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• Sending an arbitration award back to the tribunal was the wrong remedy here

  [2025] SGCA 50 · Court of Appeal · 10 Oct 2025Vietnam Oil and Gas Group v Joint Stock Company (Power Machines – ZTL, LMZ, Electrosila Energomachexport) and another appeal · [2025] SGCA 50 · Court of Appeal · 10 Oct 2025 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994, s 19

  Running a business

• Loss from misdelivered cargo was valued using spot prices, not a spread of dates

  [2025] SGCA 42 · Court of Appeal · 5 Sep 2025Winson Oil Trading Pte Ltd v United Overseas Bank Ltd and another appeal · [2025] SGCA 42 · Court of Appeal · 5 Sep 2025 · Summary

  Running a business

• A vessel's sale by another court was not a disposal by the judicial managers

  [2025] SGCA 29 · Court of Appeal · 24 Jun 2025Natixis, Singapore Branch v Seshadri Rajagopalan and others and other appeals · [2025] SGCA 29 · Court of Appeal · 24 Jun 2025 · Summary

  Money and debt

• A subrogation claim to a vessel's sale proceeds should have been brought in rem

  [2025] SGCA 30 · Court of Appeal · 23 Jun 2025Da Hui Shipping (Pte) Ltd (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) v An Rong Shipping Pte Ltd (in liquidation) (Societe Generale, Singapore Branch and another, non-parties) · [2025] SGCA 30 · Court of Appeal · 23 Jun 2025 · Summary

  Relies on Mercantile Law Amendment Act 1856, s 2

  Running a business

• Ads using only the words of a composite mark were too dissimilar to infringe it

  [2025] SGCA 28 · Court of Appeal · 19 Jun 2025East Coast Podiatry Centre Pte Ltd v Family Podiatry Centre Pte Ltd · [2025] SGCA 28 · Court of Appeal · 19 Jun 2025 · Summary

  Running a business

• Disputing the engagement's validity did not halt assessment of the firm's bills

  [2025] SGCA 25 · Court of Appeal · 11 Jun 2025Lun Yaodong Clarence v Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP · [2025] SGCA 25 · Court of Appeal · 11 Jun 2025 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994, s 6

  Police and courts

• A creditors' scheme's disclosure to creditors about the money available was enough

  [2025] SGCA 17 · Court of Appeal · 21 Apr 2025UT Singapore Services Pte Ltd v Goh Thien Phong and others and another appeal · [2025] SGCA 17 · Court of Appeal · 21 Apr 2025 · Summary

  Running a business

• DJP and others v DJO

  [2025] SGCA(I) 2 · Court of Appeal · 8 Apr 2025[2025] SGCA(I) 2 · Court of Appeal · 8 Apr 2025

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Running a business

• The court refused to set aside the tribunal's decision to dismiss the owner's counterclaim

  [2025] SGCA 14 · Court of Appeal · 28 Mar 2025Palm Grove Beach Hotels Pvt Ltd v Hilton Worldwide Manage Ltd and another · [2025] SGCA 14 · Court of Appeal · 28 Mar 2025 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Running a business

• No error in allowing arbitration claims against a company in foreign restructuring

  [2025] SGCA 13 · Court of Appeal · 21 Mar 2025Sapura Fabrication Sdn Bhd and others v GAS and another appeal · [2025] SGCA 13 · Court of Appeal · 21 Mar 2025 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994, s 6

  Money and debt

• A challenge to a judge's notes usually should not go first to the appeal court

  [2025] SGCA 12 · Court of Appeal · 17 Mar 2025Vietnam Oil and Gas Group v Joint Stock Company (Power Machines – ZTL, LMZ, Electrosila Energomachexport) · [2025] SGCA 12 · Court of Appeal · 17 Mar 2025 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994

  Police and courts

• Part of an arbitration award was set aside for a breach of natural justice

  [2025] SGCA 5 · Court of Appeal · 13 Feb 2025Wan Sern Metal Industries Pte Ltd v Hua Tian Engineering Pte Ltd · [2025] SGCA 5 · Court of Appeal · 13 Feb 2025 · Summary

  Relies on International Arbitration Act 1994, s 5

  Running a business

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