Region: Singapore
Singapore court bars submissions by UK silk in enforcement action
A Singapore court has refused to allow an Essex Court silk to make oral submissions on English law relating to US sanctions in proceedings to enforce a US$316 million award.
14 November 2024
SIAC registrar named as LCIA’s new director general
The London Court of International Arbitration has named Kevin Nash as its new director general to succeed Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof as she steps down after a decade in the role.
11 November 2024
Seladore Legal eyes Singapore launch with partner hire
London disputes boutique Seladore Legal has added Liang-Ying Tan, formerly of Herbert Smith Freehills, to the partnership as it announces plans to open an office in Singapore.
05 November 2024
Singapore appeal court gives Korean airline all-clear to sue catering directors
The Singapore Court of Appeal has partially set aside an anti-suit injunction against Korea’s Asiana Airlines, saying it should not be prevented from pursuing litigation in its home courts against directors of a Swiss catering group who were not party to an arbitration agreement.
01 November 2024
Singapore court refuses to restrain bauxite litigation in Guinea
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
Interim relief denied in Bangladeshi highway dispute
A Thai construction company has failed to persuade a SIAC tribunal to provisionally restrain a group of Chinese state-owned entities from taking control of a billion-dollar highway project in Bangladesh.
23 October 2024
Singapore appeal court upholds DIAC interim relief
The Singapore Court of Appeal has upheld the enforcement of interim measures issued by a DIAC tribunal under an arbitration clause specifying the now-defunct DIFC-LCIA, finding that the respondent had submitted to the tribunal’s jurisdiction for the purposes of the interim relief application.
23 October 2024
Kennedys hires from Rajah & Tann in Singapore
Kevin Tan has left Rajah & Tann to join Kennedys’ joint venture law firm in Singapore.
17 October 2024
SIAC panel decides fight over aborted real estate merger
A Singaporean conglomerate says it has won a US$26 million SIAC award against a real estate investment trust manager that called off a proposed US$2.8 billion takeover two years ago.
16 October 2024
ICDR decides Asian health franchise dispute
A Pittsburgh-based health and wellness retailer has won ICDR awards worth over US$53 million against its franchisees in Singapore and the Philippines, which it is trying to enforce in the US courts.
04 October 2024