Singapore—tension between promissory notes as equivalent of cash and privacy of arbitration agreement

Table of contents

• Original news
• What are the facts of the case?
• What important principles did it raise?
• What is the tension between these principles?
• What did the court decide and on what grounds?
• Will the decision be appealed?

Article summary

Arbitration analysis: Raymond Cox QC of Fountain Court Chambers comments on a ruling in which the court considered promissory notes as the equivalent of cash and whether or not a person can be compelled to arbitrate.