RESEARCH ASSOCIATE – IDR SURVEY PROJECT

Published on Apr 04, 2019

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE – IDR SURVEY PROJECT   The Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy (SIDRA) aims to be Asia’s thought leader in negotiation and cross-border dispute resolution in three ways: thought leadership and think tank events; research and development; and, strategic consultancies. SIDRA will shortly become a new research centre at the Singapore Management University,…

An Implied Ground For Refusal To Enforce iMSAs Under The Singapore Convention On Mediation: The Effect Of Article 6

Published on Feb 25, 2019

Author:Shou Yu Chong,Professor Nadja Alexander (Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy)   This post is part of a series on the UN Convention on Mediated Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (the Singapore Convention on Mediation). In previous posts we have outlined the conventional view that Article 5 of the Singapore Convention establishes exhaustively all the possible…

Kluwer Mediation Blog – December and January Digest

Published on Feb 05, 2019

This blog was first published on 02 Oct 2018 in Kluwer Mediation Blog : link here   Author: Anna Howard (Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London)   The end of 2018 and the start of 2019 brought the usual diversity of posts on the Kluwer Mediation Blog.   Topics addressed include: recent legislation on mandatory mediation in Turkey, lessons on mediators’ liability…

Singapore Convention Series: Why is there no ‘seat’ of mediation?

Published on Feb 01, 2019

Author:Shou Yu Chong,Professor Nadja Alexander (Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy) : link here For dispute resolution practitioners familiar with the concept of the seat of arbitration, it may come as a surprise that the new UN Convention on International Settlement Agreement Resulting from Mediation does not include provisions in relation to the ‘seat’ of mediation. Why, you…

Press Release: Singapore Launches First International Dispute Resolution Survey

Published on Jan 23, 2019

The Singapore Ministry of Law (MinLaw) and the Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy (SIDRA) launched today the ‘International Dispute Resolution Survey’ to help corporations make strategic decisions on dispute resolution options, and to inform policy makers, dispute resolution institutions, and legal service providers on the dispute resolution needs of corporations. Please click…