Singapore: Contracts and Commercial Law

Where some or all claims at issue clearly lack merit, however, there is a mechanism that allows parties to bring about a swift resolution to such claims (whether in whole or in part) without going through the full arbitral process, sparing them the time, cost, and resources that a complete evidentiary hearing (i.e., the hearing at which evidence is presented and tested through cross-examination) would otherwise demand

Duane Morris & Selvam LLP has authored the Singapore chapter for The Legal 500's 5th Edition Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters Comparative Guide. The chapter provides comprehensive analysis of Singapore's legal framework for enforcing foreign judgments, covering enforceability criteria, procedural requirements, interim relief options, and anticipated developments in the enforcement landscape over the coming years.

Singapore Arbitration 2/26 examines when vessel delays under a previous fixture may constitute anticipatory repudiatory breach of a subsequent charterparty. The award clarifies charterers' rights to terminate before the cancelling date and reaffirms the Monroe Obligation's application even without express ETA provisions.

Having celebrated the centenary of the ICC Court of Arbitration in 2023 and registered its 30,000th case under the ICC Arbitration Rules at the end of 2025...

SIAC Annual Report 2025: Key Statistics, Trends, and Takeaways for International Arbitration Practitioners

On February 16, 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) notified amendments to the existing External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) regulations (Amended Regulations)...

In Axis Megalink Sdn Bhd v Far East Mining Pte Ltd [2023] SGHC 243, the General Division of the High Court of Singapore expounded on the breach of duty exception and elaborated on how this principle interacts ...

In Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, Singapore Branch v PPT Energy Trading Co Ltd and another appeal [2023] SGCA(I) 7, the Singapore Court of Appeal clarified the scope of the fraud exception in the context of letters of credit...

Singapore's Court of Appeal ("Court") recently ruled that a bank's determination that a vessel was subject to U.S. sanctions laws and regulations was an insufficient basis for denying payment to a beneficiary on letters of credit for which the bank was responsible.