The Syariah Court of Singapore hears and determines disputes on Muslim marriages, divorces, the ancillary matters thereto and betrothal as prescribed by the Administration of Muslim Law Act. Cases at first instance are heard by the Syariah Court. Appeals from decisions of the Syariah Court are heard by the Appeal Board. Each appeal is heard by a separately-constituted Appeal Board. Published by the Syariah Court, the Singapore Syariah Appeals Reports (SSAR) is the official report series of grounds of decisions delivered by the Appeal Board. Where the decision is delivered in Malay, the original Malay version of the Appeal Board decision is reported together with its English translation. Each report carries a catchword summary of the case highlighting the main issues decided; commentaries and updates in the form of “Notes” appear at the end of the report, where appropriate. Citations of Quranic verses referred to in a decision are listed in the case report. Volume 6 features the significant cases decided by the Appeal Board between 2011 and 2015. Where no grounds of decision were issued by the Appeal Board, the decision of the Syariah Court would be reported first, followed by the Order of the Appeal Board.

This issue reviews important Singapore arbitration-related court decisions from January to June 2020 on attempts to set aside arbitral awards. Accompanying case notes examining the significance and relevance of these and other Singapore cases reported are included in this issue. There is also an extended single article by Toby Landau QC – “Arbitral Groundhog Day: The Reopening and Re-Arguing of Arbitral Determinations” – which critically and exhaustively reviews the resultant complex issues when a party seeks to have a claim adjudicated in one forum, which has already been determined in another.


Date of Publication: November 2020

Amongst the noteworthy judgments are the Singapore Court of Appeal decisions in BNA v BNB [2020] 1 SLR 456 and ST Group Co Ltd v Sanum Investments Ltd [2020] 1 SLR 1 in relation to issues such as the seat of arbitration and the governing law and validity of the arbitration agreement. The two learned articles in this issue explore thorny issues such as corruption in international arbitration and confidentiality in the arbitration process.

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s):

Advisory Board

V K Rajah SC 

Professor Lawrence Boo

Toby Landau QC

Loretta Malintoppi

General Editor

Mohan Pillay

Editor

Chan Leng Sun SC

Publishing Editor

Yeo Boon Tat

Assistant Editors

Ramandeep Kaur

Matthew Koh

Janice Lee

Mahesh Rai

Tan Hai Song

Benjamin Tham Yum Yin

Derric Yeoh

The Singapore Arbitration Journal aims to provide a forum to examine and discuss developments of particular relevance and interest to the Singapore arbitration community. 

The May 2020 issue allows you to catch up on important Singapore arbitration-related court decisions from July to December 2019, along with accompanying case notes examining the significance and relevance of the cases.

Cases, Materials and Commentary on Singapore Intellectual Property Law is the first book of its kind on the subject. The authors have curated extracts from both legislation and cases before the courts and IPOS to trace and explain the development and current state of intellectual property law in Singapore, as well as to offer a comprehensive summary of the courts’ approach on important aspects of a field of law critical to the future development of Singapore and its economy.

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): David Llewelyn, Ng Hui Ming and Nicole Oh Xuan Yuan

Year of Publication: 2018

Page Extent: 720 pages 

Member's Price: $120.00 (before GST)

Associate Student's Price: $96.00 (before GST)

Non-Member's Price: $180.00 (before GST)

Authors: Kevin YL TAN and Thio Li-ann

Year of Publication: 2021

Page Extent: 1,602 pages 

Member's Price: $120.00 (before GST)
Associate Student's Price: $96.00 (before GST)
Non-Member's Price: $180.00 (before GST)

Year of Publication: 2022

Page Extent: 756 pages

Member's Price: $120.00 (before GST)

Associate Student's Price: $96.00 (before GST)

Non-Member's Price: $180 (before GST)

This issue covers important arbitration-related court decisions reported in the period July to December 2022 from Singapore as well as the UK, Canada and India. This issue also includes two important articles: the 2022 SIArb Annual Lecture by Professor Bernard Hanotiau on “Determining Consent to Arbitration: Formalism, Realism, Negativism” and the article on “The New York Convention at 65: Prime of Life or Time to Retire?” by Alastair Henderson and Joshua Chia.

This issue contains 16 case notes covering important arbitration-related court decisions reported in the period July 2021 to December 2021 from Singapore and the UK. This issue also includes important papers from V K Rajah SC (on the ongoing debate around due process “paranoia”) and Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury (on the use of sanctions in international arbitration).

General Editor: Mohan Pillay

Editor: Chan Leng Sun SC

Publishing Editor: Yeo Boon Tat

Assistant Editors: Cameron Ford, Ramandeep Kaur, Matthew Koh, Janice Lee, Derek Loh, Mahesh Rai, Meera Rajah, Benjamin Tham

This issue covers important arbitration-related court decisions reported in the period January 2022 to June 2022 from Singapore and the UK, spanning an interesting range from third-party enforcement of an award to non-fungible tokens. This issue also includes two interesting articles (on the duty of disclosure expected of arbitrators and s 12(5)(a)) of Singapore’s International Arbitration Act 1994, respectively) and a case analysis on Heirs to the Sultanate of Sulu v Malaysia.

General Editor: Mohan Pillay

Editor: Chan Leng Sun SC

Publishing Editor: Yeo Boon Tat

Assistant Editors: Cameron Ford, Ramandeep Kaur, Matthew Koh, Janice Lee, Derek Loh, Mahesh Rai, Meera Rajah, Benjamin Tham