Singapore High Court: Arbitral Tribunal’s Power To Gate Witnesses, ‘Interest Of Efficiency’ vs. ‘Rules Of Natural Justice’

In CBP v CBS [2020] SGHC 23, the Singapore High Court was hearing a challenge to an award where the arbitrator had declined to hear evidence from all seven of the plaintiff’s witnesses because he was of the view that he was empowered by the procedural rules (the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore Chamber of…