Singapore Legal Portal
Providing information on Singapore law and links to online legal resources.
Legal Sites
Links to sites providing information on Singapore law and legal sites with collection of commentaries, judgments, legislations and other free resources.
Legal Practices
Links to sites of Singapore Law Firms and International Legal Practices with presence in Singapore and directories of lawyers, senior counsel, commisioners of oaths etc.
Legal FAQs
Frequently asked questions about Singapore Laws and legal matters and links to legal guides – on subjects such as criminal law, employment, divorce and family matters, immigration and legal aid.
News
- 'We want to push on': Cathay cinema operator not giving up, says recovery in sight
- Commentary: Will Singapore’s housing prices always rise? The answer isn’t so simple
- NUS professor Ben Leong to head new NGO aimed at protecting victims of 'frivolous' lawsuits - CNA
- Singapore Police Can Now Freeze Bank Accounts Under New Scam Law - Pasteur Institute of India
- More support for SG families needed: Louis Chua calls for more childcare leave days, enshrining FWA into law - The Independent
- Latest Singapore courts News & Headlines, Top Stories Today - The Straits Times
- Latest Singapore courts News & Headlines, Top Stories Today - The Straits Times
- Some S’pore firms take steps to train staff to handle workplace grievances, to align with new laws - The Straits Times
- Bertha Henson warns of potential “chilling effect” from Singapore’s new racial harmony law - The Online Citizen Asia
- ACRA (Registry and Regulatory Enhancements) Act 2024 facilitating digital communications and enhancing ACRA regulatory framework in operation from 9 December 2024 except Part 8
- Food Safety and Security Act 2025 (Act 7 of 2025)
- Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 2006 (Amendment of Schedule) Notification 2025 (S 100 of 2025)
Headlines published in the last 30 days are listed on Singapore Law Watch.
Singapore Legal System
Singapore is a republic with a parliamentary system of Government. Her legal system is derived from the British and follows the English common law tradition.
The Constitution
The Constitution is the nation’s supreme law. It entrenches basic freedoms of the individual and provides for the organs of state. Any legislation contrary to the Constitution shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.
The Legal Profession
The legal profession in Singapore is ‘fused’ – a lawyer may act as both an Advocate (barrister) as well as a Solicitor. Lawyers may practise as sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited partnerships (LLP) or law corporations (LLC). There can also be Joint Law Ventures and Formal Law Alliances between foreign and local practices. Foreign practices may be registered as Foreign Law Practices, Representative Offices or Qualifying Foreign Law Practices. The Law Society of Singapore is the representative body for lawyers in Singapore. The Singapore Academy of Law is a statutory body whose membership comprises the Bench, the Bar, corporate counsel and faculty members of the local law schools.