In The Republic of India v Deutsche Telekom AG [2023] SGCA(I) 4, the Singapore Court of Appeal affirmed that the legal basis for making orders to protect the privacy of arbitration-related court proceedings in Singapore is the protection of the confidentiality of the arbitration itself. Such privacy orders will not be made if confidentiality of the arbitration has already been lost.
Our Koh Swee Yen, SC, Joel Quek, Axl Rizqy and Victoria Liu acted for the successful respondent in CA/SUM 4/2023 before the Court of Appeal.
This update takes a look at the Court of Appeal’s decision.
If you would like information and/or assistance on the above or any other area of law, you may wish to contact the Partner at WongPartnership whom you normally work with or any of the following Partners:
KOH Swee Yen, Senior Counsel
Head – International Arbitration
Partner – Commercial & Corporate Disputes
d +65 6416 6876
e sweeyen.koh@wongpartnership.com
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Joel QUEK
Partner – Commercial & Corporate Disputes
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e joel.quek@wongpartnership.com
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