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..... of them, or by any woman on her own life and expressed, before the date of commencement of section 10 of the insurance (amendment) act 2009, to be for the benefit of her husband or of her children or of her husband and children or any of them ..... a matrimonial asset). she relied on the fact that her parents had transferred a total sum of us$52,000 on 23 july 2002 into the citibank joint account, which she claimed was used towards the purchase of the flat, the car and the children's ..... to avoid paying tax on his income. there was another remittance to the wife's parents of us$32,300 on 17 september 2002. the wife asserted that this sum was also remitted to the mother although she was unable to produce proof of the transaction. ..... household chores with the help of a part-time maid, although the husband sought to minimise her contributions in this regard. 5. in 2002, when the children were five months old, the wife returned to singapore where she resided with the mother at the latter's house .....
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..... of the [c] group of companies. it carried on the business of a general insurer in singapore and was registered under the insurance act (cap 142, 2002 rev ed) ("the insurance act") until december 2009. under the provisions of the insurance act, an insurer is required to establish separate insurance funds for each class of insurance business and to ensure that all assets, receipts, liabilities and expenses are properly attributed to ..... the gains made by the respondent were taxable and issued revised assessments for ya 2002 and ya 2003 to the respondent. on 15 april 2010, in response to the respondent's request for amendment, the appellant issued to the respondent a notice of refusal to amend the assessments for ya 2002 and ya 2003. 7. on 19 april 2010, the respondent filed notices of .....
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..... "), p was convicted in israel of a number of fraud offences. the serious organised crime agency obtained a disclosure order under s 357 of the proceeds of crime act 2002 (c 29) (uk) against p, his wife and his two daughters, none of whom was resident or domiciled in the jurisdiction. the relevant portions of s ..... controlled and financed (at [33]). 101. the decisions in the ikarian reefer and masri were considered by the grand court of the cayman islands in cigna worldwide insurance company (by and through its court-appointed receiver, josie senesie, and in respect of the assets undertaking and affairs of its licensed liberian branch and business) v ..... january 2009, transocean commenced suit no 87 of 2009 ("s 87/2009") against burgundy for its breach or repudiation of the escrow agreement. in its statement of claim (amendment no 2), transocean claimed the following relief (amongst others): (a) a declaration that burgundy was in repudiatory breach of the escrow agreement; (b) a declaration that .....
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..... has been sold; (4) any shares and securities in the following companies: (h) [e] pte ltd; (5) the following insurance policies: (a) [insurance policy no. xxx]; and exceptions to this order 4. this order does not prohibit the defendant from dealing with or disposing of any ..... of the english rsc was replaced by part 81 of the english civil procedure rules ("cpr") by virtue of the civil procedure (amendment no. 2) rules 2012. pertinently, s 2 of part 81 of the english cpr, which deals with committal for breaches of ..... issue was also discussed in the hong kong case of chou yi feng v chou yi chen and others [2002] hca no 4393 of 2001 (unreported) ("chou yi feng"). under o 52 r 2 of the hong kong rules of the high ..... was obtained and the order served on the respondent, whether the order was served personally or by substituted service, and the specific acts committed by the respondent which are said to be in breach of the terms of the injunction. [emphasis added] 30. this .....
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..... the ssa were given to columbia. neither did the statement of claim assert any right of ptnm to rely on the contracts (rights of third parties) act (cap 53b, 2002 rev ed) ("the crtpa") to enforce the terms of the ssa, unlike the third-party claims made by ptnm (and columbia) against the hongs in ..... as follows: 2.1.15 goldman sachs indebtedness means the aggregate of all sums whether principal, interest (including without limitation default interest), capitalised interest, commitment fee, insurance premium, fees (including but not limited to valuation fees), costs and expenses, charges or otherwise outstanding or payable or agreed to be payable by [umpl] and any ..... vendors. according to alan lim, after the parties completed their discussion on 7 december 2007, josephine low and himself went into another room where she made the amendments on her laptop while he was beside her.87 184. significantly, mr niru pillai ("mr pillai"), counsel for the hongs in the proceedings, informed the court .....
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..... fraud or wilful default has been committed by any person in connection with or in relation to tax (now found in s 74(2) of the act). subsequent amendments altered the limitation periods for issuing additional assessments, but the primary substance of the provision remained unchanged. 142. in our judgment, there were two cumulative ..... section 99. whether there was a single "arrangement" or two or more connected but distinct "arrangements" (as there were in commissioner of inland revenue v bnz investments ltd [2002] 1 nzlr 450) is a question of fact for the [commissioner]. ... 44. the comptroller had chosen - before the board, the high court and indeed before us ..... ] (singapore) pte ltd ("e"), [f] enterprise pte ltd ("f") and [g] shipping pte ltd ("g"), in the following manner:(chart?) the corporate restructuring 4. in 2002, changes were announced to the singapore tax regime. these included the introduction of group tax relief and a move from the imputation system under s 44 of the income tax .....
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..... under consideration in this case. in that case, judith prakash j (at [76]) took into consideration the fact that the insurance policy taken by the plaintiff owner of the goods "would most likely be cheaper than the liability policy which [the defendant ..... defendant's pleadings, rather than leaving this to be raised in their closing submissions, depriving the defendant of seeking leave to amend its pleadings if necessary (see superintendent of lands and surveys (4th div) and anor v hamit bin matusin and ors [ ..... effect did not have the chance to read it (see press automation technology pte ltd v trans-link exhibition forwarding pte ltd [2002] 1 slr(r) 712 ("press automation'') at [39]). 214. in the present case, where the contract is unsigned, ..... it is necessary to consider the plaintiff's arguments that these clauses were unenforceable pursuant to the application of the unfair contract terms act (cap 396, 1994 rev ed) ("ucta"). the plaintiff relied on s 3 of the ucta which reads as follows: .....
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..... marks similarity a low one? 14. we begin with the preliminary point. the opponents rely on the decision of lindsay j in esure insurance v direct line insurance plc [2008] rpc 6 ("esure insurance") for the proposition that the similarity of marks is subject to a "low threshold test". they contend that the competing marks more than ..... ? the scope of confusion actionable under federal trademark law" (vol 81 tmr 209)). the concept can be traced to a 1962 amendment to the american federal trade mark legislation, the lanham (trademark) act (15 usc) ("the lanham act") (see dinwoodie and janis, trademarks and unfair competition: law and policy (wolters kluwer 2010, 3rd ed) at p 563). ..... earlier word trade mark "saint-hubert 41". at [57] the court of first instance in vedial sa v ohim france distribution (hubert), case t-110/01 [2002] ecr ii-5275 stated that: with regard to conceptual analysis of the marks in question, it must be observed that the ideas suggested by the terms 'saint-hubert' and .....
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..... interests would suffer if the documents and correspondence were disclosed. 18. as a result, the ar allowed the plaintiff's application (subject to some minor amendments). the minor amendments concerned limiting the meaning of the phrase "agent to the defendant's agents referred to in the pleadings". 19. on 7 august 2013, the defendant ..... on behalf of the government or any specified organisation. 50. the term "government" is not expressly defined in the osa. section 2 of the interpretation act (cap 1, 2002 rev ed) simply defines it as meaning "the government of singapore". the online oxford dictionary defines government as "the group of people with the authority to ..... of industrial relations (relating to an employment dispute) was not an affair of state. finally, life insurance corporation was an indian case from the high court of punjab and haryana on s 123 of the indian evidence act 1872, where it was held that an annual confidential report of an employee did not attract the privilege .....
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..... the irb. in short, it is unethical for researchers to treat irbs and the review process merely as "legal insurers" or as "legal insurance". [emphasis added] 71. support for such prudence in seeking the early approval of the irbs, even though a ..... these findings are "unsafe, unreasonable or contrary to the evidence": see s 46(8) of the mra (before the amendment on 1 december 2010). our analysis issue 1 21. the first issue is whether the dc erred in law in convicting ..... tortious duty of care owed to his patient, as stated in khoo james v gunapathy d/o muniandy and another appeal [2002] 1 slr(r) 1024 ("james khoo"). 44. the respondent submitted that there was no reason why surgical practice should ..... gastrostomy and laparotomy procedures, including 50 standard percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy ("peg") procedures. 5. the respondent is constituted under the medical registration act (cap 174, 2004 rev ed) ("the mra") and regulates the conduct of medical practitioners in singapore. 6. the patient was .....
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