Abstract:
The Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) rendered its first written judgment in its first case on 12 May 2016, setting a significant milestone since its establishment in 2015. The procedural aspects of the SICC’s first case offer many valuable insights on several key features of the SICC. This commentary seeks to elucidate these insights for the reader, particularly on matters relating to the transfer of proceedings to the SICC, the strength of the SICC panel, the discovery regime, the determination of questions of foreign law, registered foreign lawyers and their participation, as well as confidentiality applications. This commentary also considers some practice issues relating to case management, the use of technology, appeals, as well as fees and costs for proceedings in the SICC.