Singapore | Singapore High Court Reiterates that a Setting Aside Application is not to be Used to Attack the Merits of an Arbitral Award

In ONGC Petro additions Ltd v DL E&C Co, Ltd (formerly known as Daelim Industrial Co Ltd) [2023] SGHC 197, the General Division of the High Court upheld the arbitral tribunal’s decision ordering that DL E&C Co, Ltd pay only nominal damages to ONGC Petro additions Ltd (“OPAL”). The High Court rejected all of OPAL’s grounds of objections against the tribunal’s decision.  

 Chairman Jimmy Yim SC, Director Mahesh Rai, Senior Associate Brandon Yap and Associate Samuel Soo successfully represented DL E&C Co, Ltd in this matter. We discuss the High Court’s decision in this update.

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