Authored Publication – In the latest edition of “In Conversation with Our Corporate Member” published by the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA), our partner Kendall Tan talked about recent trends in the maritime and trade industry, as well as the attractiveness of arbitration…
We are pleased to announce the launch of new topics in our Country Chapters. These include responding to court proceedings in breach of the arbitration agreement, jurisdiction and powers of tribunals, and many more.
When a claim is filed in Court in breach of an arbitration agreement, the defendant’s key recourse is to seek an anti-suit injunction at the national courts of the seat of the arbitration to restrain the counterparty.
Whilst the Singapore Court is empowered to impose terms and conditions as it may think fit when ordering a stay of court proceedings in favour of arbitration, when will it do so?
Authored Publication – Our firm has authored the Singapore chapter of the Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide: International Arbitration 2021. The guide provides the latest legal information on the impact of COVID-19, arbitral tribunals, challenges to jurisdiction …
In an effort to promote Thailand as an arbitration-friendly venue and a regional hub for international arbitral proceedings, the limitations imposed on foreign arbitrators and representatives who are appointed to act in arbitration proceedings in Thailand have been relaxed.
Looking at the current trend in Indonesian arbitration practice, it is now more common for arbitrators to request the submission of affidavits of witnesses and experts prior to their examination in the hearing.
In Ken Grouting Sdn Bhd v RKT Nusantara Sdn Bhd and another appeal [2020] MLJU 1901, the Malaysian Court of Appeal dealt with the issue of an arbitrator’s failure to deliver the arbitral award within the specified timeline, and whether this resulted in a loss of the arbitrator’s jurisdictional mandate.
On 14 November 2019, the People’s Court of Hanoi passed Decision 11/2019/QD-PQTT to set aside an arbitral award under Vietnam’s Law on Commercial Arbitration 2010. The setting aside was based on three grounds.
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