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In this briefing note, we will highlight some of the common repercussions of falling prey to phishing attacks and provide suggestions to assist organisations to cope with consequences of falling prey to such attacks.

Recently, there have been discussions as to the adoption of mediation as a preferred procedure for the resolution of commercial disputes. Mediation is often touted as a cost and time efficient solution that preserves the commercial relationship of the disputing parties. But despite its advantages, mediation is not often adopted to resolve international commercial disputes.

Over the past three months, there has been considerable debate concerning the response of insurance policies to the financial consequences of business interruption resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak. There are a number of challenges in determining cover, particularly the diversity of the: (i) insurance policy wordings providing cover for business interruption resulting from non-damage causes; (ii) insurers providing that cover; and (iii) underlying factual matrices giving rise to claims for an indemnity under the covers provided.

In 2010, Oasis broke up after a quarrel between the Gallagher brothers at an after party in Paris. Like any poorly managed litigation, it is a quarrel that has lasted ten years with no sign of resolution in sight and a ton of wasted money. In the same year, a greatest hits album was released, “Time Flies”, that includes tracks that, some might say, we should take to heart when tomorrow, Tuesday 2 June 2020, Singapore emerges from its Circuit Breaker: “Live Forever”, “Roll with it”, “Stand by me” and, of course, “Don’t look back in anger”.

President Barack Obama’s first Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, famously said “never allow a good crisis to go to waste. It’s an opportunity to do the things you once thought were impossible”. In this briefing note, we briefly summarise the main changes we have already seen, and the changes that we expect to see going forwards, in how arbitrations are conducted.

The movie “Time Bandits” was released in 1981. And it’s a cracker.

In today’s crisis brought about by COVID-19, cash flow has become an increasingly important issue. This is especially so in the construction industry, where the multitude of parties – owners, contractors, sub-contractors and suppliers – involved in any project demands the maintenance of a healthy cash flow. In these turbulent times, construction industry players would be even more concerned with the timely receipt of outstanding payments.

As we emerge from our lockdown, it has been predicted that national courts may be overwhelmed by a “tsunami of disputes”.

In this article, we offer five practical steps to selecting and managing your legal counsel.

In this briefing note, we will look at co-tenancy clauses common in retail leases in the United States of America (the “USA”) but less common in Southeast Asia. We will discuss how parties may negotiate for co-tenancy clauses moving forward from this pandemic.