Singapore’s stance on enforcement of foreign awards set aside at the seat: Some recent developments

Development summary

Although an arbitral award set aside by the supervisory court at the seat may appear to have ceased to exist legally, the award creditor may still seek enforcement where the award debtor’s assets are located. Jagriti Vij considers the differing weight given to the seat court’s decision, the relationship between the seat court’s primary jurisdiction and the enforcing court’s secondary jurisdiction, and Singaporean courts’ approach to enforcing annulled awards.