Category Archives: Arbitration

Introduction Is a court entitled to lift a stay of proceedings in favour of arbitration if the conditions for lifting the stay have not been met? This is what the Singapore High Court (the “Court”) had to consider in Gulf … Continue reading →

by Nicolas Wiegand, Mariel Dimsey and Sherlin Tung* On 1 November 2018, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre’s (hereafter, “HKIAC”) new arbitration rules (hereafter, “2018 Rules”) came into effect. The 2018 Rules apply to all arbitrations in which: (i) a … Continue reading →

by Wei Ming Tan, Aaron Yoong and Chen Lixin* Introduction In the recent decision of Man Diesel & Turbo SE v I.M. Skaugen Marine Services Pte Ltd [2018] SGHC 132, the Singapore High Court (“HC”) rejected an application to adjourn … Continue reading →

On 7 March 2018, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) announced the release of its 2017 Annual Report (the “Annual Report”). The Annual Report sets out detailed statistics for yet another record-breaking year for SIAC in terms of both new … Continue reading →

by Wei Ming Tan,  Shriram Jayakumar and Jolyn Khoo* Introduction As cross-border contracts involving multi-jurisdictional parties become the norm, more players have entered the arena to offer legal services for parties opting to resolve their disputes by way of international … Continue reading →

by Wei Ming Tan, Kartik Singh & Aaron Yoong* Introduction In a reversal of the High Court’s 2017 decision, Singapore’s Court of Appeal (“CA”) recently granted unprecedented ad hoc admission for Harish Salve (“Mr Salve”) – a Senior Advocate of … Continue reading →

By Wei Ming Tan & Kartik Singh* Introduction On 9 January 2018, Parliament passed the Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Bill 2017 (the “Amendment”) giving the Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) jurisdiction to hear international commercial arbitration-related court proceedings. The … Continue reading →

by Wei Ming Tan and Pradeep Nair Introduction On 19 December 2017, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) announced its proposal on cross-institution co-operation for the consolidation of international arbitral proceedings (“SIAC’s proposal”). SIAC’s proposal, which is the brainchild of … Continue reading →

Introduction Can a non-party to an arbitration agreement apply to stay court proceedings in favour of arbitration? Would it make a difference if arbitration proceedings had not yet commenced? These were some of the questions before the Singapore High Court … Continue reading →

Introduction Should multi-tier dispute resolution clauses be treated as a series of discrete dispute resolution agreements, or regarded as a unitary dispute resolution mechanism? When will the court find an arbitration agreement to be “inoperative” or “incapable of being performed” … Continue reading →