Singapore High Court rejects application to adjourn enforcement of foreign arbitral award

In the recent decision of Man Diesel & Turbo SE v I.M. Skaugen Marine Services Pte Ltd [2018] SGHC 132, the Singapore High Court (“HC”) rejected an application to adjourn the enforcement of an arbitral award that was also the subject of a setting aside application in Denmark, the seat of the arb...

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Main Authors: TAN, Wei Ming, YOONG, Aaron, CHEN, Lixin
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4335
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/6293/viewcontent/SHC_adjournForeignArbitralAward_av.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:In the recent decision of Man Diesel & Turbo SE v I.M. Skaugen Marine Services Pte Ltd [2018] SGHC 132, the Singapore High Court (“HC”) rejected an application to adjourn the enforcement of an arbitral award that was also the subject of a setting aside application in Denmark, the seat of the arbitration. This case is the first of its kind in Singapore and provides clarity as to when litigants can seek an adjournment of proceedings to enforce a foreign arbitral award.