In corporate administration, procedures, and their due compliance, are often of as_x000D_ much significance as the outcomes of the proceedings they regulate. The consequence_x000D_ of a failure to comply with procedures, whether laid down statutorily or in the company's constitution, is often the invalidation of the subject proceeding. Such invalidation may perhaps be justified on the basis that faithful compliance does much to foster a perception that the outcomes determined at the proceedings so held are fair, a perception that is vitally important to the acceptability of the outcome by all concerned. Nevertheless, it is also the case that corporate proceedings should not be invalidated only by reason of an over-concern for matters of form, and indeed, there are potentially many situations of procedural non-compliance, or irregularities, that might fall within this category. Section 392 of the Companies Act is crafted to achieve some balance between the two extremes.

As cryptocurrencies continue to take the world by storm, reactions from a legal perspective are to be expected. In CLM v CLN [2022] SGHC 46, the Singapore High Court agreed with the emerging Commonwealth view that cryptocurrencies can constitute property. This note explores the possible legal consequences of such a holding and attempts to answer some novel questions that may need to be addressed as technology continues to evolve over time.

Service out of jurisdiction is generally permitted only in two situations. First, under the High Court's international criminal jurisdiction, criminal process can be served out only if the affected foreign state consents. Second, under its international civil jurisdiction, civil process can be served out only if some statutory provision interpreted in accordance with a doctrine of 'subject-matter jurisdiction' allows it. However, in Li Shengwu v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal allowed service out of process for scandalising contempt of court, but did not rely, and indeed could not have relied, on either its international criminal or civil jurisdiction to do so. Instead, it could only have allowed such service out by relying on a novel third basis of international jurisdiction, derived from Article 93 of the Constitution—in other words, its international constitutional jurisdiction.

This comment reviews the amount of damages for bereavement under the Civil Law Act 1909 in Singapore. It is argued that the current award is inappropriately low and needs to be increased. The statutory amount of bereavement damages should be reviewed periodically, taking inflation and changing economic conditions into consideration.