In Supershield Ltd v Siemens Building Technologies FE Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 7, the English Court of Appeal considered the House of Lords case of The Achilleas [2009] 1 AC 61, which modified the traditional rule of remoteness in Hadley v Baxendale. While the rule in The Achilleas had previously been used only in an exclusionary manner, the Court here extended its scope by applying it in an inclusionary manner. This Update provides a summary of the case. 

On 7 July 2010, Singapore became the first Asian country to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts, as a result of which Singapore's legal framework for electronic transactions, the Electronic Transactions Act was repealed and re-enacted. This Update provides a brief look at it.  

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre recently released the latest edition of the SIAC Arbitration Rules which came into operation on 1 July 2010. This Update provides the key features of the 2010 SIAC Rules. 

In Oceanbulk Shipping & Trading SA v TMT Asia Limited [2010] EWCA Civ 79, the English Court of Appeal overruled the earlier High Court decision on the admissibility of without prejudice exchanges to interpret a settlement agreement. The Court rejected the proposition that when without prejudice exchanges are admitted in evidence to prove that a settlement agreement was concluded, they can also be looked at to interpret the terms of the agreement. This Update provides a summary of the case.