Giving notice when you resign
How much notice you need to give, how to give it, and when your last pay is due.
Employment Act 1968
Guides for life events
What the law says when something happens to you, in plain English, with every section it relies on linked.
24 guides · Each checked against the official text
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Unpaid rent: what a landlord can and cannot do
How a landlord recovers unpaid rent through the court, what cannot be seized, and where money disputes are heard.
Distress Act 1934
Buying a home: stamp duty and foreign buyers
The stamp duty on your purchase contract, the deadline for stamping it, and the rules for foreign buyers.
Stamp Duties Act 1929, Residential Property Act 1976
Separating or divorcing
When you can file for divorce, what the court has to be satisfied of, and how assets and maintenance are decided.
Women’s Charter 1961
A deal gone wrong: misleading claims and unfair terms
What you can claim when you were misled into a contract, and the limits on terms that take away your rights.
Misrepresentation Act 1967, Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act 2003
Your personal data and a data breach
What counts as a data breach, when an organisation must report it, and your right to see and correct your data.
Personal Data Protection Act 2012
If you are arrested or questioned
Your rights on arrest, how long the police can hold you, and what happens when you are questioned or charged.
Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, Criminal Procedure Code 2010
Starting a business
Registering your business name, forming a company, and the directors and secretary a company needs.
Business Names Registration Act 2014, Companies Act 1967
If you were dismissed unfairly
Who can claim for wrongful dismissal, the mediation that comes first, and what the tribunal can order.
Employment Act 1968, Employment Claims Act 2016
If your salary is late
When pay is due, what can be taken out of it, and how to make a claim if it does not arrive.
Employment Act 1968, Employment Claims Act 2016
Hours, overtime and rest days
Who the rules on hours cover, the daily and weekly limits, overtime pay and rest days.
Employment Act 1968
Annual leave, sick leave and public holidays
How much paid leave you are entitled to, when you can lose it, and pay for working on a public holiday.
Employment Act 1968
Hurt at work
When your employer has to pay work injury compensation, and how the accident has to be reported.
Work Injury Compensation Act 2019
Noise, leaks and neighbours
What counts as unreasonable interference by a neighbour, what a court can order, and leaks in a strata building.
Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015, Building (Strata Management) Act 2004
Children: custody and maintenance
A parent’s duty to maintain a child, how the court orders maintenance, and how custody is decided.
Women’s Charter 1961
When someone dies: wills and estates
What makes a will valid, who inherits when there is no will, and who can administer the estate.
Wills Act 1838, Intestate Succession Act 1967, Probate and Administration Act 1934
Borrowing from a moneylender
What a licensed moneylender must give you, limits on interest, and what the law says about unlicensed lenders.
Moneylenders Act 2008
Debts you cannot pay: bankruptcy
When a bankruptcy application can be made, the debt repayment scheme, and discharge from bankruptcy.
Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018
Getting back money you are owed
Which claims a small claims tribunal can hear, how they are heard, and the time limits for going to court.
Small Claims Tribunals Act 1984, Limitation Act 1959
Faulty goods
What the law expects of goods a business sells you, and what you can do about an unfair practice.
Sale of Goods Act 1979, Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act 2003
Traffic fines, demerit points and your licence
Paying a composition sum, how demerit points lead to a suspension, and when a court disqualifies a driver.
Road Traffic Act 1961
After a road accident
What you must do at the scene, when to report the accident, and the insurance every vehicle needs.
Road Traffic Act 1961, Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960
Harassment, online and offline
What the Protection from Harassment Act prohibits, stalking, and how to get a protection order or damages.
Protection from Harassment Act 2014
Deciding for someone who can’t
When a person lacks capacity, lasting powers of attorney, and what the court can do when there is none.
Mental Capacity Act 2008
