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03 September 2015

'Which came first, the chicken or the egg?': Singapore High Court upholds competence-competence where existence of arbitration agreement in dispute

In its recent decision in Malini Ventura v Knight Capital Pte Ltd & others [2015] SGHC 225, the Singapore High Court has dismissed an application …

14 July 2015

Arbitrations seated in Germany: Due to the dynamics within arbitral tribunals, an award can be set aside even if only one of the arbitrators was successfully challenged in the German courts and the decision was made unanimously

In a recently published decision, the German Federal Supreme Court ("Bundesgerichtshof") ruled that an arbitral award can even be set aside if one of the …

07 July 2015

NSW Supreme Court refuses indemnity costs on successful application for referral to arbitration

Justice Hammerschlag of the New South Wales Supreme Court (the Court) has refused to award indemnity costs to parties which successfully obtained a stay …

29 August 2014

BLC and Ors v. BLB and Anor [2014] SGCA 40 – the Singapore Court of Appeal sets out its approach to setting aside applications premised on allegations of awards made infra petita

In the recent decision in BLC and ors v. BLB and anor [2014] SGCA 40 ("the BLC decision"), the Singapore Court of Appeal reversed the decision of the …

07 February 2014

You're (not) welcome to the arbitration! The Singapore court considers powers to order joinder

In The Titan Unity (No. 2) [2014] SGHCR 04, an Assistant Registrar refused to grant, amongst others, a party's application for an order that it be …