BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20170117T170000 RDATE:20380119T111407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:Asia/Singapore +08 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20380119T111407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:Asia/Singapore +08 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:860ed7fb658b433eacf29a8d89d818dc CATEGORIES:Seminar CREATED:20171106T161507 SUMMARY:Developments in Singapore Arbitration LOCATION:Royal Palm\, 6 Eu Tong Sen Street\, #04-85\, The Central (Clarke Quay)\, Si ngapore 059817 DESCRIPTION:
About the Seminar:
S ingapore’s arbitration landscape has witnessed thrilling developments in 2017. The SIAC launched its Investment Arbitration Rules, opening inter esting prospects for proceedings involving States. The Civil Law (Amendment ) Act 2017 entered into force on 1 March 2017 giving the green light to thi rd-party funding in international arbitration proceedings and court proceed ings arising out of such, which created excitement in the arbitration commu nity.
Singapore courts had its flow of a rbitration cases, many of which concerned requests for enforcement of arbit ration agreements or applications for setting aside of awards.
The speaker will share his observations and insights on some of these judicial decisions. Notable decisions deserving comments will include Kingdom of Lesotho v Swissbourgh Diamond Mines (Pty) Limited & 8 others [2017] SGHC 195 in which the Singapore High Court set aside an in vestor-state arbitration award. This was the second time that Singapore cou rts had to deal with an investment arbitration matter following the famous Sanum v Laos case. The speaker will also examine the case of TMT v The Roya l Bank of Scotland [2017] SGHC 21 in which the High Court refused to stay c ourt proceedings on the basis of an arbitration agreement which designated the wrong arbitral institution, a rare decision in light of the very genero us approach adopted in previous cases. Other discussed cases will include K .V.C Rice Intertrade Co Ltd v Asian Mineral Resources Pte Ltd and another s uit [2017] SGHC 32 on “bare” arbitration clauses, L Capital Jon es Ltd and another v Maniach Pte Ltd [2017] SGCA 3 in which the Court of Ap peal overturned the previous High Court decision in the same matter on the arbitrability of minority oppression claims, as well as BLY v BLZ and anoth er [2017] SGHC 59 in which the High Court considered the test for a stay of the arbitral proceedings under section 10(9) of the IAA in the context of jurisdictional challenges.
Seminar Programme:
Openi ng Remarks by Chairperson
Mr. Dinesh Dhillon – Partner , Allen & Gledhill LLP; President, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
td>Developments in Singapore Arbitration
Prof. Lawrence Boo – Head of Arb itration Chambers, Singapore
About the Speaker:
Professor Lawrence Boo is the author of “Hal sbury’s Laws of Singapore Volume 1(2) - Arbitration” (Lexis-Nex is 2011 Re-issue), the chapter on Singapore in the book “Internationa l Handbook on Commercial Arbitration” (Kluwer 1996, 2002 and 2011 Sup plements) and the regular contributor to the “Annual Review of Singap ore” chapter on “Arbitration” since 2001. His papers have also been published in various international journals including the Journa l of International Arbitration, Asian International Arbitration Journal, As ia Business Law Review, Chinese Yearbook of Private International and Compa rative Law (Peking University Press), Dispute Resolution Journal (London) a nd the Asian Business Lawyer (Korea University). He is on the editorial boa rd of the Oxford International Arbitration Series (Oxford University Press) . The “UNCITRAL Digest on the Model Law on International Commer cial Arbitration 2012” is his latest published work which he complete d (with Prof Frédéric Bachand and Dr Stefan Kröll) in July 2012. Cons istently ranked as one of Asia’s most “in demand” arbitra tors from 2008 to 2017, Prof Boo has sat as arbitrator in close to 300 case s in many jurisdictions, and written numerous awards. He has also been desi gnated by Singapore to serve on the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators. |
About the Chairpe rson:
Dinesh prac tises international arbitration and litigation. He has acted as lead counsel in international arbitration for global multinational corporations in the telecommunications, airline, hotel, commodities, construction, manuf acturing and projects industries. Apart from corporates, he has also repres ented sovereign states in international arbitration cases. He has represent ed clients in landmark cases before the Singapore courts relating to jurisd iction of arbitral tribunals, challenges to arbitration awards and attempts to resist enforcement of foreign arbitration awards. Dinesh has represente d multinational companies in cases before the Singapore High Court and Cour t of Appeal relating to banking, corporate, employment, entertainment, insu rance, property and shareholder disputes. He has also acted for statutory b oards in judicial review cases. Dinesh was called to the Singapore Ba r in 1995. In 2004, he obtained the Graduate Certificate in International A rbitration from the National University of Singapore. He is recommended for his expertise in international arbitration and commercial litigation in le ading publications, such as Chambers Global and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific where he has been described as “outstanding”, a “well res pected litigator” and “strong on strategy and case management&r dquo;. He is a Fellow and President of The Singapore Institute of Arb itrators, Co-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Asia Pacifi c Arbitration Group, Honorary Treasurer of the Law Society of Singapore and Honorary Treasurer of the Pro Bono Services Office. |