Technology continually gives us new ways to connect, learn and share, and life wouldn't be the same for most of us without its convenience. However, as online interactions multiply, so do the opportunities for malicious entities to exploit personal...
If you have been found guilty of a criminal offence, the Court may sometimes issue you with a Detention Order rather than sentence you to imprisonment. While similar to imprisonment in the sense that you will be confined to a certain place for a period...
After you’ve been sentenced in a criminal case, there’s still a brief window of opportunity for you to appeal to change the outcome of your conviction or sentence. Perhaps you felt pressured to plead guilty, you believe your defence was mishandled, or...
In legal speak, physical assault in Singapore is referred to as Voluntarily Causing Hurt and is defined under section 321 of the Penal Code. Voluntarily Causing Hurt covers actively and intentionally hurting someone, as well as acting in the knowledge...
Singapore’s legal system is based on English common law, meaning that the majority of legal decisions are judge-made. Criminal law is one facet of our legal system, covering general criminal offenses such as assault, theft, extortion, grievous hurt, and...
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