Starboard (Issue 01/2019)

Starboard News: "EXCLUSIVE” MEANS EXCLUSIVE

January 31, 2019

In October last year, Starboard announced that the Singapore Court of Appeal has changed the law on exclusive jurisdiction clauses in a case that Dentons Rodyk handled. The change to the law was significant not least because the court said that it will no longer follow its own previously-stated principle - that it was entitled to consider the merits of a defendant’s case when it considered whether to order a stay of Singapore proceedings commenced in breach of an exclusive jurisdiction clause. The change in the law was to have general retroactive effect.

Starboard News: Mediation of maritime disputes aided by Singapore Convention

January 28, 2019

In the past few years, mediation has been regarded to be a serious mode of dispute resolution by the shipping industry.

Starboard News: Salvage reward and treasure

January 28, 2019

The Singapore government is proposing to implement the International Convention on Salvage, 1989 (‘the 1989 Salvage Convention’).

Starboard News: The Maritime Prognosis for 2019

January 28, 2019

The Singapore government’s plans for 2019 were laid out at the Singapore Maritime Foundation New Year Cocktail Reception recently.

Starboard News: The Role of Courts in a Connected World

January 28, 2019

Singapore’s size and absence of hinterland means that it must strive constantly to remain relevant in the region and in the world. Throughout its modern history, it has done so by focusing its activities on trade and connections with other jurisdictions using law as an important tool to do so.

Starboard News: Where is justice best served

January 28, 2019

Maritime activity, unless coastal or inland, is by its very nature international; and so too is the business of shipping.

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Starboard (Issue 01/2019)

Starboard (Issue 01/2019)

Starboard News: "EXCLUSIVE” MEANS EXCLUSIVE

Starboard News: Mediation of maritime disputes aided by Singapore Convention

Starboard News: Salvage reward and treasure

Starboard News: The Maritime Prognosis for 2019

Starboard News: The Role of Courts in a Connected World

Starboard News: Where is justice best served

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