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Singapore Business Law, now in its 10th edition, is the leading book on Business Law in Singapore and essential reading for all students and legal practitioners.
Completely updated with new content and current as of 1 January 2025, this new edition includes discussion of the latest decisions from the Singapore High Court, Court of Appeal as well as key legislative changes.
The decisions and legislative updates include:
- Expectation loss as the primary remedy for breach of contract - Liu Shu Ming v Koh Chew Chee
- The doctrine of corporate veil absent evidence of asset commingling - Nicholas Eng Teng Cheng v Government of the City of Buenos Aires
- The higher duty of care to nominee directors involved in business decisions - BIT Baltic Investment & Trading Pte Ltd v Wee See Boon
- Trademark infringement in domain name disputes - Dr Who Waterworks Pte Ltd v Dr Who (M) Sdn Bhd
- The basis of breach of confidence claims - Lim Suk Ling Priscilla v Amber Compounding Pharmacy Pte Ltd
- Limits of ostensible authority in agency law - Baizanis, Georgios v Snap Innovations Pte Ltd
- Data security and the Spandeck duty of care - Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte Ltd v Capgemini Singapore Pte Ltd
- The latest reforms relating to the Copyright Act 2021
This book covers four main sections:
- Law and legal system: introduction to law and the Singapore legal system
- Contract law: contract formation, terms, vitiating factors, discharge, and remedies
- Business organisations: sole proprietorships, partnerships, and companies – including company formation, management and governance, finance, and insolvency
- Commercial law: property (including intellectual property), sale of goods, agency, negotiable instruments, business torts, and international business law
This book also contains helpful case summaries and diagrams.
About the authors
Benny Tabalujan, the original author of the book, worked with law firms in Australia and Hong Kong. He later became an associate professor teaching business law at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, before moving to Australia as a visiting fellow at the law school and graduate business school, University of Melbourne.
Valerie Du Toit-Low, an award-winning associate professor in business law and negotiation at Nanyang Business School, is also Deputy Associate Provost (Residential Education) at Nanyang Technological University. Valerie previously worked as a lawyer in Singapore and consults for various organisations, both local and international, in the private and public sectors.
Julie L.Y. Huan, a James Kent Scholar of Columbia University (LLM) and graduate of the National University of Singapore (LLB), is admitted to the New York Bar and Singapore Bar. Her industry experience spans legal practice in both private and public sectors. She is currently Associate Professor at NUS Business School and has been placed on the NUS Teaching Excellence Award Honour Roll.
Lam Chen Meng has practised law in the United States, Hong Kong and Singapore before joining Singapore University of Social Sciences. Chen Meng is an Associate Professor in the School of Business and is on the SUSS Teaching Awardee Honour Roll. She currently teaches contract law and company law and publishes research in academic law journals.
