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Sapura Fabrication Sdn Bhd and another v GAS and another appeal

[2025] SGCA 13
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtCourt of Appeal of Singapore
Year2025
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Singapore courts have no mandatory obligation to carve international arbitration claims out of a restructuring moratorium merely because the arbitration agreement is valid; whether to grant a carve-out is a discretionary balancing exercise guided by the Wang Aifeng factors, not an 'exceptional circumstances' test.

Area of Law

Company, Insolvency & Banking

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