Summary

Introduction

This was a contested application, CA/SUM 4/2023 ("SUM 4"), brought by the appellant in CA/CAS 1/2023 (the "Appeal" or "CAS 1") for the Appeal and any other applications that may be filed in connection with it to be heard in private, for any information (including the identities of the parties) or documents relating to the Appeal to be concealed, for the case file for the Appeal to be sealed, for the parties in the Appeal to not be identified in any hearing lists and for any published judgment or decision that may be issued in these proceedings to be redacted.

The Appeal sought to reverse and set aside an order made below for leave to enforce the final award issued in an arbitration between the parties.

SUM 4 raised the question of the legal basis upon which the court may make orders to protect the privacy of arbitration enforcement proceedings in Singapore. I dismissed SUM 4 on 25 April 2023 and now provide the detailed grounds for my decision.