Singapore Court: failure to call witness no reason to set aside arbitration award

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Shaun Lee

Partner
Singapore

As a partner in our Dispute Resolution Group in Singapore, I act regularly for our private sector and governmental clients in high-value complex transnational commercial, regulatory & shareholder/labour disputes across the TMT and financial sectors, as well as in the infrastructure, energy & utilities space.

BVU v BVX [2019] SGHC 69 This arbitration analysis examines the Singapore High Court's decision in BVU v BVX that an arbitration award would not be set aside on the basis of public policy or fraud simply because the successful party had failed to call certain witnesses or to disclose certain internal documents. The court also refused to countenance the use of subpoenas by the unsuccessful party to obtain documents as a means to relitigate the merits of the dispute.

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