Arbitration in Focus: Significant Cases and Judgments

We are pleased to share a compendium of insights and commentaries by our lawyers on key arbitration cases and judgments from 2025 to date.

  • The DRL v DRK - The Termination of an Arbitration Because Sanctions Make It Impossible for It to Be Progressed (Click here)
  • When should an arbitral award be set aside or refused enforcement on the grounds that it was time-barred? South of England Protection and Indemnity Association (Bermuda) Ltd (in liquidation) v Pacmar Shipping Pte Ltd (Click here)
  • Challenging Administrative & Procedural Decisions of the Arbitration Institution, The Appeal – DMZ V DNA (Click here)
  • When should an impugned award be remitted to the original tribunal, and when should it be set aside? Vietnam Oil v Power Machines (Click here)
  • Is there a residual jurisdiction for non-seat courts to grant reliefs in respect of an arbitration? The Singapore High Court in MSA Global LLC (Oman) v Engineering Projects (India) Ltd (Click here)
  • Refusing Enforcement of an Arbitration Award because of Breach of a Procedural Order, a New Ground for Refusing Enforcement of an Arbitration Award? – Singapore Court of Appeal in Wuhu Ruyi Xinbo Investment Partnership v European Topsoho S.àr.l. (Click here)
  • Singapore Court of Appeal lays down the framework by which Singapore Courts will deal with Infra Petita challenges to Arbitration Award – DKT v DKU [2025] SGCA 23 (Click here)
  • Extended Res Judicata and Arbitrations – CIX v DGN (Click here)
  • Challenging Administrative Decisions of The Arbitration Institution – DMZ V DNA (Click here)
  • Mareva Injunction in Support of a Foreign Seated Arbitration – Novo Nordisk V KSP Bioscience (Click here)
  • Natural Justice and the importance of pleadings in expedited and documents only arbitrations - Wan Sen Metal Industries v Hua Tian Engineering (Click here)
  • The Interplay Between Enforcement of An Arbitral Award and Setting Aside Application at The Seat Court - Aastar Trading Pte Ltd v Olam Global Agri Pte Ltd (Click here)
  • Infra Petita challenges of arbitration awards under Singapore law – the Singapore Court of Appeal settles the issue in DEM v CEL (Click here)

Harry Elias Partnership regularly advises on complex international commercial disputes and has extensive experience representing multinational entities in commercial arbitrations. As a full-service Singapore law firm with full rights of audience before all tiers of the Singapore Courts, we are well placed to advise and support our clients in any arbitration-related court applications before the Singapore Courts.