Singapore’s highest court, the Court of Appeal (the “SGCA”), has held in Tomolugen Holdings Ltd and another v Silica Investors Ltd and other appeals [2015] 1 SLR 373, that:
• The prima facie standard…
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) published a draft of new investment arbitration rules (the “draft SIAC IA Rules”) for public comment on 1 Feb 2016. They will be finalized on…
By a recent judgment in Malini Ventura v Knight Capital Pte Ltd and others [2015] SGHC 225 ("Malini"), the Singapore High Court affirmed its commitment to the primacy of arbitration even in…
for YSIAC
In an age of ever-increasing complexity, where your watch can open your garage and answer your phone (yes, the Apple watch can really do that), many of us in the international arbitration…
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…
Introduction
As reported by Clyde & Co for the Kluwer Arbitration Blog on 12 January 2015, the Singapore High Court released its decision in PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (Persero) TBK v CRW Joint…
The availability of expedited procedures providing for fast-track arbitration is by now commonplace under many modern institutional rules; however, the effectiveness of these mechanisms lies…
and Paul Tan, Jawad Ahmad and Victor Steinmetz, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
In what marks the first time where a Singapore court reviews an investment arbitral tribunal’s jurisdiction, the High…
At the opening of the legal year in Singapore on 5 January 2015, the Singapore International Commercial Court ("SICC") was officially launched. In the words of Chief Justice Menon, the SICC is…
Singapore's longstanding reputation as an arbitration friendly jurisdiction was reinforced in 2010 with the legislature's adoption of the 2006 amendments to the UNCITRAL Model Law on International…
