singapore Maritime Arbitrator’s Association, from outgoing Chairman, Mr. Arul Chandran, at the last AGM of the Association. Speaking after themeeting, Dato Benny said “The Association hopes to play its part in improving the maritime arbitration landscape in Singapore. It will work
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