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Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

2018

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The Impact Of The Singapore International Commercial Court And Hague Convention On Choice Of Court Agreements On Singapore’S Private International Law, Wei Yao, Kenny Chng Jul 2018

The Impact Of The Singapore International Commercial Court And Hague Convention On Choice Of Court Agreements On Singapore’S Private International Law, Wei Yao, Kenny Chng

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The advent of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) and the enactment of the Hague Convention on Choiceof Court Agreements 2005 (the Hague Convention) in Singapore presents an intriguing case study of the issues raised by theco-mingling of the rules of an international convention, jurisdictional rules for an international commercial court, andtraditional common law jurisdictional principles within the private international law and procedural rules of a singlenational jurisdiction. This article highlights several key issues raised by the interaction between the SICC, HagueConvention, and common law jurisdictional rules, and proposes solutions to streamline these three sets of rules into acoherent and …


The Impact Of The Singapore International Commercial Court And Hague Convention On Choice Of Court Agreements On Singapore’S Private International Law, Wei Yao, Kenny Chng Jul 2018

The Impact Of The Singapore International Commercial Court And Hague Convention On Choice Of Court Agreements On Singapore’S Private International Law, Wei Yao, Kenny Chng

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The advent of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) and the enactment of the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005 (the Hague Convention) in Singapore presents an intriguing case study of the issues raised by the co-mingling of the rules of an international convention, jurisdictional rules for an international commercial court, and traditional common law jurisdictional principles within the private international law and procedural rules of a single national jurisdiction. This article highlights several key issues raised by the interaction between the SICC, Hague Convention, and common law jurisdictional rules, and proposes solutions to streamline these three sets …