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Legal Update: When should an impugned award be remitted to the original tribunal, and when should it be set aside? Vietnam Oil v Power Machines

Oct 22, 2025

It is rare indeed for a challenge to an award to succeed. Accordingly, the courts do not often get a chance to consider the appropriate remedy in such a case, in particular whether the award should be remitted to the tribunal or set aside. The Singapore Court of Appeal has given a comprehensive guide on this issue when allowing the appeal in the recent decision of Vietnam Oil v Power Machines [2025] SGCA 50.

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