Leading Arbitration Lawyers & Firms by Reported Cases — Singapore

158 reported cases · January 2023 to October 2026

Updated

What did Singapore courts decide in Arbitration?

Singapore courts issued 158 reported Arbitration judgments (2023–2026), most in the High Court (74), of the 44 whose outcome could be read from the judgment, the most common was Application dismissed (21), the median monetary award recorded was $40,000. This is a descriptive summary of what the courts recorded in reported decisions, not legal advice.

Reported cases 158 (2023–2026)
By year 2026 (34) · 2025 (39) · 2024 (47) · 2023 (38)
By court High Court (74) · Singapore International Commercial Court (45) · Court of Appeal (22) · Court of Appeal (International) (13) · High Court Registrar (4)
Outcomes (44 judgments) Application dismissed (21) · Appeal dismissed (14) · Appeal allowed (4) · Appeal allowed in part (2) · Application allowed (2) · Application granted (1)
Median monetary award $40,000 (across 7 awards)
Most active counsel Koh Swee Yen (17) · Cavinder Bull (14) · Zhuo Jiaxiang (12) · Thio Shen Yi (10) · Mahesh Rai s/o Vedprakash Rai (9)

Compiled from 158 reported Arbitration judgments published on eLitigation. Counts and figures are derived from the judgments themselves; the Attorney-General's Chambers is excluded from the counsel and firm counts as the public prosecutor.

Outcome data updated

Across 158 reported Arbitration judgments in Singapore courts (January 2023 to October 2026), WongPartnership LLP is the most active firm by reported case count (40 cases), Koh Swee Yen is the most active lawyer (17 case appearances). The lists below count how often named firms and lawyers appear in reported decisions — a descriptive count of activity, not an assessment of quality or standing.

Overview

Arbitration appears in 158 reported Singapore judgments (2023–2026). The most common sub-topics are Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside (46), Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside — Breach of natural justice (12) and Enforcement — Foreign award (9). The most active judge by reported case count is Steven Chong (31 cases) and the most active firm is WongPartnership LLP (40 cases).

Which law firms handle the most Arbitration cases in Singapore?

WongPartnership LLP leads in Arbitration with 40 cases between January 2023 and October 2026, followed by Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP (34 cases) and Drew & Napier LLC (30 cases). 128 firms appeared in Arbitration cases during this period.

Who are the leading Arbitration lawyers in Singapore?

Koh Swee Yen is the most active Arbitration lawyer in Singapore with 17 case appearances between January 2023 and October 2026, followed by Cavinder Bull (14) and Zhuo Jiaxiang (12).

Which judges handle the most Arbitration cases in Singapore?

Steven Chong has handled 31 Arbitration cases between January 2023 and October 2026, the most of any Singapore judge. Sundaresh Menon (27 cases) follows.

How many Arbitration cases are reported in Singapore courts?

158 reported Singapore judgments (2023–2026) involve Arbitration, most often decided by Steven Chong.

What are the main sub-topics in Singapore Arbitration cases?

The main sub-topics are Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside (46), Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside — Breach of natural justice (12) and Enforcement — Foreign award (9).

Case Volume by Year

38
23
47
24
39
25
34
26
2023–2026

Key Issues & Sub-Topics

Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside 46 cases

  • The High Court dismissed all five grounds and the application to set aside, holding that the award stands in its entirety; directions on costs were to be given separately.

    High Court · 9 October 2026 · [2026] SGHC 210
  • The court allowed OA 1316 and set aside the award under Art 34(2)(a)(i) of the Model Law as there was no valid arbitration agreement.

    High Court · 6 October 2026 · [2026] SGHC 199
  • The SICC dismissed the application to set aside the award.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 15 September 2026 · [2026] SGHC(I) 18
  • The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and ordered the appellants to pay the respondents costs fixed at $90,000 (all-in) on the standard basis.

    Court of Appeal (International) · 15 September 2026 · [2026] SGCA(I) 4
  • The court ordered the claimant to pay the defendant's costs of SUM 1193 in the total sum of $37,840.75, made up of $7,000 for work before the transfer, $28,000 for work after the transfer and…

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 30 July 2026 · [2026] SGHC(I) 12
  • + 41 more cases

Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside — Breach of natural justice 12 cases

  • The court dismissed all three applications in their entirety with costs, to be agreed or fixed on written submissions, leaving the Quantum Award and Final Award in place.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 26 August 2026 · [2026] SGHC(I) 15
  • The High Court dismissed BREB's application to set aside the award in its entirety, with costs to be agreed or decided on written submissions.

    High Court · 5 August 2026 · [2026] SGHC 163
  • The High Court dismissed the application, finding no breach of the fair hearing rule and, in any event, no showing that any alleged breach could reasonably have made a difference to the award.

    High Court · 8 July 2026 · [2026] SGHC 141
  • The court dismissed the application on every ground and ordered the claimants to pay DSU's costs on the indemnity basis, fixed at $65,000 including disbursements.

    High Court · 15 June 2026 · [2026] SGHC 128
  • The court dismissed the application.

    High Court · 18 May 2026 · [2026] SGHC 106
  • + 7 more cases

Enforcement — Foreign award 9 cases

  • The Court of Appeal dismissed Russia's appeal with costs, holding that the Dutch appellate decisions establish that Russia agreed to submit the dispute to arbitration within s 11 of the Act and that…

    Court of Appeal (International) · 22 September 2026 · [2026] SGCA(I) 5
  • The High Court allowed Moveon's application, refused enforcement of the interim award under s 31(2)(d) of the International Arbitration Act 1994, and set aside the enforcement order, holding that the…

    High Court · 11 September 2026 · [2026] SGHC 186
  • The court dismissed SUM 62 and dismissed prayers 1 and 2 of SUM 286, for the reasons given in the 25 July Decision.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 25 November 2025 · [2025] SGHC(I) 27
  • The court dismissed Russia's claim to immunity, holding that it was precluded by issue estoppels arising from the Dutch appellate decisions from denying that it had agreed in writing to arbitrate, so…

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 25 July 2025 · [2025] SGHC(I) 19
  • The court allowed DKC's application and ordered that all further proceedings be stayed under s 6 of the Act, on condition that DKC commence a Stockholm expedited arbitration within 10 days seeking…

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 16 April 2025 · [2025] SGHC(I) 11
  • + 4 more cases

Restraint of proceedings — Foreign judicial 7 cases

Arbitrability and public policy 6 cases

  • The High Court allowed Moveon's application, refused enforcement of the interim award under s 31(2)(d) of the International Arbitration Act 1994, and set aside the enforcement order, holding that the…

    High Court · 11 September 2026 · [2026] SGHC 186
  • The court dismissed Erdenet's application to set aside the order granting permission to enforce the award, and upheld that order.

    High Court · 7 May 2026 · [2026] SGHC 97
  • The Court of Appeal, in a judgment delivered by Sundaresh Menon CJ, refused permission to appeal and dismissed the application, declined to order a case management stay, and left open the…

    Court of Appeal · 11 June 2025 · [2025] SGCA 25
  • The court dismissed both OA 26 and OA 27, holding DMF a party to the charterparty and bound by the arbitration clause, and leaving illegality and public policy to the tribunal.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 17 April 2025 · [2025] SGHC(I) 12
  • The SICC allowed the application, holding that GGK was entitled to an anti-suit injunction restraining Asiana from continuing the Korean proceedings on the catering agreement, and that GGS was…

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 1 December 2023 · [2023] SGHC(I) 23
  • + 1 more case

Arbitral tribunal — Jurisdiction 6 cases

  • The court dismissed both OA 26 and OA 27, holding DMF a party to the charterparty and bound by the arbitration clause, and leaving illegality and public policy to the tribunal.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 17 April 2025 · [2025] SGHC(I) 12
  • The court allowed the application and set aside the specified paragraphs of the Jurisdictional Ruling.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 30 December 2024 · [2024] SGHC(I) 34
  • The Court of Appeal (Sundaresh Menon CJ, Steven Chong JCA and Robert French IJ) dismissed the appeal at the close of oral argument and later gave its reasons.

    Court of Appeal (International) · 16 May 2024 · [2024] SGCA(I) 2
  • Chua Lee Ming J dismissed DFM's application to set aside the enforcement order, holding that although the DIAC arbitration did not accord with the parties' agreement, DFM had submitted to the…

    High Court · 15 March 2024 · [2024] SGHC 71
  • The Court of Appeal, in a judgment delivered by Steven Chong JCA, dismissed all three appeals.

    Court of Appeal · 11 October 2023 · [2023] SGCA 31
  • + 1 more case

Agreement — Scope 5 cases

Conduct of arbitration — Estoppel 4 cases

Stay of court proceedings — Grounds 4 cases

  • The SICC granted the respondents' stay applications under s 6 of the International Arbitration Act 1994 and ordered that both judicial management applications be stayed, with all disputes on the…

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 17 September 2026 · [2026] SGHC(I) 19
  • Assistant Registrar Wong Hee Jinn allowed DJA's application and stayed all proceedings in OA 1109 pending the final determination of the arbitration, with costs in the cause.

    High Court Registrar · 2 September 2024 · [2024] SGHCR 10
  • Lee Seiu Kin SJ dismissed the appeal.

    High Court · 14 March 2024 · [2024] SGHC 72
  • The court dismissed all four applications.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 30 January 2023 · [2023] SGHC(I) 7

Award — Recourse against award 4 cases

  • The High Court allowed Moveon's application, refused enforcement of the interim award under s 31(2)(d) of the International Arbitration Act 1994, and set aside the enforcement order, holding that the…

    High Court · 11 September 2026 · [2026] SGHC 186
  • The court granted leave to the applicant to file the executed further affidavit on or before 14 April 2025, reserving to the respondent all rights to argue at the hearing that it was inadmissible,…

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 14 April 2025 · [2025] SGHC(I) 10
  • The Court of Appeal dismissed India's appeal.

    Court of Appeal (International) · 15 December 2023 · [2023] SGCA(I) 10
  • The court dismissed all four applications.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 30 January 2023 · [2023] SGHC(I) 7

Agreement — Separability 4 cases

Award — Recourse against award — Breach of natural justice 3 cases

  • The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and ordered the appellants to pay the respondents costs fixed at $90,000 (all-in) on the standard basis.

    Court of Appeal (International) · 15 September 2026 · [2026] SGCA(I) 4
  • The Singapore International Commercial Court dismissed the application to set aside the partial award in its entirety, finding no breach of natural justice on either ground.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 1 December 2025 · [2025] SGHC(I) 29
  • The High Court dismissed both OA 198 and SUM 1653, finding no breach of natural justice under s 24(b) of the International Arbitration Act 1994 and no inability to present the case under Art…

    High Court · 9 September 2025 · [2025] SGHC 181

Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside — Whether tribunal breached natural justice by depriving party of reasonable opportunity to respond to case against it 3 cases

  • The High Court (Andre Maniam J) dismissed JXC's setting-aside application, including its challenge to the costs decision.

    High Court · 21 May 2026 · [2026] SGHC 100
  • The court dismissed the Employer's application to set aside the Final Award dated 2 April 2025 and the Decision and Addendum dated 25 June 2025.

    High Court · 31 March 2026 · [2026] SGHC 67
  • Vinodh Coomaraswamy J dismissed all three applications to set aside the award, with costs.

    High Court · 23 March 2023 · [2023] SGHC 69

Agreement 3 cases

Award — Recourse against award — Remission 3 cases

Stay of court proceedings 3 cases

Stay of court proceedings — Case management stay 3 cases

Conduct of arbitration — Waiver of objections 3 cases

  • The Court of Appeal (Sundaresh Menon CJ, Steven Chong JCA and Robert French IJ) dismissed the appeal at the hearing on 31 July 2024 and ordered RINFRA to pay SEC costs of USD160,000, giving its…

    Court of Appeal (International) · 17 December 2024 · [2024] SGCA(I) 10
  • The court dismissed Reliance Infrastructure's application to set aside the award and awarded costs to Shanghai Electric, with the amount to be agreed or decided on short written submissions.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 31 January 2024 · [2024] SGHC(I) 3
  • The court dismissed all four applications.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 30 January 2023 · [2023] SGHC(I) 7

Award — Setting aside 3 cases

  • The Court of Appeal (Sundaresh Menon CJ, Steven Chong JCA and James Allsop IJ) dismissed the appeal.

    Court of Appeal (International) · 13 September 2024 · [2024] SGCA(I) 6
  • The court dismissed LHNV's application to set aside the order granting GOL permission to enforce the ICSID award.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 18 April 2024 · [2024] SGHC(I) 9
  • The High Court dismissed the application to set aside the final award and ordered the applicant to pay the respondents costs fixed at $25,000 plus disbursements.

    High Court · 14 March 2024 · [2024] SGHC 68

Stay of court proceedings — Court’s discretion under Arbitration Act 3 cases

Award — Interim award 2 cases

  • The High Court allowed Moveon's application, refused enforcement of the interim award under s 31(2)(d) of the International Arbitration Act 1994, and set aside the enforcement order, holding that the…

    High Court · 11 September 2026 · [2026] SGHC 186
  • Chua Lee Ming J dismissed DFM's application to set aside the enforcement order, holding that although the DIAC arbitration did not accord with the parties' agreement, DFM had submitted to the…

    High Court · 15 March 2024 · [2024] SGHC 71

Award — Recourse against award — Infra petita challenge 2 cases

  • The court dismissed all three applications in their entirety with costs, to be agreed or fixed on written submissions, leaving the Quantum Award and Final Award in place.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 26 August 2026 · [2026] SGHC(I) 15
  • The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and upheld the award.

    Court of Appeal · 21 May 2025 · [2025] SGCA 23

Interlocutory order or direction — Injunction 2 cases

Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside — Jurisdiction 2 cases

  • The court dismissed the Employer's application to set aside the Final Award dated 2 April 2025 and the Decision and Addendum dated 25 June 2025.

    High Court · 31 March 2026 · [2026] SGHC 67
  • The Singapore International Commercial Court allowed the application in part.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 21 October 2025 · [2025] SGHC(I) 25

Stay of court proceedings — Mandatory stay under International Arbitration Act 2 cases

  • The Assistant Registrar allowed the application and ordered that ADM 83 be stayed in favour of arbitration under s 6 of the IAA, with liberty to apply.

    High Court Registrar · 24 April 2025 · [2025] SGHCR 7
  • The High Court allowed the appeal and ordered that OA 189 be stayed under s 6 of the IAA, and ordered DAY to pay DAZ's costs fixed at $10,391 for SUM 860 and $10,750.80 for the appeal, inclusive of…

    High Court · 5 July 2023 · [2023] SGHC 185

Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside — Natural justice 2 cases

  • The Singapore International Commercial Court dismissed both of the Rajawalis' applications, holding that none of the grounds for setting aside the award or the Enforcement Order had been made out.

    Singapore International Commercial Court · 16 December 2024 · [2024] SGHC(I) 33
  • The Court of Appeal dismissed the summons in limine as an abuse of process, and, for completeness, held that it would also have failed on the merits because the further evidence was not even…

    Court of Appeal · 27 September 2023 · [2023] SGCA 29

Confidentiality — Privacy 2 cases

  • The Court of Appeal (Sundaresh Menon CJ, Steven Chong JCA and Belinda Ang Saw Ean JCA) dismissed the application on 30 August 2024, and the request to amend it fell away.

    Court of Appeal · 30 October 2024 · [2024] SGCA 46
  • The Chief Justice dismissed the application on 25 April 2023, reserved the costs of the application until after the hearing of the appeal, and ordered that India's security for costs remain in place…

    Court of Appeal (International) · 9 June 2023 · [2023] SGCA(I) 4

Agreement — Breach 2 cases

Interlocutory order or direction 1 case

Conduct of arbitration — Foreign law 1 case

Key Statutes

cited in 145 cases
cited in 129 cases
cited in 17 cases
cited in 16 cases
Restructuring and Dissolution Act
cited in 11 cases
Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act
cited in 11 cases
State Immunity Act
cited in 8 cases
cited in 8 cases
cited in 7 cases
cited in 7 cases
cited in 6 cases
cited in 4 cases
Sale of Goods Act
cited in 4 cases
Indian Contract Act
cited in 3 cases

Court Distribution

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Methodology & disclaimer

Firms and lawyers are ranked by the number of reported Singapore court judgments they appear in, published on eLitigation. Counts reflect appearances in reported decisions only — unreported matters, settlements, and advisory work are not included. This is a descriptive count of activity by reported case volume, not an assessment of quality or standing, and not an endorsement or recommendation of any firm or lawyer. It is information, not legal advice.