Singapore International Arbitration Blog

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 l...

https://singaporeinternationalarbitration.com/2023/05/25/pre-award-arbitrability-the-seat-the-governing-law-and-the-composite-approach/

This article was first published on Lexis®PSL on 8 September 2022. Arbitration Analysis: This case addresses the issue of the scope of a tribunal’s powers to consider matters falling outside t...

https://singaporeinternationalarbitration.com/2022/09/08/singapore-court-of-appeal-affirms-strict-adherence-to-defined-scope-of-remission-of-arbitral-awards-in-cases-where-set-aside-applications-have-been-suspended-ckh-v-ckg-2022-sgcai-6/

*This analysis was first published on LexisNexis on 29 July 2022. Arbitration Analysis: In CEF and CEG v. CEH SGCA 54, the Singapore Court of Appeal dealt with a variety of orders in an arbitral...

https://singaporeinternationalarbitration.com/2022/07/29/singapore-court-of-appeal-clarifies-grounds-for-setting-aside-arbitral-awards-and-applicability-of-no-evidence-rule-in-singapore-cef-and-ceg-v-ceh/

Does the court have inherent powers to set aside an earlier judgment enforcing an erroneous arbitral award? What about consequential orders flowing from such a judgment? The Singapore Court of Ap...

https://singaporeinternationalarbitration.com/2022/06/15/sgca-exercises-inherent-power-to-set-aside-judgment-enforcing-arbitral-award-and-order-return-of-sums-paid-out/

In a recent development, Singapore’s Ministry of Law proposed a framework for conditional fee agreements (“CFAs”) that may be entered into between lawyers and their clients in prescribed pr...

https://singaporeinternationalarbitration.com/2021/12/21/conditional-fee-agreements-regime-in-singapore-liberalisation-of-singapores-legal-landscape-and-lessons-learned-from-other-jurisdictions/

This article was first published by Lexis®PSL on 20 December 2021. Arbitration Analysis: A recent decision of the Singapore High Court, BTN v BTP SGHC 271, reinforced the principle that it is o...

https://singaporeinternationalarbitration.com/2021/12/20/singapore-high-court-rejects-creative-arguments-to-seek-de-novo-appeal-on-merits-of-arbitral-award-via-setting-aside-applications-btn-v-btp/

This article was first published by Lexis®PSL on 19 October 2021. Arbitration Analysis: In refusing to set aside a remedies award issued in a Singapore-seated ad hoc arbitration pursuant to the ...

https://singaporeinternationalarbitration.com/2021/10/19/singapore-court-of-appeal-affirms-tribunal-power-to-decide-appropriate-relief-by-refusing-to-set-aside-remedies-award-bloomberry-resorts-and-hotels-inc-v-global-gaming-philippines-llc/

In BZV v BZW and another  SGHC 60, the Singapore High Court (the “Court”) allowed a party’s application to set aside an arbitral award on the basis that the tribunal had failed entirely t...

https://singaporeinternationalarbitration.com/2021/07/08/sghc-sets-aside-arbitral-award-for-breach-of-fair-hearing-rule-and-natural-justice/

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) published its Annual Report 2020 recently, reporting another year of record growth in case load and expansion of its offices beyond Asi...

https://singaporeinternationalarbitration.com/2021/04/21/the-siac-annual-report-2020-highlights-and-takeaways/

Arbitration analysis: A recent Singapore High Court case (BTN and Anor v BTP and Anor SGHC 38) confirmed the default position under Singapore law that unsuccessful applications to set aside an a...

https://singaporeinternationalarbitration.com/2021/03/01/singapore-standard-costs-to-be-awarded-by-default-for-failed-award-set-aside-applications-btn-v-btp/