The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) has announced the release of the 7th Edition of the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC Rules 2025”) which has come into force on 1 January 2025. The SIAC Rules 2025 will apply to arbitrations commenced from 1 January 2025 onwards, where the arbitration agreement provides that the arbitration will be conducted pursuant to the rules of the SIAC for the time being in force, even…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration continues to be governed by the International Arbitration Act (IAA),…
In CVV and others v CWB [2023] SGCA(I) 9, the Singapore Court of Appeal (“SGCA”) upheld the Singapore…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 No legislative amendments to the IAA or AA in Singapore International arbitration continues to be governed by the International Arbitration Act (IAA), the Arbitration Act (AA) and the Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act. Apart from consequential amendments to remove references to the Reciprocal Enforcement of Commonwealth Judgments Act (RECJA) in the IAA following the RECJA’s repeal in Singapore, there have been no legislative amendments in the past year. A.2 Institutions,…
The draft 7th edition of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Rules was recently released for public consultation…
The General Division of the High Court in CXG v CXI [2023] SGHC 244 held that a Singapore…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 No legislative amendments to the IAA or AA in Singapore International arbitration continues to be governed by the International Arbitration Act (IAA), the Arbitration Act (AA) and the Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act, to which there have been no legislative amendments in the past year. A.2 Institutions, rules and infrastructure The main arbitral institution in Singapore is the Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC), which was ranked 2nd among the world’s…
It is trite that an arbitral tribunal has no jurisdiction to decide any issue that has not been…
No training programme for first year arbitration associates is complete without an exploration of the advantages of arbitration…
The Court of Appeal in CAJ v. CAI [2021] SGCA 102 has upheld an earlier High Court decision to set aside part of an arbitral award, in circumstances where the party was deprived of its fundamental right to be heard – i.e., the right to present its case, and the right to respond to the case against it. While cases of arbitral awards being set aside are uncommon, this case shows that the Singapore courts…