The following article explains the implications of the decision of the Singapore High Court (SGHC) in CIM v CIN. In this case, The Singapore High Court (SGHC) dismissed an application to set aside a Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) expedited arbitration award on natural justice grounds. The SGHC found that the applicant (CIM) had not been taken by surprise by the arbitrator’s chain of reasoning such that it was denied the opportunity to be heard. In particular, the SGHC rejected the argument that CIN’s silence at the hearing in the face of an erroneous characterisation of its (CIN’s) case by CIM’s counsel had the effect of changing what issues were ‘in play’ in the arbitration so as to be a surprise to CIM.
This analysis was first published on Lexis®PSL on 12 April 2021.
