Ng Kim Beng
Kim Beng is a dispute resolution lawyer whose focus is on international arbitration. He is a senior member of Rajah & Tann's International Arbitration Practice. The practice has been consistently listed by the Global Arbitration Review as among the top arbitration practices in Asia.
Regularly involved in institutional and ad hoc arbitrations, Kim Beng has represented clients in disputes on projects in building and construction, investment and joint ventures, finance, power, oil & gas and telecommunications infrastructure and networks. In addition to representing a number of public-listed corporations in Singapore, he also acts for leading companies from Asia, Europe and the United States, in their cross-border disputes and international arbitration matters.
Kim Beng also contributes to law reform initiatives in Singapore, serving as a member of the Sub-Committee for the Review of Building and Construction Law in Singapore under the Law Reform Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law.
Outside of professional practice, Kim Beng is adjunct faculty with the Singapore Management University, teaching International Construction Law for both LLB and JD courses offered.
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PRACTICE NOTES
Interim relief in Singapore arbitration: tribunal and court powers, emergency arbitrators, applicable standards and enforcement under the IAA, AA and 2025 SIAC Rules
Interim relief
As a general proposition, interim relief comprises measures designed to preserve the status quo between parties until their dispute is resolved. Such orders may prevent the dissipation of assets in issue, forestall the destruction of evidence, or address any other concern that threatens to influence the result and/or the effectiveness of the ultimate anticipated decision (e.g. restraining court proceedings brought in breach of an arbitration agreement). The availability of interim relief is a crucial procedural tool safeguarding the integrity of arbitral proceedings. In its absence, a final arbitral award could be rendered nugatory and any ultimate relief thwarted. In Singapore, the International Arbitration Act (IAA) and the Arbitration Act (AA) alike authorise Singapore-seated tribunals, as well as the Singapore courts, to grant interim measures in aid of arbitration. In addition, both the 2001 AA and the IAA allow parties to exclude or curtail the scope of powers vested in tribunals by statute, or indeed to confer powers not expressly set out in the legislation, subject to overriding public policy considerations—see Sundaresh Menon’s Arbitration in Singapore: A Practical Guide (Sweet & Maxwell) (2nd Ed, 2018) at [12.109]. as reflected in the AA, the IAA, and the cited Practical Guide therein The...
Arbitration
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