Publications on Dispute Resolution
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Michael is author or co-author of the following presentations, papers and publications on dispute resolution:

  • Basic Definitions in the Law of Occupiers' Liability" (1968) 10 Malaya Law Review 68
  • Singapore correspondent for "English and International Set-off" by Philip R Wood (Sweet & Maxwell, 1989)
  • Author of "Legal Services in the 1990s" published in Singapore Academy of Law Journal, 1990 pages 168 - 176
  • "Time for rejection of defective goods" (1992) 3 Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 334
  • Co-Editor of the chapter on Singapore in "Encyclopedia of International Commercial Litigation" (General Editor: Justice Anthony Colman) (Graham & Trotman, Kluwer Law International, 1991)
  • Co-Author of "Trends in Core Areas of Singapore Law - Equity" in "Review of Judicial and Legal Reforms in Singapore Between 1990 and 1995" (Butterworths Asia, 1996), page 185
  • Co-Author of "Proof of Foreign Law" in "Current Legal Issues in International Commercial Litigation" (Editor Teo Keang Sood) published by Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 1997, page 123
  • Consultant Editor for "Creating and Enforcing Security in Asian Emerging Markets" (Asia Law & Practice, 1997)
  • Former Singapore correspondent for the "International Arbitration Law Review" (Sweet & Maxwell)
  • Co-author of the chapter on Singapore law in "International Privacy, Publicity and Personality Laws" (Editor: Michael Henry, Butterworths, 1991)
  • Co-author of the chapter on Singapore in "Carswell's Handbook of International Dispute Resolution Rules" (Editor: Babak Barin, Carswell, 1999)
  • Co-author of "The Role of the Singapore Courts in relation to International Commercial Arbitration" (1999) 16(4) Journal of International Arbitration at 101
  • "Does Compulsory Acquisition Frustrate a Contract for the Sale of Immovable Property? - Lim Kim Som revisited" [2000] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 379
  • "Stay of Proceedings Pending Arbitration" Singapore Institute of Arbitrators Newsletter (July 2000 Issue) at 6
  • Co-author of "The Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Singapore" [2000] International Arbitration Law Review at 207 (Sweet & Maxwell)
  • Co-author of "Mediation In Singapore: A Brief Overview" published in Asian Dispute Review, Issue 1, September 2000
  • Co-author of "Supreme Court of Singapore Court of Appeal refuses to stay in winding up proceedings in favour of Arbitration" (published in Bulletin of the Swiss Arbitration Association, issue 2 [2001] page 380)
  • Author of the chapter on Singapore in "The Art of Advocacy in International Arbitration" (Editor: Doak Bishop - Juris Publishing, Inc 2004)
  • Co-author of the Chapter on Singapore in the "ICCA International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration" (Kluwer 2004)
  • Author of the commentary on Order 69 and Order 69A of the Rules of Court in "Singapore Court Practice 2005" (Lexis/Nexis) and "Singapore Civil Procedure 2003" (Sweet & Maxwell Asia)
  • Author of "Arbitrators and Barristers: an Unsuccessful Challenge" (Business Law International, Vol 6 No.2 p 235, May 2005)
  • Co-author of "Do Egregious Errors Amount to a Breach of Public Policy?" (published in (2005) 71 Arbitration 1, 364)
  • Co-author of "Cross-Border Insolvency - Liquidation" in "Law and Practice of Corporate Insolvency" (Andrew Chan, General Editor) (Lexis Nexis, 2005)
  • Author of "Court has no power under Model Law to restrain challenged arbitrator from proceeding prior to completion of arbitration" (Transnational Dispute Management Vol 2 Issue 3 - June 2005)
  • Author of "Why is there still resistance to arbitration in Asia?" Chapter in "Global Reflections on International Law, Commerce and Dispute Resolution" Page 401 (Editors: Gerald Aksen et al - ICC, 2005) Liber Amicorum for Robert Briner (revised version in "Table Talk" Autumn 2006 page 4)
  • Co-Author of Confidentiality in Arbitration - The Criteria Adopted by Institutions"
  • (Singapore Institute of Arbitrators Newsletter, No.2, 2005, pp. 3-7)
  • Author of "Arbitration discovery requires a sense of proportion" (The Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Experts in Commercial Arbitration (2006) Page 85)
  • Co-Author of "Discovery in Court and Document Production in International Commercial Arbitration - Singapore" (2006 Special Supplement ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin 33)
  • Co-Author of "ADR in East Asia" (Chapter in "ADR in Business - Practice and Issues across Countries and Cultures" page 147 (Editors: J.C. Goldsmith, Arnold Ingen - Housz and Gerald Pointon, Kluwer Law International, 2006)
  • Co-Author of "The Role of Witness Statements in International Commercial Arbitration" page 650 (Kluwer Law International 2007).
  • Co-Author of "Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards", chapter in "The Asian Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration", page 407 (Editors: Michael Pryles and Michael Moser, Juris Net, 2007)
  • Author of "Witness Conferencing" in "The Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration 2008" (Online version)
  • Co-Author of "Claims against Arbitrators for Breach of Ethical Duties", in "Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation" (The Fordham Papers 2007) published by Martinus Nijhoff at page 225
  • Editor-In-Chief of "Law Relating to Specific Contracts in Singapore" (Thomson - Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2008)
  • Co-author of "Relevant Considerations in choosing the place of arbitration" Asian International Arbitration Journal, AIAJ Vol. 4, No. 2 (2008), pages 195-220
  • Co-author of "Survey of South East Asian Nations on the Application of the New York Convention" Journal of International Arbitration, JOIA Vol. 25, No. 6 (Dec 2008) Pages 873-892
  • Co-author of "Public Policy as Grounds for Annulment of or Non Recognition or Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in East Asia" (Stockholm International Arbitration Review 200 Vol 2 page 91)
  • Author of "Witness Conferencing and Party Autonomy" (Transnational Dispute Management Vol 7 Issue 1 April 2010
  • Author of "Trial by Issues" (Transnational Dispute Management Vol 7 Issue1 April 2010)
  • Co-Author of "Defining the Indefinable - Practical Problems of Confidentiality in Arbitration", published in the Journal of International Arbitration, Vol. 26, Issue 5 (2009), pp. 609-645, presented as The Kaplan Lecture (Hong Kong, 2008)
  • Co-Author of "Protecting Confidentiality and its Exceptions - The Way Forward", published in ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, "Confidentiality in International Arbitration - 2009 Special Supplement", pp. 39-55.
  • Co-Author of "New Developments in Arbitration in Singapore", Asian International Arbitration Journal, AIAJ Vol. 5, No. 2 (2009), pages 210-222
  • Author of "Arbitration of Trust Disputes" in "The Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration 2009"
  • Co-Author of "Determining the Parties' True Choice of the Seat of Arbitration and Lex Arbitri" in Liber Amicorum for Ulf Franke (published in Between East and West: Essays In Honour of Ulf Franke) (Editor: Kaj Hober, Annette Magnusson, Maria Ohrstrom, pages 225 -237 (Juris , 2010)
  • Author of "Ten Questions Not to Ask in Cross-Examination in International Arbitration" in The Art of Advocacy in International Arbitration (Second Edition) (Editors: Doak Bishop and Edward G. Kehoe) (Juris Net, 2010, page 431)
  • Co-Author of "The 2007 Amendments to the New Zealand Arbitration Act 1996- - A Commonwealth Perspective" in (2010) New Zealand Law Journal, pages 153-156
  • Co-Author of "Effective Cross Examination in Asian Arbitrations" in Take the Witness: Cross Examination in International Arbitration (Editors: Lawrence W. Newman and Ben H Sheppard) (Juris Net 2010, page 269)
  • Author of "Singapore's Adoption of The 2006 UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration Amendments", The Paris Journal of International Arbitration (Les Cahiers de l'Arbitrage) 2010(1) pages 305 -307
  • Author of "Why Does Singapore Not Have a Variation of Trusts Act" published in Singapore Academy of Law Journal, 2011(3) pages 58-73
  • Co-author of the chapter on Singapore in "Arbitration in Asia" (Michael Moser - General Editor), (Juris 2010)
  • Author of "Recent Developments in Defining "Investment", ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Volume 25, Number 1 (Spring 2010)
  • Co-Author of "Definition of "investment - A voice from the eye of the storm" published in Asian Journal of International Law, Vol 1 Issue 1 (2011) pp 99 -129