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Pre-award arbitrability: the seat, the governing law and the composite approach

In the event a party challenges arbitrability of a dispute, a threshold question arises: should the issue of arbitrability be considered under the law governing the arbitration agreement or the law of the seat of the arbitration? This issue was … Continue reading

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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

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SLW Commentary – Arbitration in 2014: Looking Ahead to 2015

Our brand new article on Arbitration in 2014: Looking Ahead to 2015 has been published on Singapore Law Watch. The SLW commentary looks at the following significant 2014 Singapore court cases involving arbitration that either dealt with novel points of law, or … Continue reading

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Case Update: Court of Appeal grants permanent anti-suit injunction in R1 v Lonstroff

In an earlier post regarding the case of RI International Pte Ltd v Lonstroff AG, [2014] SGHC 69, we wrote about how the Singapore High Court confirmed (albeit in obiter) that the Singapore courts have the power to grant a permanent anti-suit … Continue reading

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Singapore High Court rejects attempt to set aside an award for breach of an alleged agreed arbitral procedure

The Singapore High Court recently delivered another pro-arbitration, pro-enforcement decision in Triulzi Cesare SRL v Xinyi Group (Glass) Co Ltd, [2014] SGHC 220 (“Triulzi v Xinyi”). The plaintiff’s i.e. Triulzi Cesare SRL (“Triulzi”) decision to challenge an adverse ICC award … Continue reading

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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

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Contract drafted without legal advice was unenforceable “piece of legal nonsense”

We enter into contracts, many of them in fact, every single day. At its heart, a contract is a series of legally enforceable promises and obligations between the parties to that agreement. It can be as simple as a sale … Continue reading

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Case Update: Separate but Related Contracts with Different Dispute Resolution Clauses

A long running dispute before the Singapore courts recently came to an abrupt and unresolved end when the Singapore Court of Appeal decided that parties had to resolve their dispute in arbitration instead. The case of Burgundy Global Exploration Corp v … 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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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

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