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Climate disputes – which form a distinct and increasingly important category of disputes – have particular needs and give rise to particular challenges. Traditional adversarial models of adjudication will often not be best suited to providing the most suitable or meaningful resolution of these disputes, or to addressing the real problems that underlie them. This article suggests that a bespoke model of justice – informed by the concept of therapeutic justice – should be developed for climate disputes, to ensure that they are managed and resolved in a way that meaningfully addresses the wider interests and the deeper issues at stake. Such a model should be restorative, holistic, interest-based and forward-looking, and would mark a shift from a singular focus on the adjudication of rights and wrongs to the facilitated resolution of conflict.

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The Singapore High Court in DMZ v DNA [2025] SGHC 31 held that proceedings commenced by the claimant seeking review of an administrative decision made by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre were bound to fail. The decision is worthy of note as a rare instance of judicial authority considering the relationship between arbitral institutions and the parties to the arbitrations they administer, as well as the supervisory court's role in overseeing institutional arbitrations.

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The draft SIAC Insolvency Arbitration Protocol sets out a procedure for arbitration at SIAC for the resolution of disputes arising in relation to insolvency proceedings. This update considers the application of the draft Protocol and reviews its key differences from the current SIAC Rules.

In DEM v DEL [2025] SGCA 1, the Court of Appeal considered among other things whether a non-participating party to an arbitration can challenge the award on grounds that the arbitrator failed to consider a point which was not put in issue.

The 7th edition of the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre came into force on 1 January 2025 and introduces new procedures and enhancements to consistently ensure fair proceedings, efficiency in the conduct of the arbitration proportionate to the amount and complexity of issues in dispute, and enforceability of any award.

A draft of the SIAC Insolvency Arbitration Protocol was released for public consultation which ended earlier this month. This update looks at the applicability and features of the Protocol which provides insolvency practitioners and parties another option to efficiently resolve insolvency disputes.

Singapore International Commercial Court has celebrated its 10th anniversary with a conference dedicated to transnational trends in commercial disputes.

This update reviews and sets out the key takeaways from the High Court decision of TrueCoin LLC v Techteryx, Ltd [2024] SGHC 296 where the court affirmed that the grant of an anti-suit injunction in favour of arbitration does not undermine comity and the risk of forum fragmentation should not be overstated especially in the context of arbitration agreements.

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) 2025 Arbitration Rules came into force on 1 January 2025. This update highlights the key procedural mechanisms newly introduced in the Rules which clients and users of the SIAC will need to be aware of.