Advice on Wills: Should Each Child Get the Same?
Dividing an estate among children is a delicate and often emotional process that raises the criti...
Asian Law Network: Jacqueline Chua, Managing Partner of Jacque Law, speaks to us about medical negligence
Asia Law Network interviews our Managing Director Jacqueline Chua, and learns more about her work in the medical negligence law field and tips she has to share for those considering commencing a medical negligence / malpractice claim.
Jacque Law LLC is pleased to have authored the Singapore chapter in the Asian Legal Business Guide to Employment Law in Asia.
We hope the guide will serve as a good starting tool for human resource personnel, business owners and/or in-house counsel as they navigate the often complex and constantly evolving employment laws in Singapore. If you require more in-depth advice on employment law matters, please feel free to connect with us.
News Alert: Revocation of errant donee’s powers as a property and affairs donee for her father’s lasting power of attorney
We are pleased to share that our client has won an appeal in the Family Division of the High Court of Singapore in a mental capacity case concerning the circumstances under which a donee’s powers may be revoked under the Mental Capacity Act (“MCA”).
Asian Legal Business: Protecting Employers from COVID-19 – A Practical Guide
With COVID-19 hitting businesses hard, what options do employers have apart from cutting jobs? While job-cutting may be effective in some cases, it can also severely damage company culture and staff morale and result in irreparable loss of know-how. Employers can instead consider these alternatives...
Court stops daughter's bid to take over ill dad's business
A family court judge cancelled the powers given to the daughter of a successful funeral parlour owner to run his business as sole owner, after finding that he did not have the due mental capacity when he signed the documents last year. The court instead ordered that arrangements be made to revert to a document he signed in 2017 that provided for his two daughters to jointly manage his affairs. District Judge Shobha G. Nair said the case showed that laws, set up to enable an adult child...
