Private International Law
Private International Law is a primary practice area in Singapore's legal system. This area encompasses 85 cases from 2000 to 2025.
Leading Law Firms
Analysis of law firms specializing in Private International Law, ranked by case volume and success rates.
| Law Firm | Cases |
|---|---|
| Drew & Napier LLC58.82% success rate | 17 cases20.0% of area |
| WongPartnership LLP22.22% success rate | 9 cases10.6% of area |
| Rajah & Tann LLP50.00% success rate | 8 cases9.4% of area |
| Allen & Gledhill LLP50.00% success rate | 8 cases9.4% of area |
| Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP100.00% success rate | 6 cases7.1% of area |
| Shook Lin & Bok LLP75.00% success rate | 4 cases4.7% of area |
| Mallal & Namazie75.00% success rate | 4 cases4.7% of area |
| Attorney-General’s Chambers25.00% success rate | 4 cases4.7% of area |
| Legal Clinic LLC100.00% success rate | 4 cases4.7% of area |
| Rajah & Tann75.00% success rate | 4 cases4.7% of area |
Notable Lawyers
Leading lawyers practicing in Private International Law, ranked by case volume and success rates.
| Lawyer | Cases |
|---|---|
| Cavinder Bull69.23% success rate | 6 cases7.1% of area |
| Suresh Damodara0.00% success rate | 4 cases4.7% of area |
| Loh Wai Yue75.00% success rate | 3 cases3.5% of area |
| Hamidul Haq50.00% success rate | 3 cases3.5% of area |
| Yap Teong Liang66.67% success rate | 3 cases3.5% of area |
| Jaikanth Shankar25.00% success rate | 3 cases3.5% of area |
| Liao Yanting0.00% success rate | 3 cases3.5% of area |
| Colin Liew100.00% success rate | 3 cases3.5% of area |
| Leong Yi-Ming80.00% success rate | 3 cases3.5% of area |
| Kam Su Cheun Aurill100.00% success rate | 3 cases3.5% of area |
Recent Judgments
Displaying 50 most recent judgments out of 85 total cases
| No. | Title | Court | Decision Date | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terraform Labs: Recognition of US Chapter 11 Liquidation Plan under SG Model Law | Singapore International Commercial Court | 20 Feb 2025 | Reliefs granted under Article 21(1) of the SG Model Law. |
| 2 | Aastar Trading v Olam Global Agri: Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Award & Adjournment Pending Setting Aside | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 12 Jan 2025 | Adjournment of Singapore enforcement proceedings granted. |
| 3 | British Steamship v Thresh: Cross-Border Insolvency & COMI Determination | Court of Appeal of the republic of singapore | 23 Oct 2024 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 4 | A Symphony v Sea Justice: Forum Non Conveniens & Retention of Security in Admiralty Collision Case | Court of Appeal of the republic of singapore | 25 Aug 2024 | Appeal dismissed with costs fixed at $25,000 (all-in). |
| 5 | Re Fullerton Capital Ltd: Cross-Border Insolvency & Disclosure Orders | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 17 Jun 2024 | Application allowed in the main |
| 6 | Powercom Co v Sunpower Semiconductor: Enforcement of Foreign Judgment & Limitation Act | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 26 Mar 2024 | Judgment for Plaintiff |
| 7 | The "Sea Justice": Collision Dispute, Forum Non Conveniens, and Admiralty Jurisdiction | General Division of the High Court | 08 Feb 2024 | Appeals dismissed. Security to be returned to Defendant; arrest of vessel not set aside; Plaintiff to pay expert fees. |
| 8 | Symphony Shipbuilding SA v Sea Justice Ltd: Forum Non Conveniens & Duty of Disclosure in Admiralty Collision Case | General Division of the High Court | 28 Dec 2023 | Stay Application granted; application to set aside warrant of arrest dismissed; security to be returned to the Defendant. |
| 9 | Tan Wei Heng Kelvin v Tok Beng Tong: Forum Non Conveniens in Investment Dispute | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 11 Dec 2023 | Appeal allowed for the proceedings in OC 385 to be stayed on the ground of forum non conveniens. |
| 10 | Xitrans Finance Ltd v Tania Rappo: Forum Non Conveniens Stay & Lifting of Stay Application | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 12 Jul 2023 | Applications dismissed. |
| 11 | Guanghua SS Holdings Ltd v Lim Yew Cheng: Setting Aside Registration of Foreign Judgment & Substituted Service | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 14 Jun 2023 | Application dismissed |
| 12 | Proofpoint, Inc v Maiwand Youssoftay: Application for Production of Documents in Aid of Foreign Proceedings | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 17 May 2023 | Claimant's application dismissed. |
| 13 | Perry v Esculier: Choice of Law in Ponzi Scheme, Trust & Recipient Liability | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 01 Mar 2023 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 14 | Deutsche Telekom AG v. Republic of India: BIT, Arbitration, State Immunity, Enforcement of Award | SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL COURT | 29 Jan 2023 | SUM 155, SUM 24, SUM 45 and SUM 720 are dismissed. |
| 15 | Kuswandi Sudarga v Sutatno Sudarga: Service Out of Jurisdiction & Natural Forum Dispute | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 29 Nov 2022 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 16 | Perry v Esculier: Cost Allocation in SICC Dispute Over Ponzi Scheme Investments | Singapore International Commercial Court | 28 Aug 2022 | Plaintiffs to pay Defendants' costs and disbursements. |
| 17 | Perry v Esculier: Ponzi Scheme, Tracing, and Choice of Law in Cross-Border Investments | Singapore International Commercial Court | 14 Jul 2022 | Judgment for Defendants |
| 18 | VEW v VEV: Anti-Suit Injunction & Restraint of Foreign Proceedings in Divorce | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 13 Apr 2022 | Appeal Allowed |
| 19 | Lao Holdings NV v Government of the Lao PDR: Setting Aside ICSID & PCA Awards for Bribery & Corruption Allegations | Singapore International Commercial Court | 12 Apr 2022 | Applications dismissed |
| 20 | Malaysian Trustees Bhd v Tan Hock Keng: Registration of Foreign Judgment & Appeal Under Reciprocal Enforcement of Commonwealth Judgments Act | General Division of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 29 Jun 2021 | Appeal Allowed |
| 21 | Republic of India v Vedanta Resources: Confidentiality in Investment Treaty Arbitration | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 07 Oct 2020 | Application Dismissed |
| 22 | Paulus Tannos v Heince Tombak Simanjuntak: Recognition of Foreign Bankruptcy Orders & Natural Justice | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 26 Aug 2020 | Appeals allowed. |
| 23 | Ivanishvili v Credit Suisse: Amendment of Pleadings and Forum Non Conveniens in Trust Dispute | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 02 Jul 2020 | Appeal Allowed |
| 24 | - | 29 Dec 2019 | Unknown | |
| 25 | - | 26 Nov 2019 | Unknown | |
| 26 | ST Group Co Ltd v Sanum Investments: Enforcement of Arbitration Award & Scope of Arbitration Agreement | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 17 Nov 2019 | Civil Appeal No 113 of 2018 allowed; Leave Order granted to Sanum Investments Limited set aside. Civil Appeal No 114 of 2018 dismissed. |
| 27 | Civelli v. Mulacek: Forum Non Conveniens & Anti-Suit Injunction in Loan Dispute | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 13 Aug 2019 | Mr Mulacek’s application for an anti-suit injunction to restrain the Texas proceedings is dismissed. Subject to Mr Civelli fulfilling his undertaking to discontinue both suits, Mr Civelli’s applications for an extension of time to apply for a stay of Mr Mulacek’s counterclaim, and for a stay of the same are granted. |
| 28 | Lakshmi Anil Salgaocar v Jhaveri Darsan Jitendra: Anti-Suit Injunction & Natural Forum Dispute | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 25 Jul 2019 | Appeal Allowed |
| 29 | - | 23 May 2019 | Unknown | |
| 30 | - | 12 Feb 2019 | Unknown | |
| 31 | Anil Singh Gurm v J S Yeh & Co: Video Link Evidence & Witness's Fear of Prosecution | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 04 Oct 2018 | Application dismissed with costs to the defendants. |
| 32 | Shanghai Turbo v Liu Ming: Setting Aside Service Order & Interim Injunctions | High Court of Singapore | 29 Jul 2018 | Application to set aside service order and interim injunctions allowed. |
| 33 | Bachmeer Capital v Ong Chih Ching: Video Link Evidence in International Commercial Dispute | SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL court of the republic of singapore | 12 Feb 2018 | Application allowed in part and dismissed in part. |
| 34 | Sinco Technologies v Singapore Chi Cheng: Forum Non Conveniens & Stay of Proceedings | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 26 Sep 2017 | The defendants’ applications for a stay of proceedings were granted, with a stay of six months until 2018-01-12. The plaintiff was ordered to commence proceedings afresh in Zhuhai, to be tried together with the first defendant’s claim against the plaintiff there. |
| 35 | UFM v UFN: Financial Relief After Foreign Divorce & Interpretation of Women's Charter Chapter 4A | High Court Family | 21 Sep 2017 | Appeal allowed; wife granted leave to proceed with her application for financial relief. |
| 36 | - | 28 Aug 2017 | Unknown | |
| 37 | - | 13 Aug 2017 | Unknown | |
| 38 | Van Zyl v Kingdom of Lesotho: Enforcement of Arbitral Award Against a State | High Court of Singapore | 07 May 2017 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 39 | Rappo v Accent Delight: Forum Non Conveniens, Stay of Proceedings & Conflict of Laws | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 17 Apr 2017 | Appeal Allowed |
| 40 | BC Andaman v Xie Ning Yun: Anti-Suit Injunction & Arbitration of Blue Canyon Country Club Dispute | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 30 Mar 2017 | Permanent anti-suit injunction granted to BC Andaman, Legacy Resources, Ace United, and Legacy Resources (Thailand); denied for Murex Co. |
| 41 | Rotary Engineering v Kioumji & Eslim: Forum Non Conveniens and Stay of Proceedings | Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | 20 Mar 2017 | Appeal allowed. |
| 42 | BBW v BBX: Sealing Order & In Camera Hearing for Arbitration-Related Suit | High Court | 07 Sep 2016 | Applications granted. |
| 43 | Re Wordsworth: Ad Hoc Admission for Lesotho's Investor-State Arbitration Challenge | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 28 Aug 2016 | Application allowed with no order as to costs. |
| 44 | Mann Holdings v Ung Yoke Hong: Forum Non Conveniens & Loan Repayment Dispute | High Court of the Republic of Singapore | 07 Jun 2016 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 45 | - | 17 Apr 2016 | Unknown | |
| 46 | Abdul Rashid v Hii Yii Ann: Forum Non Conveniens & Witness Compellability | High Court | 27 Jan 2016 | Defendant's application to stay proceedings on the grounds of forum non conveniens dismissed. |
| 47 | Bunge SA v Indian Bank: Forum Non Conveniens & Breach of Undertaking | High Court | 29 Dec 2015 | Singapore proceedings stayed in favour of India as the more appropriate forum. |
| 48 | Yap Chai Ling v Hou Wa Yi: Setting Aside Decree Nisi Based on Prior Foreign Divorce Judgment | High Court | 11 Nov 2015 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 49 | Harjit Kaur v Saroop Singh: Financial Relief After Foreign Divorce Under Women's Charter | High Court | 19 Jul 2015 | Appeal Dismissed |
| 50 | TDX v TDY: Cross-Border Parental Child Abduction & Forum Non Conveniens | High Court | 29 Jun 2015 | Appeal Allowed |