Court room 4

The counsel proceeds with the arguments of his first issue but the judges surprise him by directing him to proceed with the second issue as they are already satisfied with regards to with the first issue.

Complying with the same, the speaker moves on ahead, unfettered and confident to put forward his arguments and takes on all the questions posed for him. The counsel was questioned as to why the Claimants opted for arbitration before negotiation and the counsel tried to answer the same but the judges seemed unsatisfied. The counsel also tried to rely on Singaporean case laws but the judges maintained that those cases won't be applicable in the present case and were unimpressed.