THE PRESIDENT’S COLUMN

ARTICLES

RECENT EVENTS

CASE DIGEST (September 2020)
By Mahesh Rai, Drew & Napier LLC & Fayth Kuah

In this issue, we report on the following decisions on arbitration released by the Singapore courts between July 2020 and Sept 2020:

  1. BBA v BAZ [2020] SGCA 53
  2. Bloomsbury Resorts v Global Gaming [2020] SGHC 113
  3. CEB v CEC and another matter [2020] SGHC (1) 11
  4. PUBG Corp v Garena International I Pte Ltd and others [2020] SGCA 51

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. Samuel Chacko

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WEBINAR: Non-Contractual Claims in Commercial Arbitration (20 August 2020) 

Looking Beyond the Contract: The Latest Highlight of SIArb’s CPD Programme

The bread and butter of commercial arbitration is resolving contractual disputes, but arbitrators and counsel are frequently faced with other types of claim.  SIArb’s CPD webinar on 20 August 2020 explored this by focusing on issues arising from “Non-contractual Claims in Commercial Arbitration”.

The concept of “non-contractual claims” is broad, so the first speaker, Daryl Chew (Shearman & Sterling), opened by providing… Read More

WEBINAR:  Accounting for Disputes: Getting the Most Out of Financial Statements in An Arbitration (28 July 2020) 

Two distinguished speakers, Mr James Nicholson and Mr Oliver Watts of FTI Consulting Singapore were the speakers for the evening. The webinar was moderated by Mr Ramesh Bharani Nagaratnam of RBN Chambers LLC.

The webinar on Accounting for Disputes: Getting the Most Out of Financial Statements in An Arbitration was delivered on 28 July 2020; the very first time such a session was offered by SIArb as part of… Read More

upcoming events

ARTICLES

CASE DIGEST (September 2020)
By Mahesh Rai, Drew & Napier LLC & Fayth Kuah

In this issue, we report on the following decisions on arbitration released by the Singapore courts between July 2020 and Sept 2020:

  1. BBA v BAZ [2020] SGCA 53
  2. Bloomsbury Resorts v Global Gaming [2020] SGHC 113
  3. CEB v CEC and another matter [2020] SGHC (1) 11
  4. PUBG Corp v Garena International I Pte Ltd and others [2020] SGCA 51

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. Samuel Chacko

Read More

RECENT EVENTS

WEBINAR: Non-Contractual Claims in Commercial Arbitration (20 August 2020) 

Looking Beyond the Contract: The Latest Highlight of SIArb’s CPD Programme

The bread and butter of commercial arbitration is resolving contractual disputes, but arbitrators and counsel are frequently faced with other types of claim.  SIArb’s CPD webinar on 20 August 2020 explored this by focusing on issues arising from “Non-contractual Claims in Commercial Arbitration”.

The concept of “non-contractual claims” is broad, so the first speaker, Daryl Chew (Shearman & Sterling), opened by providing… Read More

WEBINAR:  Accounting for Disputes: Getting the Most Out of Financial Statements in An Arbitration (28 July 2020) 

Two distinguished speakers, Mr James Nicholson and Mr Oliver Watts of FTI Consulting Singapore were the speakers for the evening. The webinar was moderated by Mr Ramesh Bharani Nagaratnam of RBN Chambers LLC.

The webinar on Accounting for Disputes: Getting the Most Out of Financial Statements in An Arbitration was delivered on 28 July 2020; the very first time such a session was offered by SIArb as part of… Read More

upcoming events

ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Members

The Institute extends a warm welcome to the following members: 

Associates

Premjit Singh Kolwant Singh

Members

Fellows

Jamal Chaykhouni

Foo Joon Liang

Associates

Premjit Singh Kolwant Singh

Members

Fellows

Jamal Chaykhouni

Foo Joon Liang

Panel Arbitrators

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

Chia Chor Leong

Chia Ho Choon
Andrew Pullen
Ramesh Selvaraj
Rebecca Tai Andersen

Tan Weiyi (co-opted wef 9 Oct 2019)

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.

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