Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP
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Overview
Provided by Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP
Established in 1988, JTJB has been the trusted legal advisor of our clients for over 36 years. Our Firm is a prominent part of the legal landscape in Singapore with an international clientele and reputation. While we are particularly known for our maritime & shipping expertise, we have unquestioned expertise and experience in all our other areas of practice. Our boutique practice allows us to take on matters of any scope, urgency and complexity without compromising our commitment to provide our clients with personalised and dedicated attention.
JTJB provides specialist legal services in the areas of Shipping, International Trade & Logistics, Dispute Resolution, Conveyancing & Real Estate, Corporate & Commercial, Construction & Infrastructure, Regulatory & Compliance, and Corporate Secretarial Services.
We are able to assist our clients not just in Singapore but also across the world. Our JTJB Global Network spans 9 countries and we are the only Singapore member of ADVOC, a global network of independent law firms spanning over 73 countries. We work closely with our network partners to provide our clients with a seamless service across jurisdictions.
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Singapore - Head office
Singapore Island
168 Robinson Road Capital Tower #18-02 , Singapore, Singapore Island, Singapore, 068912, Singapore
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Articles, highlights and press releases
8 items provided by Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP
Mediation – An effective means of settling decarbonisation disputes
The article explores mediation clauses as an effective tool for resolving decarbonisation disputes. It highlights mediation’s flexibility, confidentiality, and cost efficiency in addressing technical, regulatory, and commercial issues arising from emissions reduction and sustainability obligations.
Attacks on the Red Sea: A Singapore Perspective
The article analyses Red Sea attacks from a Singapore perspective, highlighting their impact on maritime security, shipping routes, insurance, and contractual risk, and the legal and commercial implications for shipowners and charterers amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.
TINA I: Sanctions Clauses and the Right to Security
The article analyses TINA I, examining whether parties may rely on sanctions clauses to restrict or condition the right to provide security by payment into court. It explores the balance between contractual autonomy, sanctions compliance, and the court’s control over procedural rights in litigation.
Dawn of a new era in global shipping
The article outlines the USTR’s proposed port fees and restrictions on Chinese-owned or built vessels calling at U.S. ports, and examines their impact on global shipping and charterparties, highlighting the need for contractual review and risk allocation in future shipping arrangements.
Law setting out compliance requirements impacting Singapore’s sea transport sector comes into force
The article explains Singapore’s Transport Sector (Critical Firms) Act 2024, which regulates key transport firms through operational, ownership, and management controls to safeguard essential services, strengthen national resilience, and prevent disruptions or hostile control.
DIRECTORS BeAWARE - The Final Word
The article examines the Court of Appeal’s decision in Inter-Pacific Petroleum v Goh Jin Hian, reaffirming directors’ duties of oversight. While ignorance of core business breached duty, liability failed on causation, clarifying that directors are not required to uncover fraud without warning signs.
DIRECTORS BeAWARE - A Postscript
The article underscores that directors must remain alert and actively oversee company affairs. In Inter-Pacific Petroleum v Goh Jin Hian, the court held a director liable for failing to detect fraud and heed red flags, reaffirming that passive or nominal roles do not reduce directors’ duties.
The Singapore Court of Appeal reaffirmed that the law makes no distinction between active and inactive directors. Nominee and non executive directors owe the same fiduciary duties and duties of care, skill, and diligence, and must adequately understand the company’s business.
Mediation – An effective means of settling decarbonisation disputes
The article explores mediation clauses as an effective tool for resolving decarbonisation disputes. It highlights mediation’s flexibility, confidentiality, and cost efficiency in addressing technical, regulatory, and commercial issues arising from emissions reduction and sustainability obligations.
Attacks on the Red Sea: A Singapore Perspective
The article analyses Red Sea attacks from a Singapore perspective, highlighting their impact on maritime security, shipping routes, insurance, and contractual risk, and the legal and commercial implications for shipowners and charterers amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.
TINA I: Sanctions Clauses and the Right to Security
The article analyses TINA I, examining whether parties may rely on sanctions clauses to restrict or condition the right to provide security by payment into court. It explores the balance between contractual autonomy, sanctions compliance, and the court’s control over procedural rights in litigation.
Dawn of a new era in global shipping
The article outlines the USTR’s proposed port fees and restrictions on Chinese-owned or built vessels calling at U.S. ports, and examines their impact on global shipping and charterparties, highlighting the need for contractual review and risk allocation in future shipping arrangements.
Law setting out compliance requirements impacting Singapore’s sea transport sector comes into force
The article explains Singapore’s Transport Sector (Critical Firms) Act 2024, which regulates key transport firms through operational, ownership, and management controls to safeguard essential services, strengthen national resilience, and prevent disruptions or hostile control.
DIRECTORS BeAWARE - The Final Word
The article examines the Court of Appeal’s decision in Inter-Pacific Petroleum v Goh Jin Hian, reaffirming directors’ duties of oversight. While ignorance of core business breached duty, liability failed on causation, clarifying that directors are not required to uncover fraud without warning signs.
DIRECTORS BeAWARE - A Postscript
The article underscores that directors must remain alert and actively oversee company affairs. In Inter-Pacific Petroleum v Goh Jin Hian, the court held a director liable for failing to detect fraud and heed red flags, reaffirming that passive or nominal roles do not reduce directors’ duties.
The Singapore Court of Appeal reaffirmed that the law makes no distinction between active and inactive directors. Nominee and non executive directors owe the same fiduciary duties and duties of care, skill, and diligence, and must adequately understand the company’s business.