New Faces at SIDRA

Published on Dec 15, 2020

SIDRA is pleased to welcome Dr Mark McLaughlin as Global Visiting Assistant Professor (PHD, China University of Political Science and Law) Samantha Clare Francis Goh (LLM, London School of Economics) as Consultant, and Theodora Ng and Chua Ching Wei (ongoing SMU LLBs) as part-time researchers. They are valuable additions to the SIDRA family and their profiles can be found on the SIDRA website…

Executive Summary of SIDRA Survey - 16 languages

Published on Dec 03, 2020

The Executive Summary of the Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy (SIDRA)'s IDR Survey 2020 (by Nadja Alexander, Vakhtang Giorgadze, LL.M. and Allison Goh) has now been translated into 16 languages (Arabic, Bahasa Indonesian, Chinese, English, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian). The translations can…

SIDRA Survey 2020 featured in SICC News (October 2020)

Published on Nov 30, 2020

The SIDRA Survey 2020 Survey (written by Nadja Alexander, Vakhtang Giorgadze, LL.M. and Allison Goh) has had its findings on international commercial litigation featured in the October 2020 issue of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) News. The feature is found at page 3 of the attached document. We hope you enjoy the read!

"Making the Most of out Mediation" - Article on SIDRA's 12 Sept 2020 Webinar

Published on Nov 27, 2020

On 12 September 2020, SIDRA held a webinar on mediation in investor-state disputes and were joined by Anna Joubin-Bret, Lucy Reed, Frauke Nitschke, and Zannis Mavrogordato, with Darius Chan and Nadja Alexander moderating. Rebecca Tan has written an article on the webinar which can be accessed through the link below. To quote a small excerpt from the article, the Singapore Convention has already…

IMSG Networking by SIDRA and SIMC

Published on Nov 09, 2020

The Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy (SIDRA) and Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) were pleased to host a networking session for the participants of IMSG 2020 organised by the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) on 6 November 2020! We had Wee Meng Chuan, Teh Joo Lin and Nadja Alexander share about their law and mediation journeys, followed by a quiz…

SIDRA-BIICL Webinar on China's Doctrine of Strict State Immunity in Belt and Road Disputes

Published on Nov 06, 2020

SIDRA was pleased to jointly hold a webinar with BIICL (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) on the implications of China's doctrine of strict state immunity in Belt and Road Disputes on 5 November 2020. We really enjoyed the engaging discussion and would like to thank Chiann Bao, Charles Tay, and Duncan Speller for joining us, with Allison Goh moderating.