by Ben | Oct 18, 2024 | News
9 October 2024 – At PKWA Law, we take pride in delivering high-quality legal work, and it’s always gratifying when our efforts are recognised. In a recent Family Court judgment (XDN v XDO [2024] SGFC 88), a Family Court judge offered praise for the clarity...
by Ben | Aug 19, 2024 | Litigation & Dispute Resolution
A letter of demand or LOD is a simple letter from one person to a third party, a company, or organisation requesting specific actions. A letter of demand doesn’t have to be sent by a lawyer and is not a formal court document, but there are benefits from sending...
by Ben | Jul 20, 2024 | News
We are honoured to announce a significant achievement within our firm: three of our outstanding lawyers have been recognised as Singapore’s Rising Stars 2024 by Asian Legal Business (ALB). In the latest issue of ALB, Jessica Chow, Derek Choo, and Mathea Lim have been...
by Ben | Jun 29, 2024 | Divorce
Post-Nuptial Agreements in Singapore: What You Need to Know What is a Post-Nuptial Agreement? A post-nuptial agreement (“post-nup”) is a written agreement made after a couple is already married. It usually sets out how the couple intends to deal with their property,...
by Ben | May 16, 2024 | Divorce
PKWA Law Secures Over $6 Million in Matrimonial Assets for Homemaker in Long-Contested Divorce PKWA Law’s divorce lawyers have successfully secured over $6 million in matrimonial assets for a homemaker wife in a highly contested divorce case that spanned six years....
by Ben | May 16, 2024 | Divorce, Family Law
From 1 July 2024, married couples can apply for divorce in Singapore by citing Divorce by Mutual Agreement (DMA). The enactment of this law has been anticipated for over two years, as the Singaporean Parliament passed the initial law on 10 January 2022. It finally...
by Ben | Dec 20, 2023 | News
We congratulate our family lawyers Jessica Chow and Charlene Nah for being recognised as one of the Singapore Rising Stars 2023 by Asian Legal Business. The ALB Singapore Rising Stars 2023 list showcases lawyers under 40 years of age who are doing high-quality work...
by Ben | Nov 23, 2023 | News
We are pleased to share that PKWA Law Practice LLC has once again been named in The Straits Times’ prestigious “Singapore’s Best Law Firms” for 2024, marking our fourth consecutive year on this esteemed list. The announcement, featuring the...
by Ben | Jul 22, 2023 | Inheritance, Wills & Trusts
As our lives become more digital with social media, internet banking, online working, cryptocurrency, eBooks, the metaverse, digital art and NFTs, we inevitably need to consider digital assets when dealing with estate planning and succession. Singapore is seen as...
by Ben | Jul 16, 2023 | Inheritance
Many of our clients ask us what they can do to protect their hard-earned money when they pass it on to their children, and their son or daughter later goes through a messy divorce. We all want to protect our children’s inheritance and certainly don’t want...
