Asian Legal Review

The UK government’s plan to improve water management in England includes a number of wide-ranging measures – but more detail is needed on how they will be put into practice, according to experts at Pinsent Masons.

Karl Liew, the son of ex-Changi Airport Group chairman Liew Mun Leong, lied to a district judge in an earlier trial that domestic worker Parti Liyani had stolen his clothes.

A ‘tacit directive’ on China wealth inflows was given by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, an FT report says, but ‘overall inflows into Singapore remain diversified’, MAS claims.

The presence of minor flaws in a revocation instruction included in a life insurance policy does not amount to sufficient grounds to revoke that policy, the highest German court for civil law has ruled.

The South African public procurement process has been the subject of a constant barrage of criticism in the courts in recent years.

Criticism is mounting about the Yoon administration’s support for the US amid the latest claims and as other countries increasingly distance themselves from Washington’s demands.

‘Making agrifood systems work better for women … would help reduce the number of food-insecure people by 45 million,’ report finds.

Businesses using ‘free trial’ ads to engage consumers for their subscription services have been urged to review their online marketing content, as the UK’s Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has set out its plan to target non-compliant trials and other promotional subscription offers in upcoming enforcement action.

China and Asean claimants could draw inspiration from the four-point formula Pakistan used to try to resolve its Kashmir stalemate with India. This would involve agreeing on shared sovereignty and joint economic development, with a binding code of conduct the goal, and eventual settlement of disputes an added bonus.

Report on the 1976 plane crash, which killed Sabah’s then chief minister and 10 others, is now publicly accessible on the Malaysian transport ministry website.