Region: Singapore
Indian arbitrator cleared of bias in Singapore
Singapore’s international commercial court has upheld a US$100 million ICC award relating to a five-star hotel project near Kolkata, rejecting arguments that Indian arbitrator Harish Salve SA showed bias by only belatedly disclosing a co-counsel relationship with the winning side’s law firm.
20 May 2020
“Witness gating” leads to set-aside in Singapore
The Singapore High Court has set aside an award against an Indian steel manufacturer after finding that the sole arbitrator had denied it the right to a fair hearing by declining to call any of its seven witnesses.
02 March 2020
Maxwell Chambers
27 January 2020
Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
27 January 2020
Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
27 January 2020
Singapore appeal court criticises stay in aid of “illusory” arbitration
The Singapore Court of Appeal has upheld a decision to lift a stay of litigation previously granted on case management grounds – holding that the prospect of an overlapping arbitration was “largely illusory”.
29 October 2019
Gearing barred from defending Nissan award in Singapore
Allen & Overy partner Matthew Gearing QC has been denied permission to appear before the Singapore International Commercial Court to help Nissan defend a jurisdictional decision in an investment treaty arbitration against India.
22 October 2019
Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
10 January 2019
Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
04 January 2019
Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
04 January 2019