Determining the parties’ true choice of the seat of arbitration and lex arbitri

• Main Authors: HWANG, Michael, CHAN, Darius
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3062
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The selection of a seat of arbitration or the place of arbitration is sometimes not as straightforward as it seems. Because the seat of arbitration prima facie determines the law governing the conduct of the arbitration (also known as the “lex arbitri” or the “curial law”) thereby affecting the righ...