This article will assess the changes brought about by the SMA and the amendments_x000D_ in the following areas in respect of the period after the management corporation has_x000D_ been constituted: (i) the two-tier management corporation concept; (ii) the dispute resolution mechanism provided by way of the Strata Management Tribunal; (iii) the concept of common property; and (iv) voting by proxies.

The enforcement of foreign gambling debts and related foreign judgments has long troubled Singapore law. Although courts generally agree that their enforcement through the common law_x000D_ conflict of laws rules should be refused, the legal doctrines and concepts they invoke to justify that conclusion—procedural characterisations, forum mandatory rules and public policy—are unsuited for that purpose. This note argues that the use of those doctrines and concepts sits at odds with their underlying purposes as well as a principled understanding of the broader relationship between common law, statute and policy in private disputes with foreign elements. A prohibition on the enforcement of foreign gambling debts, if desired, should therefore be secured through legislative tools rather than the continued contortion of existing common law rules.

The former section 375 of the Singaporean Penal Code contained an exception which stated that "sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife ...is not rape". This has been commonly interpreted to mean that it was not possible to convict a husband of the offence of rape on his wife under any circumstances so long as they remain legally married. The only qualification to the blanket immunity for husbands is that the wife must not be under 13 years of age. For example, one commentator wrote: In Singapore ... under no circumstances would a husband be guilty of the rape of his wife so long as she is not under thirteen years of age. The only possible exception might be where the court has granted a decree nisi of divorce although even this is doubtful.