Frequently Asked Legal Questions
Answers
Plain answers to the legal questions clients in Singapore most often ask.
Commercial
Debts, contracts, disputes and insolvency: questions from businesses and the people who run them.
- 01My Singapore company is owed money. What are my options?
- 02Do I need to issue a letter of demand under Singapore law?
- 03Should I wind up a Singapore company that owes me money?
- 04What damages can I claim for breach of contract in Singapore?
- 05Can I get out of a contract I was misled into under Singapore law?
Criminal
Investigations, charges and regulatory proceedings: questions from individuals and companies under scrutiny.
- 01What is money laundering, and what is the punishment in Singapore?
- 02What must be proved before I can be convicted of money laundering?
- 03Can I face criminal charges in Singapore for a scam or money laundering committed overseas?
- 04How do Singapore courts sentence money laundering offences?
- 05What can reduce a money laundering sentence in Singapore?
- 06The police have frozen my bank account. What can I do?
- 07What is cheating under Singapore law, and what is the punishment?
- 08What must be proved before I can be convicted of cheating?
- 09What is an amalgamated charge, and why does it matter?
- 10How do Singapore courts decide the sentence for cheating?
- 11What can reduce a sentence for cheating in Singapore?
- 12What is a “money mule”, and what are the related offences in Singapore?
- 13What must be proved before I can be convicted of a money mule offence?
- 14How do Singapore courts sentence money mules?
- 15What can reduce a money mule’s sentence in Singapore?
- 16What is criminal breach of trust, and what is the punishment?
- 17What must be proved for criminal breach of trust?
- 18How do Singapore courts sentence criminal breach of trust?
- 19What can reduce a criminal breach of trust sentence?