Singapore
New SIAC Rules, Schedule of Fees in Effect from 1 January 2025
On 9 December 2024, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) published the 7th edition of the Arbitration Rules of the SIAC.
February 2025
Singapore
Guide to Arbitration Rules and Procedures in Singapore
Our Country Chapters set out key aspects of the arbitration framework of each jurisdiction highlighted in our website, covering basics like judicial hierarchy and domestic arbitral institutions to substantive issues such as conflicts of laws and the extent of adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law.
Singapore
Singapore
Court of Appeal Sets Out Proper Approach to Anti-suit Injunctions Based on Arbitration Agreements
Arbitration agreements will typically state that any dispute “arising out of or in connection with” the underlying contract is to be resolved by arbitration. However, what are the limits on the expansive scope intended by this phrase?
December 2024
Singapore
When Confidentiality Gets Compromised: Protecting the Privacy of Your Arbitration
A key feature of arbitration is that it offers parties the opportunity to have their dispute resolved in private. Even when arbitral proceedings spill over into court, there are implements to safeguard the parties’ privacy.
November 2024
Regional
Issues in Cross Border Insolvency: Court Addresses Carve-Out for Arbitration Proceedings
Where the Court has granted recognition of foreign insolvency proceedings against a company, an automatic stay and suspension of actions or proceedings against that company will arise. However, may a third party pursue an arbitration against the company?
October 2024
Singapore
Understanding Your Rights: Responding to Interference with Payment under an Unconditional Performance Bond
Where a beneficiary fails to appreciate the distinction between its substantive dispute under the underlying contract and the separate issue of its right to be paid under an unconditional on-demand bond, it risks inadvertently turning its unconditional bond into a conditional bond.
September 2024
Regional
Vietnam Supreme Court Upholds Recognition and Enforcement of ICC Arbitral Award in Landmark Decision
In a landmark decision, the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam, the country’s apex court, recognised and enforced an arbitral award issued under the 2017 ICC Rules.
June 2024
Singapore
Singapore Court of Appeal Determines: How Final is a “Final Arbitral Award”? Can There Be a Conditional Reservation of Jurisdiction by an Arbitrator?
When seeking to resolve a dispute, parties generally aim for a full and final resolution to the dispute. In arbitration, this takes the form of a final arbitral award.
May 2024
Singapore
Defective Solar Panels: Singapore High Court Provides Guidance on How Unpleaded Claims and Abandoned Claims May Affect Pleadings
In DGE v DGF [2024] SGHC 107, the claimant DGE advanced eight grounds for setting aside an arbitral award in the defendant DGF’s favour, that the photovoltaic modules (solar panels) supplied by DGE were inherently defective.
May 2024
Singapore
All that Glitters is Not Gold: Singapore High Court Upholds Arbitral Award, Dismissing Allegations of Bias and Prejudgment
The facts of DDI v DDJ [2024] SGHC 68 are eye-catching, involving jewellery of uncertain origins, celebrities of uncertain bankability, and a billionaire uncle of uncertain existence. However, DDI poses a serious question …
April 2024