PANASONIC APPLIANCES AIR-CONDITIONING MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. v ALPHA SEIKO PLASTICS SDN. BHD.

wa-24nccarb-13-05-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 10 January 2024 • WA-24NCC(ARB)-13-05/2023 • 18 min read

7 cases cited (1 SG, 6 foreign)

Catchwords

Arbitration - Setting aside interim award - Definition of "award" under Section 2 Arbitration Act 2005 - Distinction between award and interlocutory order - Procedural ruling on document admissibility not substantive decision - Natural justice - Opportunity to be heard on procedural directions - Application for additional documents necessarily involving witness recall - Public policy grounds - Threshold for violation of basic notions of morality and justice - Minimal curial intervention - Court discretion to refuse setting aside - Piecemeal challenges undesirable - Arbitral autonomy - Procedural flexibility in arbitration

Practice Areas

Judges (1)

Wan Muhammad Amin bin Wan Yahya Delivered

Counsel (7)

Selva Mookiah & Associates Firm Wong & Partners Firm Eddie Chuah Seong Eng Counsel Plaintiff Lim Sin Ern Counsel Plaintiff Sajitha Suresh Counsel Defendant Selva Mookiah Counsel Defendant Suria Juan Pillai Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

ALPHA SEIKO PLASTICS Sdn Bhd Respondent PANASONIC APPLIANCES AIR-CONDITIONING MALAYSIA Sdn Bhd Applicant

Statutes Cited

Arbitration Act 2005 (Cap 646)

Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (Cap 91)

Cases Cited (7)

SLR (1)

[2015] 4 SLR 364

UK (1)

[1982] 1 All ER 1042

MY (5)

[1999] 2 CLJ 788 [2003] 1 CLJ 103 [2019] 2 MLJ 413 [2019] 6 CLJ 588 [2020] 9 CLJ 213

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (wa-24nccarb-13-05-2023)