Table of contents
- What are the practical implications of this case?
- What was the background?
- Background
- The Remedies Award
- Issues
- What did the court decide?
- The shares issue was not beyond the scope of submission to the arbitration
- No breach of natural justice as the Tribunal did not refuse to consider the appellants’ evidence
- The Remedies Award was not contrary to Singapore’s public policy
- Case details
Article summary
Arbitration analysis: In refusing to set aside a remedies award issued in a Singapore-seated ad hoc arbitration pursuant to the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, the Singapore Court of Appeal affirmed the arbitral tribunal’s powers to decide the appropriate relief as a pragmatic solution to the realities of a case. This confirmed the tribunal’s broad remedial powers, which are akin to a court’s powers to grant all reliefs and remedies at law and in equity. Written by Wei Ming Tan, senior associate at CMS Holborn Asia.
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