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At A Glance
The real estate market is constantly redeveloping itself to assist the changing needs of its many emerging roles and herefore,
all Tenancy Agreements and Leases in Singapore must comply with the law. Despite of all the stated terms and conditions,
problems still arise due to misinterpretations. It is essential to understand the various intricacies in drafting a tenancy
agreement as well as mitigating potential problems between the landlord and tenant.
This workshop provides an update on recent changes to the landlord and tenant laws in Singapore. Our expert panel of

This discussion will allow you to explore and have a clear understanding on how one should draft a comprehensible tenancy
agreement and to minimize potential inconveniences.

Key Features Speaker

Leases and tenancy agreements in Singapore
Managing termination of leases and tenancy
agreements
Common problems in tenancy agreements
Drafting leases and tenancy agreements
Leases: A litigator's perspective
Subramaniam, Advocate and Solicitor, Intech Training
Centre (ITC) School of Laws
Mr Subramaniam is a graduate of the University of London and a Barrister at
Law called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1996. He is an Advocate and
Solicitor who was called to the Singapore Bar in 1998. Mr Subramaniam was a
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contract drafting.

He also has lecturing, public speaking and training experience in the legal
arena. He is currently full-time lecturer and MOE registered tutor at Intech
Training Centre (ITC) School of Laws. In addition, Mr Subramaniam also
teaches Company Law at the School of Professional Education and Executive
Development of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

He also conducts numerous public talks and seminars on a wide spectrum of

legal issues, including speaking at charity events organised by the National
Cancer Centre and National Kidney Foundation amongst others.

This conference will have the target audience as follows:

COOs / VPs / Directors / General Managers / Managing Directors / In-house Legal
Counsels / Contract Managers, Executives / Commercial Lawyers / Real Estate
Professionals / Property Developers / Landlords / Tenants
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28 October 2010, Holiday Inn Orchard City Centre, Singapore
Programme Agenda
08:30 Registration
09:00 Leases and Tenancy Agreements in Singapore
• Update on laws governing leases and tenancy
agreements in Singapore
• Types of leases and tenancies including periodic
tenancies
• Statutory requirements under Conveyancing and
Law of Property Act
• Understand formal and informal leases
• Future of leases and tenancy agreements
Subramaniam, Advocate and Solicitor
Intech Training Centre (ITC) School of Laws
10:00 Morning Refreshments
10:30 Drafting Tenancy Agreements & Leasing Contracts
• Understanding Key terms in the contract
• Tips on drafting e ective tenancy agreements
• Essential Contents in tenancy agreements
• Key issues and considerations to take note
• Exceptions and reservations
• Conditions and limitations
Subramaniam, Advocate and Solicitor
Intech Training Centre (ITC) School of Laws
11:30 Identifying the tenants and landlords’ obligations
and rights and remedial action
• Appreciating the rights and duties of landlords and
tenants
• Standard rights and duties, covenants implied by
landlord, repairing obligations, covenants implied by
tenants
• Explaining landlord’s and tenants obligations during
term of lease
Subramaniam, Advocate and Solicitor
Intech Training Centre (ITC) School of Laws
12:30 Networking Lunch
14:00 Common problems in tenancy agreements
• Misrepresentations and inducement into signing leases:
• Misunderstanding and misinterpretation, di erence
between a letter of intent and a tenancy agreement,
who is to pay for
the property agent’s commission and the stamp fee, meaning
of security deposit
• Types of common problems in leases or tenancy agreements
from the landlord’s perspective:
• Non payment of rent, premature termination of leases or
tenancy agreements, undesirable tenants, non-compliance
with covenants, holding over etc.
• Types of common problems in leases or tenancy agreements
from tenant’s perspective:
• Misrepresentation by landlord and/or property agents,
landlord’s obligations to the mortgagee and inability to let
the premises, defects and damages to the premises,
landlord’s failure to rectify or repair the defects and damages,
enbloc sales, failure to provide peace and quiet, enjoyments
to the premises by landlord etc.
• How to tackle and better manage these problems, minimise
the occurrence of breach and avoid litigation?
• Discuss the problem, negotiate and aim for an amenable
solution, review and change terms and conditions of the
tenancy agreement before or after signing the same to
achieve a triple-win solution for the landlord, the tenant and
property agent, compromise and/or compensate
• How to prepare for litigation if the problem cannot be
resolved amicably between the landlord and the tenant?
15:00 Afternoon Refreshments
15:30 Managing termination of leases and tenancy
agreements
Termination of leases and tenancy agreements by:
Effluxion of time, notice to quit by either party, surrender
of the term by the tenant/lessee, merger of the
reversionary interest with the tenancy/lease, forfeiture
of the tenancy/lease frustration
• Issues arising from termination of leases and tenancy
agreements:
Breaches of tenancy agreements/lease, waiver of
tenant/lessee’s breaches by landlord/lessor, relief against
forfeiture, recovering possession of demised premises,
recovering arrears of rentals
16:30 Closing Remarks
16:30 End of Conference
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