Author Archives: Os Agarwal

Pre-award arbitrability: the seat, the governing law and the composite approach

In the event a party challenges arbitrability of a dispute, a threshold question arises: should the issue of arbitrability be considered under the law governing the arbitration agreement or the law of the seat of the arbitration? This issue was … Continue reading

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SGCA exercises inherent power to set aside judgment enforcing arbitral award and order return of sums paid out

Does the court have inherent powers to set aside an earlier judgment enforcing an erroneous arbitral award? What about consequential orders flowing from such a judgment? The Singapore Court of Appeal had occasion to decide this in ST Group Co Ltd … Continue reading

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SGHC sets aside arbitral award for breach of fair hearing rule and natural justice

In BZV v BZW and another [2021] SGHC 60, the Singapore High Court (the “Court”) allowed a party’s application to set aside an arbitral award on the basis that the tribunal had failed entirely to appreciate the correct questions it had to … Continue reading

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The SIAC Annual Report 2020: Highlights and Takeaways

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) published its Annual Report 2020 recently, reporting another year of record growth in case load and expansion of its offices beyond Asia. In this article, we summarise some of the Report’s key highlights and … Continue reading

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