If the number of signatories at the launch of a convention is any measure of success, then the Singapore Convention on Mediation (Singapore Convention) had close to five times the…
…increased prospects for the enforceability of international mediated settlement agreements; the Convention being the missing third link complementing the New York Convention and the Hague Convention on Choice of Court…
Co-organised by YSIAC’s Ms Kirsten Teo and Young ICSID’s Ms Celeste Salinas Quero, this YSIAC-Young ICSID webinar on the impact of the Singapore Convention on Mediation (“Convention”) on international investment…
…reason why there is room for some healthy scepticism over the Singapore Convention is that there is some uncertainty over how the Singapore Convention will be operationalised. This has several…
…easily enforced abroad in the absence of a litigation equivalent to the New York Convention. The Singapore Government is reportedly studying Singapore’s possible accession to the Hague Convention on the…
…Enforcement of Arbitral Awards (‘New York Convention’), described the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements (‘Hague Convention’) as “a sort of mini version of the New York Convention for…
…also identify four lessons learned for those engaging in mediation under Singaporean law. In “Singapore Convention Series: A plea for the adoption of the Singapore Mediation Convention by the EU”,…
…Bill 2016, (published 10 January 2017), para. 18. This includes the Singapore International Commercial Court, which is a part of the Singapore Supreme Court. Reflecting Singapore’s intention to strictly…
…out above, under Article IX(2) of the Geneva Convention, where states are party to both the New York Convention and the Geneva Convention, the provisions of the Geneva Convention regarding…
…a game changer. There are already conventions in existence, which assist enforcement. Hague Convention vs. New York Convention Even if the Hague Convention becomes ratified by more states the ease…
…(“Vienna Convention”) applies to the interpretation of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (“ICSID Convention”). While the Vienna Convention does not…
…Singapore Mediation Convention: Response To Concerns (Part I) and (Part II), Wei Sun identifies and responds to concerns regarding whether China should sign up to the Singapore Mediation Convention. The…
Of the six States that have ratified the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (“Convention”) only Singapore seems to have made any requisite preparation for its…
…against the ICSID Convention’s spirit. The conventional provisions providing that remedies against ICSID awards are limited by the four corners of the ICSID Convention should preclude Ukrainian courts from applying…
…Series: Bill to ratify before Singapore Parliament, Nadja Alexander and Shou Yu Chong explain that the Singapore Convention will come into force six months after three States have ratified it…
…of the highlights from the signing ceremony of the Singapore Mediation Convention. Nadja’s post includes a list of the 46 states that signed the convention at the signing ceremony and…
…another appeal (2013) SGCA 57. the Singapore Court of Appeal (the “Court“) grappled with the question of whether an unsuccessful party to an international arbitration award rendered in Singapore (a…
…Convention thus comes into force for the Seychelles today (Article XII(2) New York Convention). The Cabinet and the National Assembly had approved the accession on 28 November 2019 and on…
…Likewise, in the preamble to the 1975 Inter-American (Panama) Convention on International Commercial Arbitration, states parties express their desire to “conclud[e] a convention on international commercial arbitration.” Inter-American Convention on…
…awards. These are: (i) The Arab Convention on the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards of 1952 (Arab League Convention). (ii) The Riyadh Convention on Judicial Cooperation of 1983…
…reforms may operate in practice if implemented. Announcements in Hong Kong and Singapore Singapore’s Ministry of Law issued a Public Consultation Paper on Conditional Fee Agreements (the “Singapore Paper”)…
…to government initiatives to promote Singapore as an international dispute resolution mecca. Anchored by Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the well-accoutered Maxwell Chambers, Singapore is attracting a growing share of…
…Geneva Conventions. On the basis of Article VII(2), perhaps the New York Convention was less favorable than the European Convention of 1961, but otherwise, it continued to be celebrated at…
…For instance, should the European Union adhere to the Convention, the Convention would co-exist with the 1968 Brussels Convention and the 2001 Regulation on jurisdiction and recognition of foreign judgments,…
