Lawlines Vol 10 Issue 1 - eOASIS - Rajah & Tann LLP

Vol 10 Issue 1 June 2008 • Rajah & Tann LLP’s Bi-Annual Journal on articles of current interest, features, and legal developmentsIN THIS ISSUE:A Round-Up Of LatestDevelopments In TheFirst Half Of 2008Rajah & Tann LLP Hosts9 th Lunchtime SeminarSeriesTax, Private Wealth &Trusts PracticeIn the final analysis, if party autonomy and finality are to be safeguarded, minimum interventionby Singapore courts is unavoidable if the goal of promoting Singapore as a centre of internationalarbitration is to be realised. As the Court of Appeal put it in Soh Beng Tee, ‘aggressive judicialintervention can only result in the prolonging of the arbitral process and encourage myriadunmeritorious challenges to arbitral award by dissatisfied parties’ and that if left unchecked,an interventionist approach can lead to indeterminate challenges and delays as well as causeindeterminate costs to be incurred.Court Of Appeal DeliversJudgment On The LTA-Komoco Motors DisputeInsider Trading And TheVexed QuestionOf General AvailabilityCourts And Arbitration -A Question Of Balance?Recent Developments InSingapore LawDisclosure OfConfidential InformationBy ProfessionalIn The Pursuit Of ItsLegitimate InterestsPublic PrivatePartnership Projects– The ProcessOpen Source In ITContractsFor more information, contact:Chong Yee LeongHead, International ArbitrationPractice GroupMartin TanDID: 6507 9552 DID: 6507 9554yee.leong.chong@rajahtann.comSenior Legal Executive, International ArbitrationPractice Groupmartin.tan@rajahtann.comChong Yee Leong has extensive experience in international arbitration and litigation covering all aspects of commercial, energy and buildingdisputes, with a focus on disputes arising from heavy civil engineering contracts, power, oil and gas, marine engineering, and land transportationprojects as well as professional negligence. Yee Leong was a partner at an international law firm from 2003 to 2007 and headed the InternationalLitigation and Arbitration Group in Singapore before rejoining Rajah & Tann LLP in April 2007.Martin Tan is a Senior Legal Executive with the International Arbitration Practice Group. Prior to joining Rajah & Tann LLP, he was a staffattorney with an international law firm.54 /77