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Fabiola v Faddey [2015] DIFC ARB 001: Balancing Arbitral Finality Against Parallel Annulment Challenges
How Sir John Chadwick’s intervention in the Fabiola dispute defined the DIFC’s cautious approach to enforcement during pending local court challenges.
Lathor v Liufan [2022] DIFC ARB 018: The Enforcement of DIAC Awards in Residential Tenancy Disputes
How the DIFC Courts are streamlining the transition from arbitral award to physical eviction in the private rental sector. On 14 November 2022, H.E.
Edward Dubai v Eevi Real Estate [2015] DIFC ARB 002: The High Cost of Procedural Obstruction
How Justice Sir David Steel and Deputy Chief Justice Sir John Chadwick dismantled a campaign of tactical delay in the enforcement of a USD 264 million award.
Giacinta v Gilam [2016] DIFC ARB 004: The Jurisdictional Shield Against Parallel Annulment Tactics
How the DIFC Courts solidified their role as an autonomous enforcement hub in the face of Dubai Court interference
Liu Chee Ming and Others v Loo-Lim Shirley [2008] SGHC 3
The High Court dismissed an appeal against the Strata Titles Board, affirming that such appeals are restricted to errors of law. It ruled that a Board's determination of 'good faith' is a mixed question of law and fact, making it immune to challenge without a legal error.
Harris Hakim v Allgreen Properties Ltd [2000] SGHC 271
Clause 5(3) of the Housing Developers Rules Form E (1990) did not restrict the developer's right to claim damages in excess of the 20% forfeiture amount, as the clause expressly preserved other rights available at law or in equity.
N K Rajarh and others v Tan Eng Chuan and others
The Court of Appeal held that a collective sale committee (CSC) must act with transparency and even-handedness towards all subsidiary proprietors. The CSC's failure to disclose incentive payment arrangements, which favoured only certain minority proprietors and involved the marke