In the recent Singapore High Court (“Court”) case of DJA v DJB [2024] SGHCR 10 (“DJA v DJB”), the Court was tasked with determining the novel question of whether the general legal principles for an application for a case management stay apply when an applicant seeks a case management stay of its own application to…

The judgment of the Singapore International Commercial Court (the “Court”) in DJO v DJP and others [2024] SGHC(I) 24 (“DJO”) provides helpful guidance on when an award may be set aside for breach of natural justice. While setting-aside applications do not generally succeed given the well-established principle of minimal curial intervention, the Court undoubtedly reached…

The judgment of the Singapore Court of Appeal (“Court”) in Voltas Ltd v York International Pte Ltd [2024] SGCA 12 (“Voltas v York”) helpfully settles the question of whether or not an arbitrator is able to impliedly reserve his or her jurisdiction after rendering a final award as a matter of Singapore law. Additionally, the…