The Ministry of Justice has published its statistics for judicial and court activity in England and Wales up to the end of June 2014.

The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2014 introduce a new CPR 3.8(4) which allows parties to agree extensions without having to seek the Court’s permission.

The new rules aim to increase efficiency and lower arbitration costs, while ensuring fairness and enhancing the enforceability of arbitration awards.

We are pleased to host a webinar targeted at the use of arbitration, court and insolvency processes to obtain recovery or secure payments for defaults.

Joan Lim-Casanova is joined by Vivekananda Neelakantan (Registrar of the SIAC) to discuss some of the key features of arbitration...

Joan Lim-Casanova is joined by Vivekananda Neelakantan (Registrar of the SIAC) to discuss current trends in arbitration under the SIAC Arbitration Rules 2025, including as to users of SIAC arbitration...

In Interactive Digital Finance Ltd and another v Credit Suisse AG and another [2023] SGHC 198, the General Division of the Singapore High Court (High Court) reaffirmed the principle that parties are

In Kuvera Resources Pte Ltd v JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. [2023] SGCA 28, the Singapore Court of Appeal held that a confirming bank was not entitled to deny payment to the beneficiary...

In Lau Sheng Jan Alistair v Lau Cheok Joo Richard and Sng Gek Hong Cynthia [2023] SGHC 196, the applicant, the sole beneficiary of an irrevocable trust created by his parents over landed property, ...

Singapore has continued to develop as a global centre for international arbitration and dispute resolution in recent years, competing with older centres such as London, Paris and Geneva.

On 1 February 2016, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) re-leased a draft of new rules designed specifically for investment arbitration disputes (the Draft SIAC IA Rules).

The Civil Procedure (Amendment No 4) Rules 2014 came into force on 22 April 2014.

We take the contrarian view on arbitration and highlight 5 problem areas with the use of arbitration:

The Singapore chapter touched on issues such as an overview of the dispute resolution framework, the year in review, court procedures, legal practice documents and the protection of privilege and alternative to litigation such as arbitration, mediation and other forms of dispute resolution.

The Portland Legal Disputes practice study, "Who uses the Commercial Court?", by the Portland communications firm, looked at trends in nationalities of litigants represented in the Commercial Court of England and Wales and found a steep increase in the number of litigants from the Middle East and North Africa using the Commercial Court.

Can a party be compelled to mediate? Mediation, a form of alternative dispute resolution, is a process in which a neutral third party attempts to help the parties reach a mutually satisfactory solution...

In Newton, David Christopher v Public Prosecutor [2023] SGHC 266, a case involving the appellant's attempt to deceive the health authorities that he was vaccinated against COVID-19 when in fact he was not, the General Division of the High Court of Singapore (High Court).

The Singapore Business Federation (the SBF) has made proposals for establishing the new arbitration group which will provide the method of appointing the arbitrators by default under the multi-party situations.

The 10th Edition of The Legal 500: International Arbitration Comparative Guide was launched recently. Duane Morris & Selvam's Managing Director Sarbjit Singh Chopra and Directors Ramiro Rodriguez, Priyank Srivastava and Daniel Soo have contributed their expert insights to the Singapore chapter.

It is now well-established that a failure to file a payment response prevents a respondent from raising any objections, including jurisdictional ones, during both the adjudication and setting aside applications, save for arguments on patent errors.