Singapore Judge: Investment-Treaty Arbitration Not Exempt From Confidentiality Law

Mealey's (October 20, 2020, 10:36 AM EDT) -- SINGAPORE — A Singapore High Court judge, addressing what is “arguably a novel question of Singapore law,” on Oct. 8 declined the Republic of India’s request for a declaratory judgment that Singapore’s confidentiality laws do not apply to investment-treaty arbitration documents such as those India sought to share with a Dutch tribunal, writing that such relief is not “necessary or justified in the circumstances of this case” and ordering India to pay the costs of the proceeding (Republic of India v. Vedanta Resources PLC, No. [2020] SGHC 208, Singapore High)....