Felix Chan and Chan Wai Sum on Revising the Amount of Statutory Bereavement Awards in Singapore (SJLS)

“On Revising the Amount of Statutory Bereavement Awards in Singapore“
Felix ChanChan Wai Sum
Singapore Journal of Legal StudiesSeptember 2023, pp.481-489
Published online: September 2023

Abstract: This comment reviews the amount of damages for bereavement under the Civil Law Act 1909 in Singapore. It is argued that the current award is inappropriately low and needs to be increased. The statutory amount of bereavement damages should be reviewed periodically, taking inflation and changing economic conditions into consideration.