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Responding to a Cease & Desist Letter

Responding to a Cease & Desist Letter

A cease and desist letter can land on your doormat and be completely unexpected, or it can represent the next stage in a dispute and mean that civil proceedings are around the corner. Either way, it’s time to take some professional legal advice. What is a cease and desist letter? A lawyer usually issues a cease and desist letter and formally requests that a specific activity or behaviour stop. The...
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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Issuing a Cease & Desist Letter

Issuing a Cease & Desist Letter

A cease and desist letter can be the perfect tool to stop an unwanted and unlawful activity or behaviour in a personal or business context. Ideally sent by a legal professional, it’s not expensive to ask a solicitor to produce one, and it can nip a problematic situation in the bud without the need to go to court. What is a cease and desist letter? Just as the title suggests,...
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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
What is a Writ of Summons?

What is a Writ of Summons?

A writ of summons begins a legal process in the civil courts in Singapore. It has no relevance to criminal cases. What is a writ of summons? A writ of summons is the starting point of civil proceedings in Singapore. Commonly, there is some legal ‘to and fro’ before a writ of summons is issued; these exchanges are often described as ‘before action’ and include things such as a letter...
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Protection from Loan Shark Harassment

Protection from Loan Shark Harassment

The best way to find protection from loan shark harassment is not to use them in the first place. However, sadly, life is not always that simple. Loan sharks are clever at presenting an irresistible alternative to conventional lending options. When people are under pressure, it’s easy to succumb and make the wrong choice. Dealing with loan shark harassment Loan sharks offer quick loans with few if any, checks. There...
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Guide to HDB Inheritance in Singapore

Housing and Development Board flats (HDB) in Singapore are classified as public housing available to Singaporean citizens and permanent residents. Owners and co-owners of flats can pass on their legal share after death in the same way that title to non-HDB property can pass. Whilst it’s relevant when a flat owner dies, whether they left a will, or died without a will (called intestacy), the first step to establishing succession...

Divorce in Singapore: A Comprehensive Guide

There is only one basis on which to obtain a divorce in Singapore: the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage. Couples may talk about grounds for divorce, like adultery or unreasonable behaviour, but these are all different ways of demonstrating the same thing, that being, the marriage has irretrievably broken down. They are not separate grounds for divorce. The process is straightforward, providing specific eligibility criteria are met. There is a...

Laws on Drink Driving in Singapore

Being unfit to drive due to alcohol or exceeding the legal limit for alcohol on either a breath or blood test can land motorists in a whole heap of trouble in Singapore. Drivers need to take care in Singapore as even a tiny amount of alcohol can lead to a drink driving conviction if the court believes it has affected the motorist’s ability to drive and be safely in charge...

Divorce by Mutual Agreement

Divorce in Singapore can be lengthy and expensive, particularly if contested or acrimonious. Bitter disputes mean divorce takes longer, costs more in legal fees, and has an adverse effect on the married couple and their children. It has been the case until recently in Singapore that people must show an irretrievable breakdown of their marriage. The legal facts which can demonstrate this are largely blame-based. In 2022, Parliament in Singapore...

How to Write a Legally Valid Will

Making a will is the last gift you can give to your family as it protects their interests and makes the management of your estate after death easier and less stressful. It’s surprising how many people still don’t write a will, but this is often because they have made assumptions (usually incorrect) about what will happen to their possessions and assets when they die. Other people just remain in denial....