Launch of SIDRA IDR Survey Final Report 2020 - 3 July 2020
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Why is international commercial arbitration more popular amongst legal users (lawyers and legal advisers) than client users (corporate executives and in-house counsel)?
Why is cost a key, but not crucial factor in the choice of dispute resolution mechanism amongst users?
What is the key factor influencing choice of arbitrator amongst users?
What is the most important factor amongst client…
Rachel Tan joins SIDRA
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SIDRA is pleased to welcome Rachel Tan to the SIDRA family. Rachel was formerly a Foreign Service Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a Singapore-qualified lawyer joining us from private practice as Research and Development Operations Lead.
Her full bio is below.
Rachel Tan Xi’en (Research and Development Operations Lead)
Rachel is an Advocate and Solicitor…
Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation's Golden Age - The Introduction
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SIDRA Director Nadja Alexander, together with Lela Love and Michael Leathes, has written the introduction to "Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation's Golden Age". The introduction can be found here: https://www.mediate.com/articles/leathes-keys-intro.cfm
SIDRA Director Nadja Alexander on "The Singapore Convention on Mediation: A Commentary"
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SIDRA Director Nadja Alexander gave a presentation on "The Singapore Convention on Mediation: A Commentary", which a book co-authored with SIDRA Research Fellow Shouyu Chong at an event organised by the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) and IMI - International Mediation Institute on 3 June 2020. A summary of the presentation and the…
Webinar: Conflict of Laws in BRI disputes: A Comparative Approach
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SIDRA will host a webinar on the conflict of laws in BRI disputes on 14 July 2020 with practitioners Patrick Zheng and Christopher Boog providing insights from the Chinese and Swiss perspectives, and with Prof Darius Chan providing comparative remarks from a common law lens. The event will be moderated by Allison Goh, formerly counsel with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre handling…
The Business Times: New Fronts for Mediation as Preferred Form of Dispute Resolution amid Covid-19
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Kelly Ng from The Business Times has written an article on how mediation could be on the uptake for businesses. The article highlights the Covid-19 Protocol by the Singapore International Mediation Centre, which could allow for a mediation to be organised within 10 working days. SIDRA Director Professor Nadja Alexander's remarks on cross-border mediation and hybrid mechanisms were also mentioned…