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 in the article.

SIDRA is pleased to welcome Allison Goh to the SIDRA family.  Allison is a Singapore-qualified lawyer with private practice and counsel experience at an arbitral institution and joins us as Research Associate focusing on the Belt and Road Initiative. Her full bio is below.

Allison Goh (Research Associate)

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 Dispute Resolution Academy were respectively set up to act as a mediation standards and accreditation body, and to provide research and thought leadership in dispute resolution.

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.

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 may still be seeking a training contract.

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/

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/

In a special feature on SMU’s research that tackles the societal challenge of navigating boundaries and borders, SMU Professor of Law (Practice) Nadja Alexander explored how the changing field of international mediation is offering small businesses a cost-effective means of resolving commercial disputes.  Download PDF

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/2019/12/16/singapore-case-note-enforceability-of-settlement-agreements/?doing_wp_cron=1588563772.7487390041351318359375