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Mr Lok Vi Ming SC, Managing Director of LVM Law Chambers LLC and Deputy Chairman of SIMC, suggests that with the increasing complexity of cases, mediation has become increasingly popular. Disputants know they don’t have to go to court for a result - they can find finality and satisfaction in a successful negotiated settlement facilitated by a neutral, a mediator.

SIMC Specialist Mediator and TKQP Joint Managing Partner Marina Chin SC admits to being “uncompromising” as a litigator. But over the years, as she becomes more involved in mediation, “understanding other people's views, other perspectives is actually important,” she says, and all the more so as mediator.

SIMC Specialist Mediator and Clyde & Co Partner Eugene Tan discusses the potential of mediation for construction disputes.

On 1 November 2021, SIMC kicked off the Seoul ADR Festival (organised by KCAB) with a special webinar entitled “The New K-Wave: Evolution in Mediation Practice and Processes”.If you’re wondering what is the intersection between the Korean Wave, Squid Game, and international mediation, read on…

‘And it works’, says Tay Yu Jin, about a virtual mediation he participated as counsel in 2020. The case, a massive energy dispute, involved many parties dialing in from five jurisdictions across several time zones. Yu Jin further explains the value of institutional mediation; SIMC facilitated the pre-mediation process and administered the week-long session - no easy feat, considering the scale of...

The importance of building trust and rapport cannot be understated in a mediation. Many mediators do what it takes to break the ice; some begin with a tea break, others use special schedules.

In this case, a fully online mediation administered by SIMC, Specialist Mediator William Ong switched effectively between English, Mandarin, Hokkien and some Teochew to warm frigid relations between parties

Mr Bazul Ashhab, Managing Partner of Oon & Bazul and SIMC Specialist Mediator reflects on the history of dispute resolution, and dispels myths about mediation. He illustrates the power of mediation through a case in which he acted as advocate.

On 9 September 2021, Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration, in strategic partnership with Oon & Bazul and the Singapore International Mediation Centre, organised a webinar titled “Hybrid Dispute Resolution Mechanisms as the Wave of the Future: Perspectives from Singapore as a Maritime Hub” as part of the Singapore Convention Week 2021.

In the 2021 edition of the Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments, CMS Cameron Mckenna Nabarro Olswang LLP provides an international perspective to construction law and related cases. 

Mr Gregory Vijayendran SC (Greg) and Mr Yoshihiro Takatori (Yoshi-san), SIMC Specialist Mediators, were co-mediators in a cross-cultural, cross-jurisdiction dispute administered under the JIMC-SIMC Covid-19 Protocol. The mediation, held fully online, enabled all mediators and parties to dial in from their respective locations. The mediation was planned for three days but parties found closure and...