Do arbitral awards have a place in the Singapore Convention?

Published on May 08, 2019

Author: Sabrina LIM Su Ping, SMU X International Mediation Law and Practice Course 2018.  This blog has been published with the author’s permission.   Over the years, many jurisdictions have recognised the effectiveness of mediation as a dispute resolution mechanism. However, to make mediation a more attractive alternative mechanism to litigation and arbitration, there needs to be greater…

The greatest obstacle to promoting international commercial mediation in India – uncertainty in the mediation process

Published on May 03, 2019

Author: Chua Shu Ying, SMU X International Mediation Law and Practice Course 2018.  This blog has been published with the author’s permission.   It is no news that procedural inefficiencies and judicial backlog have plagued the Indian courts for many years. With over 54,000 pending cases in the Indian Supreme Court and an acute shortage of judges, it will take India at least another few…

Kluwer Mediation Blog – February and March Digest (Part 2)

Published on Apr 25, 2019

This blog was first published on 07 April 2019 in Kluwer Mediation Blog : link here   Author: Anna Howard (Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London)   “Conversation – respectful, engaged, reciprocal, calling forth some of our greatest powers of empathy and understanding – is the moral form of a world governed by the dignity of difference.” Lord Rabbi Jonathan…

Kluwer Mediation Blog: February and March Digest (Part 1)

Published on Apr 25, 2019

This blog was first published on 06 April 2019 in Kluwer Mediation Blog : link here   Author: Anna Howard (Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London)   “[…] one of the several paradoxes of mediation is that in many cases, the more logical, the more persuasive the argument, the more contrary and extreme the response. And in fact, what is needed, is the ability of…

The New UN Convention on Mediation (aka the ‘Singapore Convention’) – Why it’s Important for Hong Kong

Published on Apr 18, 2019

Authors: Professor Nadja Alexander (Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy) and Shou Yu Chong (Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy)   The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law’s (UNCITRAL) Convention on the Enforcement of International Settlement Agreements was adopted by the UN General Assembly on the 20th December 2018. Also known as the Singapore…