The pursuit of a system of laws for a global city means that constant revitalisation and innovation of our laws are always called for. While courts exert a very powerful law-shaping force in a common law system, judges cannot adjudicate on legal issues not before them, and certain areas of law require legislative intervention for change. The Law Reform Committee of the Academy aids in this reform process by studying the contours of the law that requires change. The Law Reform Committee looks into the reform of discrete areas of law which are not confined to any particular field or doctrinal area. The breadth of its reform initiatives since its inception in 1989 has been significant, drawing on the input of a small but dedicated team of members, who come from the higher echelons of practice and academia. The Law Reform Committee consults widely for its reform work. Its work results in recommendations to the relevant law-making bodies on areas of law that need reform. Amendments and updates of existing legislation and enactment of new laws have resulted from the reform work. These include the implementation of the corporatisation of law partnerships in the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2000, the transfer of proceedings between courts in the Subordinate Courts (Amendment) Act 2005, and the loss of inheritance in the Civil Law (Amendment) Act 2009. A number of law reform projects are currently underway.       Justice Judith PRAKASH Chair Justice Andrew ANG Vice-Chair Mr Cavinder BULL, SC Mr Leslie CHEW Kwee Hoe Assistant Professor Warren CHIK Mr Vinodh COOMARASWAMY, SC Ms FOO Tuat Yien Ms Cynthia GOH Ying-Peng Mr Michael HWANG, SC Mr Charles LIM Aeng Cheng Mr Vangathraman RAMAYAH Mr Aqbal SINGH Mr Harpreet SINGH, SC Mr SOH Kee Bun Mr TAN Boon Khai Mr TAN Puay Boon Professor TAN Yock Lin Ms Joyce Agnes TAN Sok Kheng Ms Yvonne TAN Peck Hong Assistant Professor WAN Wai Yee Professor YEO Tiong Min Ms CHUNG Yoon Joo Secretary