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

The Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review of Singapore Cases (“SAL Ann Rev”) is an annual conspectus that encapsulates and evaluates decisions of the Singapore courts in the preceding year. Selected cases from other jurisdictions impacting local law are also discussed. Leading practitioners and academics contribute on their areas of specialty by way of comment, analyses and criticisms.

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.

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.

The Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review of Singapore Cases (“SAL Ann Rev”) is an annual conspectus that encapsulates and evaluates decisions of the Singapore courts in the preceding year. Selected cases from other jurisdictions impacting local law are also discussed. Leading practitioners and academics contribute on their areas of specialty by way of comment, analyses and criticisms.

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

This issue covers important arbitration-related court decisions reported in the period January to June 2023 from Singapore and noteworthy judgments from Hong Kong SAR and the UK. This issue also includes two fascinating articles, one on the current UK Law Commission review of the Arbitration Act 1996, and another on the evolution of the fair hearing rule in the Singapore Courts, as well as a case analysis on the June 2023 Paris Court of Appeal decision on the Heirs to the Sultanate of Sulu v Malaysia case.

General Editor: Mohan Pillay

Editor: Chan Leng Sun SC

Publishing Editor: Yeo Boon Tat

Assistant Editors: Ramandeep Kaur, Matthew Koh, Janice Lee, Derek Loh, Meera Rajah, Benjamin Tham, Derric Yeoh