Dispute Resolution and Litigation
You’re in a dispute in Singapore. What you do in the first fortnight shapes what is recoverable later.
Information, not advice
This page is information, not legal advice about your matter. A retainer begins only when a lawyer confirms it.
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Save the evidence and check your deadlines
Documents, messages and any on-chain trail. The Singapore courts have granted proprietary relief in digital asset cases, and limitation periods decide what you can still bring.
What to work through, in order
Limitation periods
The Limitation Act sets six years for contract and tort, with extensions for latent damage and postponement in cases of fraud or concealment.
Preserving evidence and freezing assets
Mareva injunctions, Anton Piller orders and pre-action discovery are available, and the courts have granted proprietary injunctions over digital assets.
Costs and funding
Costs follow the event, and third-party funding is permitted for arbitration and prescribed proceedings. Conditional fee agreements are available for defined categories.
Recovery scams
Anyone who contacts you promising to recover your funds for an upfront fee is running a second scam against the same victim. No legitimate firm guarantees recovery, and no legitimate firm asks for payment in crypto to start.
Next steps
What happens if you go ahead
Scoping call
Written scope and fixed-fee quote
Engagement, once a lawyer confirms
Who would handle it
Offices
Melbourne
Level 17, 31 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Sydney
Unit 3, 55 Pyrmont Bridge Road, Pyrmont NSW 2009
Gold Coast
Level 5, 33 Elkhorn Avenue, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217