Singapore Mediation Convention

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On November 17, 2023, Fordham Law School hosted its annual full-day Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation (“CIAM”), titled “Key Issues in International Dispute Resolution: 2023.”  The program concluded the fifth-annual New York Arbitration Week, which ran from November 13 through November 17, hosted by NYIAC and CIArbNY.  The program was a fitting capstone to…

ADR, Brazil, COVID-19, Greece, Kluwer Mediation Blog, Mediation, Singapore, Singapore Mediation Convention, Uzbekistan

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“I prefer to hope that this shift in perspective will be a chance for people, organisations, businesses, politics, whatever, to put so many of their ongoing disputes and conflicts aside because with this new perspective comes the realisation that these are not worth fighting. It is time to cooperate. May we go through and come…

ADR, Arbitration Act, Arbitration institution, Law of the Sea, National Arbitration Laws, Philippine Arbitration Convention, Philippines, Recognition and enforcement of arbitral award, Singapore Mediation Convention, South China Sea, UNCITRAL Model Law

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The year 2019 was a milestone year for alternative dispute resolution (“ADR“) in the Philippines. It saw the inaugural Philippine Arbitration Convention organized by the Philippine Institute of Arbitrators (“PIArb“) on 25 November 2019 (the “Arbitration Day“), the signing of the Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (the “Singapore Convention“), the implementation of…

ADR, Mediation, New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Singapore Mediation Convention

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International arbitration and mediation are often viewed as opponents in an antagonistic battle for the hearts, minds and wallets of disputants. The fear of arbitration losing its status as the most preferred form of alternative dispute resolution is palpable: Mediation’s key disadvantage has long been the difficulty of enforcing mediated settlement agreements. But the United…

ADR, Enforcement, International arbitration, International Mediation, New York Convention, Singapore Mediation Convention

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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 signatories as the New York Convention (NYC) which had 10 signatories (by the time the NYC came into force there were 24 signatories). The NYC…

Australia, Empathy, Kluwer Mediation Blog, Mediation, Mediation Act, Mediator, Scotland, Singapore Mediation Convention, The Roles of the Mediator

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“Listening conveys respect to the speaker, which in turn engenders respect for the listener. People who are respected because they listen will have more influence when they speak.” Bill Marsh in Don’t Sit On Your Ass[ets] – Part 2: The Arguments. Over the last couple of months, the Kluwer Mediation Blog has offered posts on…

2018 In Review, Astana International Financial Centre, Central Asia, China, Commercial Courts, Enforcement, HK Arbitration Week, HKIAC, HKIAC Rules, Mediation, Singapore, Singapore Mediation Convention, Third party funding

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As the end of the Year of the Dog approaches, we look back at five noteworthy developments in the arbitration world in PR China, Hong Kong and Central Asia and their coverage on our Blog. 1. New HKIAC Arbitration Rules and the Prominence of Hong Kong as an Arbitral Seat Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre…