DKB v DKC

[2025] SGHC(I) 26 Singapore International Commercial Court 12 November 2025 • SIC/OA 10/2024 ( HC/SUM 1133/2024 ) • 4 min read

1 cases cited

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Separate hearings for separate questions or issues — Preliminary questions based on assumptions rather than admitted facts — Order 16 r 11 Singapore International Commercial Court Rules 2021 (2020 Rev Ed)

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Thomas Bathurst Delivered

Counsel (9)

A.Ang, Seah & Hoe Firm Allen & Gledhill LLP Firm Breakpoint LLC Firm Chan Xiaohui Darius (Chen Xiaohui) Counsel Claimant Chong Yee Leong Counsel Defendant James Ch'ng Chin Leong Counsel Claimant KarLuis Quek Counsel Defendant Lee Wei Cong Terence Counsel Claimant Liew Pei Jun Annette Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

DKB Claimant DKC Defendant

Summary

In enforcement proceedings for a US$315.9 million arbitral award, the claimant DKB proposed three separate legal questions to be determined on assumed facts to avoid a factual inquiry into whether DKB was owned by a sanctioned individual. The SICC declined to order separate determination of the questions, finding it undesirable to determine proceedings on assumed rather than admitted facts, particularly where the underlying facts were uncertain and the legal questions were novel.

Statutes Cited

Arbitration Act (Cap 10)

International Arbitration Act (Cap 143A)

s 31(4)(b)

Cases Cited (1)

SLR (1)

[2025] 4 SLR 170

Judgment

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Source: eLitigation ([2025] SGHC(I) 26)