SGCA grants Senior Indian Advocate ad hoc admission to argue arbitration-related applications

• Main Authors: YOONG, Aaron, SINGH, Kartik
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4334; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/6292/viewcontent/SGCA_grantSIA_arb_2018_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In a reversal of the High Court’s 2017 decision, Singapore’s Court of Appeal (“CA”) recently granted unprecedented ad hoc admission for Harish Salve (“Mr Salve”) – a Senior Advocate of the Indian Bar – to be admitted to argue foreign law issues in applications to set aside an ICC arbitral award. This is the first time the Singapore courts have granted foreign counsel other than Queen’s Counsel admission to argue a case before the local courts.