Recent Cases & News
Mahdev advises the Ministry of Environment & Water Resources on Haze Law
Providence Law Counsel and Assistant Professor of Law at Singapore Management University Mahdev Mohan contributed advice on the Transboundary Haze Pollution Bill during an appreciation and dialogue session hosted by Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian...
Rare Quia Timet Injunction to prevent derailment of property sale valued S$900 million
Providence Law represents the Pacific Star Group, the asset manager of TripleOne Somerset, a shopping mall along Singapore’s premier Orchard Road shopping district, who were in the process of finalising a sale of TripleOne Somerset to a third party for over S$900...
Acted for Yahoo! Singapore to obtain reprieve of a Police Written Order to disclose journalistic sources
Providence Law was urgently requested to act for a popular Singaporean news website to protect journalistic privilege against a Written Order issued by the Singapore Police Force. After conversing with an internet hacker through a series of confidential emails, the...
Novel points of law canvassed in S$10m+ High Court suit
Providence Law’s unique strategy paved new roads in Singapore’s legal framework with regards to the classification of work undertaken by liquidators. Acting for two Segregated Customers of a parent company, Providence Law challenged the application by the...
Successfully set aside injunction depriving Tamil Nadu state-owned newsprint producer of calling on performance guarantee
Providence Law successfully set aside an injunction that prevented a large local bank from making payments to an Indian State-owned newsprint producer, on a performance guarantee that amounted to approximately US$400,000. Providence Law argued for the injunction...
Urgent ex parte injunction successful against prominent news publication
Providence Law successfully acted for a multinational construction corporation against a highly defamatory article ran by Singapore’s leading business daily. Decisive actions by Providence Law allowed for a quick commencement of a Writ action in the Singapore High...
Internal investigations in fund misappropriation case result in US$2m+ in claims
Acting for a Singapore company and a Kazakh subsidiary in a Singapore High Court trial, Providence Law sued the Deputy CEO and CFO of the Kazakh operations on the grounds of misappropriation of funds, deceit, and breaches of duties. Led by Managing Director Abraham...
Final judgment conceded to Providence clients after 4 days of cross-examination in S$1.25m trial
A leading training services company, represented by Providence Law, successfully resolved a Distribution Agreement dispute with another training and consultancy corporation. After only four days of cross-examination by Providence Law of the opposing party’s main...