In the main I agree with you and you explained it very well especially the areas of civil and commercial matters. Its our drawcard for MNC to come in as well. There are however exception when it involves GLCs. DBS as in Elyamani Khamis case against the Scandinavian banks, APB cheating case against foreign banks and SQ crashing into sea are examples where judgements have been questionable. In the APB, Sumitomo withdrew the civil lawsuit while the others withdrew and they knew why. None of these cases allowed for even a slight apportionment of blame or liability. The general consensus is that Singapore is a great place for civil and commercial matters but not when it involves govt interest. It should also be noted that its not the financial value that is the concern but the fact the they are capable of making mistakes and acknowledging that mistake. In the SIA case, the pilot had enough signs of fatalism including past recorded history of switching off the recorders for no rhyme and reason, misconduct, disciplinary matters etc. Within the first 10 minutes, any notion of suicide was quashed and not to be mentioned again. I was surprised that it was then Justice Tan Lee Meng who was the former dean of Law and a known libertarian that did it. Not suggesting that the judgment should be suicide but at least there was material evidence to let the matter be put forward in a Court.