and Paul Tan, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
Short answer: Yes for some actions, but not all. Here is why.
The Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) was launched in January 2015 and provides…
Regular readers of this Blog will be aware of the DIFC Court’s adoption of Practice Direction No. 2 of 2015 on the Referral of Payment Judgment Disputes to Arbitration (“PD 2 of 2015”) earlier this…
Co-Authored with Hanna Shalbanava (Sysouev, Bondar, Khrapoutski)
According to paragraph 1.2.2. of the Guidelines for Arbitrators on how to approach the making of awards on interest adopted by the…
The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Poland prepared and published a draft act ("the Draft Law") (a draft law on promoting amicable dispute resolution methods, available in Polish here ). The…
Co-Authored with Karyna Loban (Sysouev, Bondar, Khrapoutski)
On 23 December 2014, the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus adopted Resolution No 18 “On the Application of…
In recent years, arbitration institutions have made significant progress by adopting the provisions on emergency arbitrators (“EA”). One of the biggest appeals of the new mechanism is that it allows…
The Dubai Court of Cassation stays firmly on course in its enforcement of foreign arbitration awards under the 1958 New York Convention for the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards …
The Main Approaches Regarding Enforcement of Annulled Foreign Awards
The ongoing issue of whether an award that was set aside in the country of origin should be enforced has recently arisen in…
It is well known that the Singapore Court of Appeal refused enforcement of Awards in favour of Astro in 2013 (discussed here), on the grounds that the tribunal lacked jurisdiction over the claimants…