Special Counsel Lukas Lim wrote an arbitration analysis on a case that involved an appeal from the Singapore High Court decision in DMZ v DNA [2025] SGHC 31, in which the High Court dismissed an application to review the decision of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Registrar on the commencement date of an arbitration. The Singapore Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and set down the principles as to what ‘matters’ under Article 5 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Commercial Arbitration 1985 (Model Law) would warrant court intervention. In upholding the principle of minimal curial intervention, the Court of Appeal considered the procedural determinations of a decision-maker in an arbitral institution, which do not affect the progress or conduct of an arbitration, are not subject to court intervention.

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