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3 November 2004
Asian Arbitration Conference 2004
A leading Asian Arbitration Conference will be hosted
by the Australian Centre for International Commercial
Arbitration ("ACICA") in Sydney this year. This Conference
brings together the heads of various major arbitration
centres and other experienced practitioners from throughout
Asia to discuss issues in international commercial arbitration
facing the Asia-Pacific region.
SIAC will participate in panel discussions during this
Conference.
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1 October 2004
Chairman of SIAC Board
Mr Goh Joon Seng is appointed as Director and Chairman
of SIAC's Board of Directors. He will chair the Board,
which oversees the strategic directions of SIAC, enabling
it to undertake an enhanced role in the development
of international arbitration in Singapore.
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25 September 2004
India Construction Industry
Chooses SIAC to Set Up Dispute Resolution Centre
SIAC and the Construction Industry Development Council
in India (CIDC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding
to set up a joint dispute resolution centre in New Delhi.
The Centre will facilitate the resolution of construction-related
disputes arising in India, estimated at close to US$12b.
Working with CIDC, SIAC will lend its experience to
institute a system of case administration as well as
expertise in developing a set of rules specific for
the construction industry in India; developing a training
and accreditation programme for the appointment of arbitrators
to the panel in the Centre; and developing a training
programme for mediation.
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20 July 2004
SIAC’s New Appointing Process
To uphold the tradition of transparency, integrity
and efficiency in the work that we do, SIAC is pleased
to publish a new appointing process. This will be followed
when a request for appointment is filed at the Centre
with effect from 20 July 2004. There are 3 steps in
the new appointing process: an initial selection and
ranking of candidates will be made by the Nomination
Committee; this will be followed by a confirmation,
re-ranking or rejection by the Confirmation Council;
and based on the outcome of the preceding steps, the
final appointment will then be made by the Deputy Chairman
of SIAC.
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2 July 2004
Chief Justice Appoints Assoc Prof Lawrence Boo to
Act as Appointing Authority
The Chief Justice has appointed Assoc Prof Lawrence
Boo to act as the default appointing authority for arbitrators
under the International Arbitration Act Cap 143A (2002
Ed) and the Arbitration Act Cap 10 (2002 Ed). The appointment
takes effect from 1 June 2004. The appointment was made
on 23 June 2004 and published in the Government Gazette
on 2 July 2004.
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Gazette
Notification - International Arbitration Act
Gazette
Notification - Arbitration Act
15 June 2004
Open Door for Foreign Representation in Singapore
Arbitration
Section
35 of the Legal Profession Act is amended to remove
all restrictions on foreign lawyers representing parties
in arbitration in Singapore. The repealed provision
formerly limited participation of foreign lawyers in
arbitration proceedings in Singapore only where the
applicable law of the contract was not the law of Singapore;
and where Singapore law was the applicable law, they
had to do so jointly with a Singapore lawyer.
With this new provision, foreign lawyers have unfettered
representation in arbitration proceedings in Singapore,
whether domestic or international. In addition, foreign
lawyers may give advice, prepare documents and provide
assistance in relation to, or arising out of arbitration
proceedings - with the only exception being appearance
in local court proceedings.
16 - 18 May 2004
17th ICCA Conference
Another significant world arbitration event, the 17th
Conference of the International Council for Commercial
Arbitration ("ICCA") is being staged in Beijing in May.
The conference draws together commercial arbitration
experts from all corners of the world to discuss an
interesting line-up of topics, including the role of
arbitrators as settlement facilitators, the enforceability
of awards and the current UNCITRAL work on interim measures
of protection.
SIAC's Chairman, Mr Warren Khoo, will speak at the
roundtable discussion on Arbitration and Conciliation
Concerning China. A former judge of the Supreme Court
of Singapore, Mr Khoo will also take part at a Judges'
Meeting on the enforcement of arbitral awards.
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3 May 2004
Associate Professor Lawrence Boo returns to SIAC
Founding CEO and Registrar of SIAC, Associate Professor
Lawrence Boo has been appointed as a new Director on
the Board of the Singapore International Arbitration
Centre. He joins SIAC as Deputy Chairman with effect
from 3 May 2004.
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26 - 30 April 2004
International Congress of Maritime
Arbitrators XV
An important event in every maritime and commercial
arbitrator's diary, the XVth International Congress
of Maritime Arbitrators takes place in London this year.
The Rt Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Senior Law Lord
will give the Keynote Address and The Rt Hon Lord Mayor
of London, Alderman Robert Finch will give the Cedric
Barclay Memorial Lecture.
SIAC is a proud sponsor of this prestigious event.
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30 April 2004
Singapore Wins Bid to Host International Congress
of Maritime Arbitrators XVI
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre is pleased
to announce the success of its joint bid with the Maritime
Law Association of Singapore and the Singapore Institute
of Arbitrators to host the XVI International Congress
of Maritime Arbitrators. We look forward to welcoming
delegates to this prestigious conference, to be held
in Singapore in 2006/2007.
2 - 8 April 2004
SIAC Rules Take Centre Stage at
International Moot Competition
Over 130 universities from more than 40 countries from
all the continents of the world, including some of the
most prestigious law school, are sending their brightest
and most articulate law students to Vienna to take part
in this year's Willem C Vis International Commercial
Arbitration Moot competition. Named after a former head
of the United Nations Commission on International Trade
Law (UNCITRAL), this annual event also attracts hundreds
of the world's prominent arbitrators, some of whom preside
over the moot sessions.
This year's moot problem features the SIAC Rules as
the institutional rules governing the arbitration. Mr
C R Rajah SC, an arbitrator on SIAC's panel, also sits
as Chairman of the Tribunal during the final round of
the competition.
SIAC is a regular sponsor of the Vis Moot.
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24 - 26 March 2004
Mock Arbitration Debuts at Maritime
Show
SIAC, in conjunction with Reed Exhibitions, is pleased
to present mock arbitration sessions at Asia's premier
maritime event - Asia Pacific Maritime 2004. Delegates
will see how common disputes such as claims for cargo
damage and advance freight are resolved by arbitration
under SIAC Rules.
The sessions will take place on 24 March and 25 March
at the following times: 1 - 2 pm and 3 - 4 pm. SIAC's
booth will be located at 3G02A2 in Hall 3, Singapore
Expo.
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1 January 2004
SIAC Users Enjoy More Savings
SIAC celebrates the new year with another move towards
quality arbitration at a sensible cost. Doing its part
to keep the cost of arbitration in Singapore down, SIAC
completes its review and rationalization of all its
fees and charges, an exercise that began in September
2002. Users now pay new, lower rates for the use of
facilities and
services and new, lower fees for taxation
of party and party costs. New preferential rates
also apply to frequent
users of SIAC's appointment and case management
services.
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