Abstract

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a topic that has garnered attention from academics and arbitration practitioners alike is the relationship between insolvency and arbitration proceedings. This is primarily due to the anticipated increase in the number of businesses that will be in financial distress and may experience solvency concerns attributable to the pandemic. Although the worlds of insolvency and arbitration are seemingly distant, a review of case law in Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore indicates that there are a number of occasions during which they regularly ...