ARTICLES
RECENT EVENTS
CASE DIGEST (February 2020)
By Charis Wang, Fullerton Law Chambers LLC
In this issue, we report on the following decisions on arbitration released by the Singapore courts between December 2019 and February 2020:
IN HOT SEAT
In each issue of our newsletter, we interview an SIArb member to get their views on the alternative dispute resolution scene in Singapore, and to obtain some insight into what makes them tick. In this issue, we interview
Mr Francis Xavier SC.
UNCITRAL Model Law & Arbitration Rules The Arbitration Act 2005 (Amended 2011 & 2018) and the AIAC Arbitration Rules 2018
By Sundra Rajoo
Special Contributor: Thomas R. Klötzel
(Sweet & Maxwell, 2019)
Why do busy practitioners write articles but so few practitioners write legal textbooks? In the first place, why are there so few who are willing to write even academic articles? Not the marketing updates for busy executives but refereed articles that require a careful analysis of the law. Which require citations to legal sources and reasoned views built upon layers of legal reasoning. The obvious answer is time and commitment. Most practitioners in this part of the world are under pressure to bill and the couple of weeks needed to write a decent refereed article do not, as law firm managers would say, bring enough returns on the investment.
When you consider that a legal textbook is at least 10 times the length of a decent academic article, you begin to see why so few practitioners write books. The length is not all there is. The author of a book cannot be selective about the research that he or she undertakes on the chosen subject.
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ARTICLES
CASE DIGEST (February 2020)
By Charis Wang, Fullerton Law Chambers LLC
In this issue, we report on the following decisions on arbitration released by the Singapore courts between December 2019 and February 2020:
IN HOT SEAT
In each issue of our newsletter, we interview an SIArb member to get their views on the alternative dispute resolution scene in Singapore, and to obtain some insight into what makes them tick. In this issue, we interview
Mr Francis Xavier SC.
RECENT EVENTS
UNCITRAL Model Law & Arbitration Rules The Arbitration Act 2005 (Amended 2011 & 2018) and the AIAC Arbitration Rules 2018
By Sundra Rajoo
Special Contributor: Thomas R. Klötzel
(Sweet & Maxwell, 2019)
Why do busy practitioners write articles but so few practitioners write legal textbooks? In the first place, why are there so few who are willing to write even academic articles? Not the marketing updates for busy executives but refereed articles that require a careful analysis of the law. Which require citations to legal sources and reasoned views built upon layers of legal reasoning. The obvious answer is time and commitment. Most practitioners in this part of the world are under pressure to bill and the couple of weeks needed to write a decent refereed article do not, as law firm managers would say, bring enough returns on the investment.
When you consider that a legal textbook is at least 10 times the length of a decent academic article, you begin to see why so few practitioners write books. The length is not all there is. The author of a book cannot be selective about the research that he or she undertakes on the chosen subject.
upcoming events
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
SIArb Committees 2020
We thank all members who have volunteered their time and services in our recent Call for Volunteers
The Committee Chairpersons have finalised their respective Committees.
You may view the role and composition of each Committee HERE.
The Institute extends a warm welcome to the following members:
Associates
Steven Brown
Pou Leen Low
Members
Francisco Alba II
Abdul Mabud Masum
Samuel Widdowson
Fellows
Delphine Ho
Ziyang Daniel Soo
Meryl Koh
Jing Ling Khoo
Associates
Steven Brown
Pou Leen Low
Members
Francisco Alba II
Abdul Mabud Masum
Samuel Widdowson
Fellows
Delphine Ho
Ziyang Daniel Soo
Meryl Koh
Jing Ling Khoo
The Institute congratulates the following on their admission to the panel of arbitrators:
Primary
Secondary
Primary
Secondary
Call for Contribution of Articles
The SIArb Newsletter is a publication of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators aimed to be an educational resource for members and associated organisations and institutions of higher learning. Readers of the newsletter are welcome to submit to the Secretariat at secretariat@siarb.org.sg well-researched manuscripts of merit relating to the subject matter of arbitration and dispute resolution. Submissions should be unpublished works between 1,500 to 2,500 words and are subject to the review of the editorial team.
Council (2019 - 2020)
President
Dinesh Dhillon
Vice President
Tay Yu-Jin
Honorary Secretary
Francis Goh
Honorary Treasurer
Yeo Boon Tat
Immediate Past President
Chan Leng Sun S.C.
Council Members
(co-opted wef 5 Oct 2017)
Andrew Pullen
Andrew Pullen
Ramesh Selvaraj
Rebecca Tai Andersen
Publications Committee
Chair
Yeo Boon Tat
Committee Members
Gil Marie Alba
David Chung
Justin Gan
Fayth Kuah
Lim Hseng Iu
Deepika Madan
Adolf Peter
Mahesh Rai Daniel Seligman
Ananya Pratap Singh
Carolyn Tan
Tham Wei Chern
Christopher Tan
Andrew White
Wong Siew Hong
Disclaimer
The SIArb Newsletter is a quarterly of the publication of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Distribution is restricted to members and those organisations and institutions of higher learning associated with the Institute.
The Institute does not hold itself responsible for the views expressed in the Newsletter which must necessarily lie with the contributors.