Breach of natural justice, Fair hearing, Infra petita, Non-participating party, Proper notice, Set aside an arbitral award, Singapore, Singapore Court of Appeal, Singapore International Arbitration Centre

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Can a party refuse to participate in an arbitration, and thereafter challenge the arbitral award on the ground that the arbitrator failed to consider a point which was not put in issue? The Singapore Court of Appeal (“CA”) in DEM v DEL [2025] SGCA 1 (“DEM”) decided in the negative on this novel point of…

Abusive Claims, Estoppel, Parallel Proceedings, Set aside an arbitral award, Singapore, Stay of Proceedings

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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…