Arbitral tribunals have a public duty to consider evidence of corruption

It was recently held, in Lao Holdings NV v Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and another matter [2021] SGHC(I) 10, that arbitral tribunals have a public duty to consider evidence of corruption, even if this is contrary to a prior agreement between the parties to the dispute.

This update discusses this important decision by the Singapore International Commercial Court.

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