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Dying Without A Will – What Happens?
Dying Without A Will – What Happens?
Caning in Singapore
Caning in Singapore
Pornography Laws in Singapore
Pornography Laws in Singapore

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Family Law
Guide to Adoption in Singapore

Guide to Adoption in Singapore

Adoption is many things; it is significant, challenging, and life-changing for the adopters, the adopted child, and their biological parents. Adoption is a process that creates a formal legal relationship between the child and their adoptive parents and dismantles any legal ties the biological parents have with their child. The process of adoption is involved and complex; it can be time-consuming as well as emotionally draining for the applicants. Who...
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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
What is Lemon Law?

What is Lemon Law?

Lemon law is about lemons but not the citrus variety. Lemon law dates to a time when buying a car with plenty of defects from an unscrupulous trader was referred to as buying a ‘lemon’. Lemon has long been a British slang term or colloquialism for a defective item, and whilst it is rather old fashioned now – “he’s sold me a lemon” – as far as the legislation in...
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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Making a Claim – Small Claims Tribunal

Making a Claim – Small Claims Tribunal

The Small Claims Tribunal (SCT) is part of the State Courts in Singapore. It resolves lower-value disputes between consumers and suppliers, faster and more cost-effectively than going to court. The State Courts’ Community Justice and Tribunals System (CJTS) runs the SCT. The types of disputes that can be heard in Small Claims Tribunals Regardless of the claim value, which has a limit, the SCT can only hear certain types of...
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Employment Law
Guide to Employment Bonds in Singapore

Guide to Employment Bonds in Singapore

An employment contract usually governs the formal arrangement between an employer and an employee. An employment bond can be included within the main agreement or is ancillary to the employment contract and covers specific circumstances. Employment bonds are usually created when an employer has spent money investing in the training and upskilling of an employee. Employment bonds can also be used as an inducement to attract a new employee to...
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Pornography Laws in Singapore

In the digital world, accessing pornographic content is easier than ever. Although Singapore is known for its strict regulations, you might be surprised to hear that accessing pornographic sites and watching pornographic material is not illegal in Singapore. However, while it may be legal to watch pornography, there are strict laws against possession, downloading pornographic content from the internet, or buying and selling pornographic material. The Films Act, Undesirable Publication...

Is OnlyFans Legal in Singapore?

After a Singaporean OnlyFans content creator was jailed and fined for posting obscene materials on the site and breaching police orders to stay off the site, many Singaporeans are questioning whether OnlyFans is legal in Singapore. The 22-year-old was charged with uploading 32 explicit photographs and 29 videos onto the online platform. He was fined S$3,000 and sentenced to jail for three weeks after accessing the site against police orders...

Happy Ending Massages in Singapore

Quick summary points on happy ending massage services in Singapore: If you are a customer visiting a business offering such services – it is not against the law to visit such an establishment. If you are the employee offering such services – it is against the law to provide such services. If you are the business owner – it is against the law if you or your employees are providing...

Caning in Singapore

Caning in Singapore often leads to lively debate. Recently, the discussion centred around whether the current exemption for men above 50 years old should be lifted for sex offences against children. Those arguing for lifting the exemption say that caning was inherited from British rules that were applicable in an era when the life expectancy for men was around 48 years. These days, it is argued that men in their...

Is Prostitution Legal in Singapore?

Prostitution is legal in Singapore, but various associated activities are not. There is plenty of illegal prostitution in Singapore as well as government-regulated brothels. The Singaporean government is trying to tread a middle line, accepting that prostitution will never go away on the one hand and controlling and criminalising some of the more undesirable elements on the other. The oldest profession is a thorn in the side of governments and...
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