The Straits Times, "Make Mediation Your First Port of Call for Legal Disputes" - George Lim (Senior Counsel)
Published on Jun 01, 2020
Mr George Lim (Senior Counsel and Chairman of the Singapore International Mediation Centre) has written an article for the Straits Times on how mediation should be the first port of call for legal disputes to improve chances of business recovery. This is so even if parties think that they have a strong case for litigation. The article also mentions that SIMC and the Singapore International…
SIDRA Director's Appointment to the International Advisory Board of the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes
Published on May 18, 2020
SIDRA is pleased to announce that SIDRA Director Professor Nadja Alexander has been appointed to the International Advisory Board of the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes. The current Ombudsman is Giuseppe De Palo, and more information on the Office of the Ombudsman can be found here: https://fpombudsman.org/.
The Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds…
New Faces at SIDRA
Published on May 12, 2020
SIDRA is pleased to welcome Vakhtang Giorgadze to the SIDRA family. Vakhtang, a lawyer from Georgia, joins us as Research Associate and will focus his research on the Singapore Mediation Convention. His full bio is below. Please stay tuned as we will be introducing the SIDRA family through our blog in the next few weeks.
Vakhtang Giorgadze (Research Associate)
Vakhtang is a qualified…
A note to the (anxious) young lawyer
Published on Apr 30, 2020
By: Ervin Tan, SIDRA BRI Research Affiliate
To the young lawyers looking forward to be called to the bar: congratulations, and welcome.
You’ve earned a well-deserved break after years of law school, bar exams, and - hopefully for most of you - a period of training that seemed longer than it was.
Some of you may worry about retention or getting offered a position as an associate. Some of you…
Singapore Case Note: Interpretation of MSAs and Inadmissibility of Evidence from Mediation
Published on Mar 17, 2020
Professor Nadja Alexander and Research Fellow Shouyu Chong have published the above case note in the Kluwer Mediation Blog. The link to the case note may be found at http://mediationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2019/03/17/singapore-case-note-interpretation-of-msas-and-inadmissibility-of-evidence-from-mediation/
Singapore Case Note: Settlement Agreement Invoked as Shield
Published on Feb 21, 2020
Professor Nadja Alexander and Research Fellow Shouyu Chong have published the above case note in the Kluwer Mediation Blog. The link to the case note may be found at http://mediationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2020/02/21/singapore-case-note-settlement-agreement-invoked-as-shield/