Whilst the Singapore Court is empowered to impose terms and conditions as it may think fit when ordering a stay of court proceedings in favour of arbitration, when will it do so? This question was answered by the Court of Appeal in The Navios Koyo [2021] SGCA 99 where it also considered whether the quantum of a potentially time-barred claim may be taken into consideration in assessing whether a waiver of a time bar defence should be imposed as a condition for the stay.
In this Update, we summarise the Court of Appeal’s decision and highlight the key points of the judgment.
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