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Indemnity Costs Orders for Unsuccessful Challenge to Arbitration Award

In most common law jurisdictions (save, most prominently, for the US), “costs follow the event” is the usual rule for the payment of legal fees and other cost of court proceedings i.e. the losing party pays the winning party’s costs. … Continue reading

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CIETAC Opens Arbitration Centre in Hong Kong

The China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) has just established its Hong Kong arbitration centre on 24 September 2012. The Hong Kong centre is to be known as the CIETAC Hong Kong Arbitration Centre (CIETAC Hong Kong) and … Continue reading

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Television Asia Plus: Astro v Lippo Article in October Issue

Our previous post on enforcement of arbitral awards based on the ongoing Astro v Lippo dispute in the Singapore courts has just been picked up by Television Asia and published (with minor amendments) in its October 2012 issue of Television … Continue reading

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State Immunity – Attachment against State Property and the Commercial Activity Exception

In previous posts, we have explored the issue of enforcing arbitral awards against states and state owned enterprises and especially the issue of state/sovereign immunity which prevents proceedings being taken against a state or its assets. In Singapore, the position … Continue reading

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Acts of State and Immunities

Introduction Companies doing business in the South East Asian, Asian Pacific and Greater Asian region may find themselves intereacting with the state itself even in commercial matters. This is due to the prevalence of state owned enterprises, government linked entities … Continue reading

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Indian arbitration users and the Singapore appeal

Just how attractive is Singapore as an arbitration venue for Indian parties? According to figures released by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) in their Statistical Report on India 2000-2010 and 2011 Annual Report, the SIAC handled more cases involving … Continue reading

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