Yuyun Wirawati

Research Librarian, Business & Law

Jan 2013

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for LGST101 Business Law

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Case Law (Singapore & UK) using LawNet Singapore Legislation using Singapore

Statutes Online

Case Law

Introduction to Case Law

What is Case Law?

Written record of the courts’ decisions

Case Name

Consists of the names of the parties involved

Civil CaseChwee Kin Keong v Digilandmall.com Pte Ltd.

Criminal CasePublic Prosecutor v PDM International Pte Ltd

The case name alone is often not enough. There is no indication of the date, where it was reported, or which case in particular is being referred to (there may be more than one case)

Understanding Reported Case Citations

[2004] 2 SLR (R) 594

The citation tells us that the case may be found in vol 2 of the Singapore Law Reports (Reissue) for 2004, starting on page 594.

Year Reporter PgVolume

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Finding a case by citation

Chwee Kin Keong and others v Digilandmall.com Pte Ltd

[2004] 2 SLR (R) 594

Citation Search [2004] 2 SLR (R) 594

Select “Singapore Law Reports (Reissue)”Enter the Year, the Vol. and the Page no.

Search Citation Results

View Case as it Appears in the Published Reporter

Retrieve the PDF

Judge(s) or Judicial Commissioner(s)

Anatomy of a Reported Case:Case Headings

Court Name

Reporter Information

Case Name

Neutral Citation

Suit or Application No. of Case

Hearing Date(s)

Anatomy of a Reported Case: Editorial Content

Catchwords

Summary of Facts of the Case

Summary of Holdings

Anatomy of a Reported Case: Editorial Content & Judgment

Cases referred to

Legislation referred to

Judgment

UnderstandingNeutral Citations

[2005] SGCA 2

Year of decision Court Sequential Number

The citation above tells us that this was the2nd case in 2005 in the Singapore Court of Appeal.

Singapore Neutral Citations:

SGCA – Court of appeal

SGDC – District Court

SGFC – Family Court

SGHC – High Court

SGJC – Juvenile Court

SGMC – Magistrates Court

SGSC – Supreme Court

SGSCT – Small Claims TribunalThis is a system of citation where each written

judgment from a particular level of court is assigned a sequential number, starting from 1 at the beginning of each calendar year.

Finding a case by neutral citation

Gay Choon Ing v Loh Sze Ti Terence Peter [2009] SGCA 3

Search by Neutral Citation [2009] SGCA 3

Select “Neutral Citation”

Enter the Year, the Court. and the Case no.

Search Citation Results

Retrieve the PDF

View Case

Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company

[1893] 1 QB 256

Finding English Cases on LawNet

The Law Reports are published by The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England & Wales

The Law ReportsList of Titles in the Series

Searching the Law Reports[1893] 1 QB 256

Enter the Year, the Volume number, the specific Title abbreviation from the Law Reports series and the Page number.

Select

“The Law Reports”

Results List

View Case

Retrieve the PDF

Legislation

Singapore Laws

Statutes /Acts Over 500 statutes/acts listed under “current acts” in LawNet Each Act is given it’s own chapter number. (‘cap’ for short)

E.g. Companies Act, Cap 50

Subsidiary Legislation While Acts deal with broad legal principles, Subsidiary

Legislation deals with details such as procedures, admin matters, technical standards, etc.

E.g. Companies (Application of Bankruptcy Act Provisions) Regulations, Cap 50, Section 411

Finding Legislation

Singapore Legislation

Available through LawNet

Available on Statutes Online through Attorney-General’s Chambers website (http://statutes.agc.gov.sg)

Legislation Access using LawNet

Singapore Statutes Online(statutes.agc.gov.sg)

Searching by Chapter Number of ActCompanies Act (Cap 50)

Enter the Chapter No

Select Current Acts

Click Whole Document to view entire Act

Viewing the Act

Viewing sections: Tick the section and click Get Provisions

Viewing a Section

Browsing by Act TitleContracts (Rights of Third Parties)

Browse

Select All Acts

Click the letter C “By Title” to browse all Acts starting with C

List of Acts starting with ‘C’

Viewing the Act

Other Acts You Will Likely Discuss

Computer Misuse Act (Cap. 50A) Minors’ Contracts Act (Cap. 389) Misrepresentation Act (Cap. 390) Sale of Goods Act (Cap. 393) Trade Marks Act (Cap. 332) Unfair Contract Terms Act (Cap. 396)

Finding Subsidiary Legislation

Finding Subsidiary LegislationSale of Food (Food Establishments) Regulations Cap 283, Regulation 5

Select S from the alphabetical list

Select Current Subsidiary Legislation

List of Subsidiary Legislation starting with ‘S’

View Subsidiary Legislation

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