Latest Posts
What is family violence?
For the first time in my journey as a law student, I've come across something in the statute that I [...]
The freedom to choose who we want to be
A lot has been said of the trainee lawyers who cheated in the Bar exams. Some of these comments would [...]
Halfway through! Halfway broke?
I am finally halfway through my legal education journey! It felt like yesterday that I was going through my introductory [...]
Adios to the toughest semester… so far…
I truly wanted to be good at criminal law. I think my interest in criminal law was stoked in boot [...]
Blog Posts
What is family violence?
For the first time in my journey as a law student, I've come across something in the statute that I [...]
The freedom to choose who we want to be
A lot has been said of the trainee lawyers who cheated in the Bar exams. Some of these comments would [...]
Halfway through! Halfway broke?
I am finally halfway through my legal education journey! It felt like yesterday that I was going through my introductory [...]
Adios to the toughest semester… so far…
I truly wanted to be good at criminal law. I think my interest in criminal law was stoked in boot [...]
Case Reviews
Daryl’s case review of Public Prosecutor v Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam [2011] SGHC 15
There has been much debate about Nagaenthran, the Malaysian drug trafficker who is on death row for illegally importing 42.72g [...]
Case summary of Abraham v Choo Jit Fung and another [1965-1967] SLR(R) 10
Case name: Abraham v Choo Jit Fung and another [1965-1967] SLR(R) 10 Date of decision: 26 July 1965 Decision of [...]
Daryl’s case review of Collins v Wilcock [1984] 1 WLR 1172
The appellant, Alexis Collins (Collins), and another woman, a known prostitute, were seen by police officers soliciting men on the [...]
Daryl’s case review of SBS Transit Ltd v Stafford Rosemary Anne Jane [2007] SGCA 7
An SBS Transit bus collided into a motorcycle at the intersection of Clementi Road and Commonwealth Avenue West. The SBS [...]
Concepts
How I would structure a legal argument on defamation
In this instance, let us take the simplistic view that a defendant posted alleged defamatory statements about the plaintiff on [...]
The doctrine of double actionability
In my torts course this semester, I came across the case of Kuwait Airways Corp v Iraqi Airways Co [2002] AC [...]
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Res ipsa loquitur is Latin for "the thing speaks for itself". Directly translated, it reads "the thing itself speaks". In [...]
Evidential Burden
Evidential burden is the obligation to produce evidence to properly support an issue. If the evidential burden is not satisfied, [...]