From Draft to Final: What Changed in MinLaw's AI Guide (And What It Means for You)
I submitted feedback on MinLaw's draft AI guide expecting nothing. Six months later, the final guide adopted both recommendations near-verbatim. Here's what changed and what it means for solo counsel.
Budget 2026 Tells Lawyers to Use AI. But Are We in the Driver's Seat?
PM Wong named legal as one of the first professions needing AI transition support in Budget 2026. The government is putting real money behind this - 400% tax deductions, free premium tools, Champions of AI programme. But is this adoption infrastructure, or does it keep lawyers in the passenger seat?
Comparing approaches to regulating Generative AI
I compare two discussions papers on possible approaches to regulating the use of generative AI.
When can young lawyers in Singapore move up the value chain?
The legal fraternity is anxious to ensure that young lawyers in Singapore stick around in the profession, but change might be more complicated than they wish.
Assumptions, reassessed
The only Data Protection case to reach the Court of Appeal touches on an obscure area of the PDPA, but raises questions on how confident one can be about the law.
The Importance of Being Present
A lawyer in Singapore is sanctioned for claiming to witness a signing when he didn't. Was his system at fault?
Public Defender: A Change of Mind or a Change of Heart?
Needy accused in Singapore will finally get more help from the government in the form of a public defender. What would it take for this new scheme to succeed?
Has the abuse of process gone too far?
Global attention to Singapore's practice of the death penalty is testing the system's resolve to allow prisoners to bring applications. Should such applications continue to be available?
