Date & Time: 27-28 May 2025 (27 May: 9.00am - 5.30pm)
                                                  (28 May: 9.00am - 5.30pm)
Venue: SAL, Marina 3, The Adelphi #07-01, 1 Coleman Street (S179803)

This 2-day course comprises 3 modules of in-person learning to arm the family lawyer with competencies to support their clients and stakeholders to achieve therapeutic justice. The course is developed by the Singapore Academy of Law in conjunction with the Singapore University of Social Sciences, and is supported by a working group comprising Judicial Officers of the Family Justice Courts and senior family lawyers.

Early Bird rates for sign-ups by 27 April 2025:

This is an SILE Accredited CPD Activity
Number of Public CPD points: 13.5

Day 1: 7 Public CPD Points (inclusive of 2.5 Public MEC Points)

Day 2: 6.5 Public CPD Points (inclusive of 4 Public MEC Points)

Practice Area: Family

Training Level: General

SkillsFuture Credit (for self-funded individuals only)

SSG funding available. See the 'Fees and Subsidies' table below for more details.

Date & Time: 15-16 May 2025 (15 May: 9.30pm - 5.30pm)
                                                      (16 May: 9.30pm - 6.30pm)

Venue: SAL, Stamford 1 & 2, The Adelphi #08-08, 1 Coleman Street (S179803)

The course covers contentious issues that regularly occur in building construction projects and disputes: payments and variations; time and delays and termination. It also covers other practical aspects of the built industry such as construction programmes. Each session covers the legal principles and developments pertaining to these issues with a tutorial thereafter. Participants can also expect to be guided on the practical aspects of the construction dispute process: cause papers, witness selection and conferencing, use of experts, Scotts Schedule, written submissions and preparing document bundles.

The workshop takes place over two days:

DAY 1

Module 1: Construction Lawyer’s Toolkit
This session deals with the matters commonly encountered in construction arbitration, adjudication and litigation: the preparation required and expected of construction lawyers, selection of arbitrators, use and selection of expert witnesses, preparation of Scott Schedules, documents available for discovery, witness conferencing and the preparation of bundles of documents. Participants can also look forward to hearing from Mr Adrian Kong, Managing Director of Ankura, on delay analysis and delay experts.

Module 2: Payments and Variations
The session covers both the theoretical and practical aspects of claim preparation for payment and variation claims. These would include pointers on preparation of claims in accordance with the requirements of the contract, providing the necessary substantiation for valuation and how factual and expert evidence on such claims can be led or produced in adjudication and other hearings.

DAY 2

Module 3: Time and Delays and Construction Programmes
Everyone construction project will specify a date for construction of the works i.e. the contract completion date. However, delays on construction projects are inevitable. All standard form construction contracts contain provisions to address this scenario and allocate the risk between the owner and the contractor. This session covers legal concepts unique to construction projects, namely, concepts such as extensions of time, acts of prevention and time at large. It also discusses the consequences of the contractor being late in completing the works and the remedies available to the employer, namely, the right to impose liquidated damages for each day of delay.

This session will also cover construction programmes, the information that goes into one and how they might be designed and incorporated into a contract document.

Module 4: Post-Completion and Termination
This session examines the requirements to achieve completion of the construction works and the consequential obligations imposed on the Contractor post-completion.

It will cover termination under building contracts: the rights available to both the Employer and the Contractor to terminate the contract, the concept of the termination of the employment of the contractor, the usual disputes which arise following termination, the procedure to be complied with to effect a valid termination under the Contract and general law and the effect of both a valid and invalid termination on the rights and obligations of the Parties. There will also be a discussion on the provisions relating to termination under the various forms of building contract in use in Singapore.

Written Assessment
Participants (self- or company-sponsored) who apply for Singapore SkillsFuture (SSG) Funding are required to complete an open-book assessment at the end of the course. Those who do not pass the assessment will be liable to pay SAL the amount of SSG Funding received. 

Early Bird rates for sign-ups by 15 April 2025:

This is an SILE Accredited CPD Activity
Number of Public CPD points: 12
Practice Area: Building and Construction
Training Level: General

Date & Time: 30 June 2025, 9.30am - 11am
Venue: SAL, Stamford 1 & 2, The Adelphi #07 -01, 1 Coleman Street (S179803)

Join us for four Annual Review sessions covering the latest developments in family law, mediation, criminal procedure, evidence, sentencing, and tort law.

Session Schedule:

Date & Time: 30 June 2025, 11.30am - 12.40pm
Venue: SAL, Stamford 1 & 2, The Adelphi #07 -01, 1 Coleman Street (S179803)

Join us for four Annual Review sessions covering the latest developments in family law, mediation, criminal procedure, evidence, sentencing, and tort law.

Session Schedule:

This 26-hour course, led by SAL’s Senior Accredited Specialists in Maritime and Shipping Law, covers a wide range of topics from ship sale and purchase to international sale of goods and finance to admiralty law and claims. This is not a basic course and is open to all lawyers, in-house counsel and non-lawyers who have some knowledge of this area of law, e.g. a degree or graduate diploma in maritime studies, and wish to have a better grasp of this practice area.

Early Bird rates for sign-ups before 14 June 2025:

Written Assessment

Participants (self- or company-sponsored) who apply for Maritime Cluster Fund (MCF) Funding are required to complete an open-book assessment at the end of each day. Those who do not pass the assessment will be liable to pay SAL the amount of MCF Funding received.  

This is an SILE Accredited CPD Activity
Number of Public CPD points: 27 (TBC)
Number of MEC points: 0.5 MEC points (for DAY 3 05.00pm – 5.30pm Ethics and Professional Standards in the Practice of Maritime and Shipping Law)

• Day 1 – 6 Public CPD Points
• Day 2 – 6 Public CPD Points
• Day 3 – 6.5 Public CPD Points (inclusive of 0.5 Public MEC Points)
• Day 4 – 6 Public CPD Points
• Day 5 - 2.5 Public CPD Points

Practice Area: Admiralty Practice/ Shipping
Training Level: Intermediate

SkillsFuture Credit (for self-funded individuals only)

Date/ Time: 14 May 2025, Wednesday, 9.30am – 11.00am
Venue: SAL, Marina 1,2 & 3, The Adelphi #07-01, 1 Coleman Street (S179803) 

Community Law in Focus is a series of events seminars that offer audiences an insightful exploration of key areas in community law. The series opens with Academy Publishing’s newest publication, Marriage, Spouses and Assets by Professor Leong Wai Kum (SUSS).

Join us for an insightful seminar where the author of the book will share insights and suggestions as well as provide a comprehensive overview of the theory, substantive principles, key judicial decisions, and procedural rules as applied by the Family Justice Courts.

This will be followed by a panel discussion examining how Singapore’s family law addresses the rights and responsibilities of individuals within a marital relationship.

Participants will gain insights into how the law governs the distribution of assets, the protection of spousal interests, and the resolution of disputes. The seminar also highlights how the law aims to support the goal of nurturing loving and durable familial relationships.

Date/ Time: 31 July - 1 August 2025,  9.00am - 5.15pm
Venue: SAL, Marina 1 & 2, The Adelphi #07-01, 1 Coleman Street (S179803) 

This 2 day programme will help you to gain insights on the managerial and business aspects of the legal profession. You will understand strategy in a law firm and how you can map your firm's strategy.

Early Bird rates for sign-ups by 30 June 2025:

*To access the member price, please sign in with your SAL membership account.

SkillsFuture Credit (for self-funded individuals only)