DNO v DNP

[2025] SGHC(I) 24 Singapore International Commercial Court 18 September 2025 • SIC/OA 4/2025 • 106 min read
19 cases cited Cited by 1 case

Catchwords

Arbitration — Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside

Practice Areas

Arbitration

Judges (1)

Anthony James Besanko Delivered

Counsel (7)

LVM Law Chambers LLC Firm PDLegal LLC Firm Gursharn Singh Gill s/o Amar Singh Counsel Applicant Mohammad Haireez bin Mohameed Jufferie Counsel Respondent Ow Jiang Meng Benjamin Counsel Respondent Ramachandran Doraisamy Raghunath Counsel Applicant Tan Kah Wai Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

DNO Applicant DNP Respondent

Summary

DNO applied to set aside a SIAC arbitral award in a commodities trading dispute involving cashew nuts, alleging breaches of natural justice and conflict with Singapore public policy. The SICC dismissed the application, finding the tribunal had adequately addressed all essential issues including jurisdiction, contract formation, liability for breach, and damages, and that many of DNO's submissions improperly sought to re-argue the merits.

Statutes Cited

Arbitration Act (Cap 10)
Companies Act (Cap 50)
Customs Act
s 132
Evidence Act (Cap 97)
Indian Companies Act (Cap 50)
s 366
Indian Customs Act
s 132
International Arbitration Act (Cap 143A)
s 24(b)

Cases Cited (19)

SG (2)
[2021] SGHC 60 [2023] SGHC(I) 18
SLR (17)
[2007] 1 SLR(R) 597 [2007] 3 SLR(R) 782 [2007] 3 SLR(R) 86 [2008] 2 SLR(R) 491 [2014] 1 SLR(R) 860 [2014] 4 SLR 1042 [2014] 4 SLR 79 [2015] 3 SLR 488 [2016] 5 SLR 988 [2020] 1 SLR 695 [2021] 3 SLR 22 [2021] 5 SLR 405 [2022] 1 SLR 505 [2022] 2 SLR 115 [2024] 4 SLR 1108 [2025] 1 SLR 1 [2025] 3 SLR 209

Cited By (1)

[2026] SGHC(I) 2
DNO v DNP

Judgment

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Source: eLitigation ([2025] SGHC(I) 24)