Tag: Samuel Lee

Regulatory & Compliance

The Missing Link – Proper Law of the Arbitration Agreement

Properly drafted contracts should (and usually do) have:

1. A clause specifying the system of law that governs the contract; and

2. A clause specifying how and where disputes arising under the contract are to be resolved e.g. Singapore Courts or Singapore Arbitration.…

28 February 2023

Shipping, International Trade and Logistics

The “Jeil Crystal” (2022) SGCA 66

What happens when an arresting party changes the basis of its arrest after a vessel has been arrested?

In the Jeil Crystal, the plaintiff bank abandoned its original claim against the defendant shipowners and obtained leave from Court to amend its statement of claim to substitute a new claim.…

2 December 2022

Dispute Resolution

Unexpected Situations When Trading Cryptocurrency

Despite the recent meltdowns, the cryptocurrency market is still alive and well and continues to see record levels of trade and investment even in the retail market. We have compiled below some legal evaluations of unexpected situations one might face in the cryptocurrency market.…

31 October 2022

SNAPSHOTS – Three Important Shipping Cases in 2021

Law Bites Special – June 2022 When is a Bill of Lading Not a Bill of Lading?

The Luna [2021] SGCA 84

Brief facts:

R sold bunkers on FOB terms to subsidiaries of OW Bunker (the “Buyers”). The Buyers nominated various bunker barges (of which A were the demise charterers/owners) for loading of bunkers at Vopak Terminal on various dates in October 2014.…

21 June 2022

The Co-Insurance Quandary

Law Bites – March 2021

The economics of insurance have been reliant on the doctrine of subrogation which allows the insurer to sue the “guilty” party on behalf of the insured. Two recent English cases highlighted situations where such rights of subrogation may be lost based on the terms of the contract between the insured and the “guilty party”.…

31 March 2021

Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP

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