Category Archives: Indonesia

Arbitration under SIAC Expedited Procedure not contrary to arbitration clause providing for 3 Arbitrators

In the recent case of AQZ v ARA, [2015] SGHC 49, the Singapore High Court had to consider a challenge to an SIAC award which was rendered pursuant to the SIAC’s expedited procedure under the SIAC Rules 2010. The High … Continue reading

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Challenge to Arbitrator for Apparent Bias – What happens if the final award is rendered before the court determines challenge?

The recent Singapore High Court decision of PT Central Investindo v Franciscus Wongso and others and another matter, [2014] SGHC 190 involved a rare challenge to an arbitrator for apparent bias. The case also addressed a novel legal issue: what would happen when a party seeks to disqualify and remove a sole arbitrator, but that sole arbitrator the renders her/his final award before the courts determine the removal application? Continue reading

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Singapore Law Gazette – Arbitration in Singapore 2013: A Year in Review

We are pleased to announce that the Singapore Law Gazette has just published an exclusive article that we recently wrote for them. The article Arbitration in Singapore 2013: A Year in Review is now available online. As we enter 2014, … Continue reading

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Astro v Lippo update: Singapore Court of Appeal allows PT First Media’s appeal

The Singapore Court of Appeal has just issued its written judgment allowing PT First Media’s appeal to the extent that it has refused Astro leave to enforce the Awards in both OS 807/2010 and OS 913/2010 in relation to the … Continue reading

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Update on Astro-Lippo Dispute: Astro’s appeal to Indonesian Supreme Court fails

Our readers would be aware that we have written a fair bit on the Astro-Lippo dispute, including the background of the dispute, what the dispute tells us about enforcement in arbitration as well as the parties’ skirmishes before the Hong … Continue reading

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Astro v Lippo: Hearing Dates updates

Our readers who have been following this case might be interested to know that the hearing of the appeal of the High Court decision in Astro Nusantara International BV and others v PT Ayunda Prima Mitra and others, [2012] SGHC 212 … Continue reading

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News Update: Astro-Lippo Dispute (Antisuit Injunction)

Followers of this blog would know that we have written a fair bit on the Astro-Lippo dispute which resulted in 5 SIAC awards rendered in favour of the Astro group against the Lippo group. This includes an overview of the … Continue reading

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Astro vs Lippo – Updates: Awards upheld by the Singapore High Court

The Singapore High Court has dismissed challenges brought by the Lippo Group in respect of 5 domestic international arbitration awards rendered against them pursuant to an SIAC arbitration in Singapore between the Lippo Group and the Astro Group (the “Singapore … Continue reading

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Orders / directions of arbitral tribunal not liable to be set aside as if they are arbitral awards

The Singapore High Court has recently reaffirmed the substance/procedure distinction for the purposes of categorising arbitral orders and arbitral awards. The High Court held that an order is not liable to be challenged and set aside as if it were … Continue reading

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State Immunity and the Commercial Activity Exception in Australia

In a previous post, we discussed a recent decision of the UK Supreme Court, SerVaas Incorporated v Rafidian Bank & Ors [2012] UKSC 40 which considered the meaning of the expression “property which is for the time being in use … Continue reading

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