Monthly Archives: November 2012

Case Update: Singapore High Court exercises discretion not to grant stay in domestic arbitration

In a previous post, we discussed Singapore’s dual arbitration regime and, in particular, whether a reference that a domestic arbitration will be governed by the ICC rules sufficed to exclude the parties’ right of appeal on a question of law … Continue reading

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Results of First Application under New Regime for Ad Hoc Admission of Queens Counsel / Foreign Senior Counsel in Singapore Court Proceedings

One of the advantages that arbitration has over litigation is that parties in arbitration can choose to be represented by counsel of their choice, including Queen’s Counsel (QCs). In April 2012, Singapore introduced amendments to its Legal Profession Act (Cap. … Continue reading

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Case Update: (1) Incorporation of Arbitration Clause; (2) Enforceability of Multi-Tiered Dispute Resolution Mechanism and (3) Possible lacuna in the IAA read with the Model Law

The Singapore High Court recently determined an interesting point of arbitration law in International Research Corp PLC v Lufthansa Systems Asia Pacific Pte Ltd and anor, [2013] 1 SLR 973. The issue was whether an arbitration clause contained in a … Continue reading

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Jivraj v Hashwani: An Update

Our colleague, Ned Beale, based in our London office recently published an article in The Guardian about the aftermath of the case of Jivraj v Hashwani [2011] UKSC 40. The UK Supreme Court had overturned the decision of the English … Continue reading

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Indian Journal of Arbitration Law – Call For Papers

Followers of our blog may recall reading our post in October 2012 regarding the launch of the Indian Journal of Arbitration Law (IJAL). The IJAL is the flagship journal of the Centre for Advanced Research & Training in Arbitration Law … Continue reading

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Singapore Case Update: (1) Natural Justice applies to Arbitration Ancillary Proceedings and (2) Court has no Supervisory Powers outside of the IAA

The Singapore Court of Appeal has recently delivered its judgment in L W Infrastructure Pte Ltd v Lim Chin San Contractors Pte Ltd, [2013] 1 SLR 125; [2012] SGCA 57. This case involved an Arbitrator who had rendered an additional … Continue reading

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Investment Arbitrations

In May 2012, we published a post on “India under the Bilateral Investment Treaty Spotlight” noting, amongst other things, that all eyes were on India as various telecommunications companies from around the world had either threatened to or already filed notices of investment … Continue reading

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