In order to promote the amicable resolution of international commercial disputes, the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) has released a Litigation-Mediation-Litigation Protocol (the “LML Protocol”), setting out a...more
In 2022, the SIAC received a total of 357 new case filings, 336 of which were cases administered by the SIAC. With the boom in disputes triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic fading away, the SIAC’s 2022 caseload dropped below...more
The Singapore High Court recently ruled that a party to a Singapore law-governed contract was justified in relying on a sanctions clause in the contract to refuse payment to the counterparty in an effort to avoid breaching...more
On January 12, 2023, the Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) launched a model clause (“SICC Model Jurisdiction Clause”) to assist parties that wish to designate the SICC as the court having supervisory...more
On January 31, 2023, Transparency International (TI) published its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2022. As in recent years, the 2022 CPI demonstrates that more must be done to combat corruption globally – with...more
On January 20, 2023, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) released its annual statistics for 2022. The statistics suggest that HKIAC swiftly recovered from the drop in caseload in 2021 and has returned to...more
In Anupam Mittal v Westbridge Ventures II Investment Holdings, [2023] SGCA 1, the Singapore Court of Appeal (“SGCA”) held that the law governing the arbitration agreement governs arbitrability at the pre-award stage, and...more