Court: Singapore High Court

The Singapore High Court has refused to restrain a local commodities trader from pursuing litigation in Guinea over a failed bauxite trading arrangement or compel it to participate in an arbitration. 

24 October 2024

The High Court in Singapore has agreed to stay an action to set aside a partial award at the request of the party that brought the challenge, pending the determination of fraud allegations in a related SIAC proceeding. 

04 September 2024

A Maldivian politician’s company has paid more than US$20 million to a Hilton affiliate to satisfy an ICC award after he was held in contempt of court by a judge in Singapore for failing to pay on time. 

16 May 2024

Singapore’s High Court has rejected arguments that the city-state is not the proper forum to enforce interim measures granted in a SIAC arbitration between shareholders in a financial technology company.

15 September 2023

A Singapore court has placed the developer of a large power plant project in Vietnam in judicial management, refusing to grant a stay on the grounds that a disputed debt should be referred to SIAC arbitration.

25 May 2023

UPDATED: A Singapore court has upheld a SIAC award favouring Malaysia’s state-owned telecoms company in a US$35 million dispute with a provider of set-top boxes for internet protocol television, finding no evidence the arbitrator failed to keep an open mind.

07 February 2023

A Singapore court has upheld a pair of SIAC awards that found Repsol liable for fraud in a US$5 billion dispute with China’s Sinopec, while refusing to disqualify the presiding arbitrator over his role on a Chinese court-appointed expert panel.

02 February 2023

The Singapore International Commercial Court has unveiled a model clause confirming that parties to arbitration-related litigation arising under the city-state's international arbitration legislation select it as their choice of court. 

17 January 2023