A trilogy of "difficult and complex" arbitration issues in 2012

• Main Author: CHAN, Darius
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Courts; Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3032; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4990/viewcontent/A_Trilogy_of__22Difficult_and_Complex_22_Arbitration_Issues_in_2012_LGUPD__2012__SLWC_1_v1.0.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

At the end of 2011, the Singapore High Court in Re David Joseph QC [2011] SGHC 262 (per VK Rajah JA) permitted the admission of an English Queen’s Counsel, David Joseph QC, to represent eight entities of the Astro Group, a Malaysian broadcasting and media entity, in proceedings arising from an arbitration with three subsidiaries of Indonesia’s Lippo Group. Under Singapore’s current statutory scheme, the court may admit QCs on an ad hoc basis if a matter contains issues of fact or law of “sufficient difficulty and complexity”, and if the circumstances of the case warrant it. The High Court judge, Justice of Appeal VK Rajah, foreshadowed three issues in his judgment. All are worthy of the close attention of the international arbitration community.