At the landmark Fourth ASEAN Summit in Singapore, the ASEAN Heads of Government signed an agreement which is intended to bring about the ASEAN Free Trade Area. This article traces ASEAN economic cooperation in the past and analyses the contents and legal implications of the ASEAN Free Trade Area Agreement.

This article brings into question some aspects of the nature, function and effect of the caveat in the Singapore Torrents system. Two questions are posed and the attempt to answer them has involved essentially an examination of the provisions of the Land Titles Act and gleanings from the experiences of other Torrens jurisdictions.

The Unfair Contract Terms Act and s 3 of the Misrepresentation Act were formally adopted from the UK into Singapore in November 1993. The Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act followed about ten years later. This article discusses how these statutes have operated, primarily by examining how they have been applied in the case law, and reflects on their modus operandi and capacity to promote contractual fairness.

The article discusses the major tests that have been applied since Donoghue v. Stevenson to determine the existence of a duty of care in the tort of negligence. It is critical of the more recent tests that are based upon the “proximity” element. The article argues for a resuscitation of the Wilberforce two-stage test of the foreseeability basis that is qualified by public policies as the best available test that has been evolved so far. This test must, however, be applied, in the future, with greater circumspection and with greater regard for prior decisions that restricted or excluded recovery than before.