IQ Interview with Sir Bernard Eder

The Singapore International Commercial Court was established in 2015 as a forum for the resolution of international commercial disputes, including those involving derivatives. Sir Bernard Eder, one of the court’s international judges and a former judge at the High Court of England and Wales, talks to IQ about the court’s first five years and how it has continued to operate during the pandemic.

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