Category Archives: Arbitration

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 →

When will an arbitral tribunal be deemed to have exceeded its jurisdiction? In the recent decision of Quanzhou Sanhong Trading Limited Liability Co Ltd v ADM Asia-Pacific Trading Pte Ltd [2017] SGHC 199 involving the enforcement of a foreign arbitral … Continue reading →