The Singapore High Court (the “Court“) considered whether an arbitration clause which stipulated that disputes were to be settled by arbitration under the ICC Rules in Singapore administered by a non-existent institution was inoperable. The Court ruled that the arbitration clause in question was workable provided that an arbitral institution in Singapore agreed to conduct the arbitration. Please click here to read our post on our Arbitration blog.
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