Category Archives: Arbitration

SGCA recognises asymmetric arbitration clause giving only one party right to elect to arbitrate

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Wei Ming Tan

Introduction Is a dispute resolution clause that gives only one party the right to elect to arbitrate a dispute a valid arbitration agreement? The Singapore Court of Appeal (the “Court”) answered this question in the affirmative recently in Wilson Taylor … Continue reading →

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Updates on Third Party Funding in Singapore and developments in Mediation

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Eric Lai

Third Party Funding We covered the key proposed changes under the Civil Law (Amendment) Bill 2016 (“Funding Bill“) in our earlier post, which provides a framework for third party funding in Singapore. It will currently apply to international arbitration proceedings … Continue reading →

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Singapore High Court refuses to admit Indian Senior Advocate to argue Setting Aside Applications

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Wei Ming Tan

The Singapore High Court recently dismissed the applications made on behalf of Mr Harish Salve (the “Applicant“), a Senior Advocate of the India Bar, to be admitted to represent 20 plaintiffs (the “Sellers“) in their application(s) before the Singapore High … Continue reading →

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English High Court confirms rights to a claim in arbitration can be transferred to another while an arbitration is on-going

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Wei Ming Tan

by Tom Pritchard In November 2016, the English High Court was asked to rule on an arbitral tribunal’s jurisdiction after it made an award in favour of a claimant that had undergone a corporate restructuring halfway through the arbitration (A … Continue reading →

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Recent Arbitration Developments in Mainland China: Towards a More Inclusive Approach to Foreign-Seated Arbitrations

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Wei Ming Tan

The SPC Opinion On 30 December 2016, the Chinese Supreme People’s Court (“SPC“) issued its Opinions on the Provision of Judicial Safeguards for the Construction of Pilot Free Trade Zones (“SPC Opinion“). Article 9 of the SPC Opinion provides, among … Continue reading →

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Joint Seminar on The Arb-Med-Arb Protocol: The Future of Alternative Dispute Resolution? (10 January 2017, Jakarta, Indonesia)

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Eric Lai

  We are delighted to host a panel discussion on The Arb-Med-Arb Protocol: The Future of Alternative Dispute Resolution? alongside the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) and Pusat Mediasi Nasional (the Indonesian Mediation Center) (PMN) on 10 January 2017, 5 pm – 6.30 … Continue reading →

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AMENDMENTS TO THE ICC RULES OF ARBITRATION: AUTOMATIC EXPEDITED ARBITRATION PROCESS FOR CLAIMS WORTH LESS THAN US $2 MILLION

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Wei Ming Tan

by Mark Davison and Katherine McKenna On 20 October 2016, the ICC Executive Board approved changes to their Rules which will be effective as of 1 March 2017.[1] Within the amended rules, the ICC has followed other arbitration centres such as … Continue reading →

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THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION IN THE TMT SECTOR: VIEWS ON QMUL’S 2016 INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION SURVEY

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Wei Ming Tan

The Queen Mary University of London (“QMUL“) recently released its International Dispute Resolution Survey relating to Technology, Media and Telecoms (“TMT“) disputes. The comprehensive survey was conducted over 2 phases and involved a variety of respondents, including private practitioners, in-house … Continue reading →

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THIRD PARTY FUNDING – A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR SINGAPORE?

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Natalie Tan

Over the past few years, companies have begin to view Singapore as an attractive regional business hub as evident by the increase in the number of global companies who have decided to set up and/or relocate their Asia headquarters to … Continue reading →

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COSTS AND DURATION OF ARBITRATIONS: A COMPARISON OF THE SIAC AND LCIA STUDIES

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Wei Ming Tan

The SIAC Study On 10 October 2016, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC“) released its inaugural Costs and Duration Study (the “SIAC Study“) based on actual cases filed with the SIAC under the 5th edition of the SIAC Rules (“SIAC … Continue reading →

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