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Mandatory cooling-off period introduced for unsecured loans from licensed moneylenders. Finance and Lending Law · SLW PINEAPPLE TART · ACT ON

Generative AI is disrupting traditional law firm economic models and talent pipelines. Business Organizations Law · JUDICIARY $0.60 · FRESH

Singapore Academy of Law launches digital Wills Repository Service. Estates, Gifts, and Trusts Law · SLW $0.60 · FRESH

Shift toward AI accountability through technical auditing and governance frameworks. Privacy Law · SLW $0.60 · FRESH

Small Claims Tribunals holds in [2026] SGSCT 23 that a freelance agent's actual and apparent authority binds a company to a renovation contract even without director signature or company chop. Contract Law · JUDICIARY $0.60 · FRESH

Small Claims Tribunals holds in [2026] SGSCT 23 that threats to remove installed works and withhold materials constitute repudiation of a renovation contract. Contract Law · JUDICIARY $0.60 · FRESH

SICC holds in [2026] SGHC(I) 20 that majority shareholder breached minority's legitimate expectation by circumventing Emergency Funding mechanism with preferential debt issuance. Corporate Law · JUDICIARY $0.60 · FRESH

SICC holds in [2026] SGHC(I) 20 that contractual board participation rights require genuine pre-decision consultation, not merely post-hoc notification. Corporate Law · JUDICIARY $0.60 · FRESH

SICC holds in [2026] SGHC(I) 20 that debt terms with compounding interest and exit multiplier producing 136% annualised IRR are extortionate in minority oppression context. Corporate Law · JUDICIARY $0.60 · FRESH

SICC holds in [2026] SGHC(I) 20 that asymmetric transfer restrictions in subscription agreements can constitute oppressive conduct preventing minority participation. Corporate Law · JUDICIARY $0.60 · FRESH

SICC holds in [2026] SGHC(I) 20 that courts should preserve agreed exit mechanisms and vary unfair terms rather than order buy-outs in minority oppression cases. Corporate Law · JUDICIARY $0.60 · FRESH

High Court declines judicial mercy for terminally ill repeat paedophile in [2026] SGHC 188, holding terminal illness does not outweigh gravity of sustained child abuse. Criminal Law · JUDICIARY $0.60 · FRESH

High Court in [2026] SGHC 188 applies GBR framework for s 354(2) Penal Code aggravated outrage of modesty, placing abuse-of-trust offence at mid-Band 2 despite no skin-to-skin contact. Criminal Law · JUDICIARY $0.60 · FRESH

High Court in [2026] SGHC 188 applies totality principle to avoid crushing sentence for elderly terminally ill offender, ordering only two penetration sentences consecutive. Criminal Law · JUDICIARY $0.60 · FRESH

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01○ NEWS

Mandatory cooling-off period introduced for unsecured loans from licensed moneylenders.

Effective 15 September 2026, a mandatory cooling-off period of three business days will apply to all unsecured loans from licensed moneylenders, excluding business loans. This period excludes weekends and Singapore public holidays.

Why it mattersPractitioners advising licensed moneylenders must ensure loan disbursement processes are updated to comply with this new statutory waiting period.

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