-
Join 481 other subscribers
RSS Subscription
-
Recent Posts
- Singapore Court of Appeal affirms strict adherence to defined scope of remission of arbitral awards in cases where set aside applications have been suspended (CKH v CKG [2022] SGCA(I) 6)
- Singapore Court of Appeal clarifies grounds for setting aside arbitral awards and applicability of ‘no evidence rule’ in Singapore (CEF and CEG v CEH)
- SGCA exercises inherent power to set aside judgment enforcing arbitral award and order return of sums paid out
- Conditional Fee Agreements Regime in Singapore – Liberalisation of Singapore’s Legal Landscape and Lessons Learned from Other Jurisdictions
- Singapore High Court rejects creative arguments to seek de novo appeal on merits of arbitral award via setting aside applications (BTN v BTP)
Archives
- September 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- December 2021
- October 2021
- July 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- June 2020
- April 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- August 2019
- February 2019
- December 2018
- July 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- November 2017
- September 2017
- July 2017
- April 2017
- February 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- September 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- March 2016
- July 2015
- June 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- October 2014
- September 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
Arbitration Rules
Blogroll
Useful Links
- Holborn Law
- IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration
- IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- LCIA India
- Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
- The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
- WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre
Category Archives: UK
English High Court confirms rights to a claim in arbitration can be transferred to another while an arbitration is on-going
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
Posted in Arbitration, India, UK
Leave a comment
THIRD PARTY FUNDING – A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR SINGAPORE?
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
Posted in Arbitration, Hong Kong, Singapore, UK
Leave a comment
Singapore Law Gazette – Arbitration in 2014: Looking Ahead to 2015
Our article on Arbitration in 2014: Looking Ahead to 2015 has also been published in the March 2015 edition of the Singapore Law Gazette. The SLW commentary looks at the following significant 2014 Singapore court cases involving arbitration that either dealt with … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Asean, Myanmar, Singapore, UK
Tagged ADR, anti-suit injunction, case law, insolvency, seat, SICC, singapore court of appeal, Singapore High Court, Singapore Law Gazette, Singapore Law Watch, SLW
1 Comment
Time limited obligations to engage in “friendly discussions” before proceeding to arbitration may be binding
[We are grateful for the following guest post from Charlotte Bamford, a Trainee Solicitor currently sitting in the Commercial Litigation Group of our London office.] In Emirates Trading Agency LLC v Prime Mineral Exports Private Limited [2014] EWHC 2104 (Comm), the Commercial … Continue reading
Case Update: Unavailability of a particular source may operate to frustrate contracts
[Thanks to Daniel Jung, Associate, Olswang Asia LLP for a summary of the case and the first draft of this post] We previously discussed the case of Alliance Concrete Singapore Pte Ltd v Sato Kogyo (S) Pte Ltd, [2013] SGHC … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore, UK
Tagged case law, construction, frustration, singapore court of appeal, Singapore High Court
Leave a comment
Case Update: Seat of Arbitration and Implied Choice of Governing Law of Arbitration Agreement
[Update: the paragraphs on the Singapore High Court’s analysis of the arbitration clause and its implications has been updated to more closely reflect the language at paragraph [17] of the Singapore High Court’s decision.] A party may rely on a valid … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Singapore, UK
Tagged anti-suit injunction, arbitration, arbitration agreement, arbitration clause, case law, English Court of Appeal, English High Court, governing law, mandatory stay, SCC, Singapore High Court, stay, stay of proceedings, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Sweden, threshold validity
2 Comments
Arbitrability of intra-corporate disputes
Arbitration is a consensual process. It is axiomatic that parties may only arbitrate those disputes that they have agreed to submit to arbitration. In some cases, after a dispute has arisen, parties to that dispute may agree to refer the … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Asean, Australia, Singapore, UK
Tagged arbitrability, case law, mandatory stay, Singapore High Court, stay of proceedings
2 Comments
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
Posted in Arbitration, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, UK
Tagged alternative dispute resolution, arbitration, arbitration in Singapore, Astro, case law, governing law, Lippo, proper law, setting aside, Singapore Court, singapore court of appeal, Singapore High Court, Singapore Law Gazette
Leave a comment
Case Update: (1) Governing law of the arbitration agreement determines scope of arbitrability; (2) Disputes on bills of exchange fall within arbitration clause
We had previously discussed the case of Piallo GmbH v Yafriro International Pte Ltd, [2013] SGHCR 20 (“Yafriro (AR)”). The issue was whether a claim on certain dishonoured cheques paid pursuant to a Distributorship Agreement could avoid a stay of court … Continue reading
SLW Commentary/Singapore Law Gazette: Dispute Resolution (Arbitration) Clauses – Pathologies and Pitfalls
Our brand new article on Dispute Resolution (Arbitration) Clauses – Pathologies and Pitfalls has been published in the October 2013 edition of the Singapore Law Gazette as well as on Singapore Law Watch. Dispute resolution and arbitration clauses increasingly form … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Hong Kong, Singapore, UK
Tagged case law, Defective arbitration clause, dispute resolution mechanism, English Court of Appeal, English High Court, escalation clause, multi-tier clause, multi-tiered clause, Pathological arbitration clause, SIAC, singapore court of appeal, Singapore High Court
Leave a comment
Singapore International Arbitration Blog 