In a judgment handed down on 27 May 2022, the Singapore International Commercial Court has dismissed an application to set aside an ICC award on grounds that the award exceeded the scope of submission to jurisdiction or was decided in breach of natural justice.

Mr. Landau will address Witness Evidence and the Overall Purpose of a Hearing, from a Common Law Perspective.

Chan Leng Sun, SC is among a group of experts worldwide who have submitted an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court on judicial review of an arbitral tribunal’s finding on jurisdiction in Beijing Shougang Mining Investment Co., Ltd., et al, v. Mongolia

Member of Duxton Hill Chambers, Mr Chan Leng Sun, SC has been named one of ALB Asia’s Super 50 Disputes Lawyers for the second consecutive year.

The Law Commission is in the process of conducting a review of the Arbitration Act 1996. The aim of the review is to “enhance the experience for those who choose to arbitrate in England and Wales and maintain English law as the gold standard in international arbitrations”.

Witness testimony now dominates most arbitration hearings. Its preparation and presentation has become a lengthy and expensive exercise, with often extensive and heavily lawyered witness statements that require correspondingly extensive cross-examination in order to assess and (frequently) unpack the evidence being adduced