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Singapore International Mediation Centre signs MOU with China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission and Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
The Mane Forum was held today in Singapore on the eve of a historic moment - the signing of the United Nations Convention on International Settlement …
IS MIXED-MODE DISPUTE RESOLUTION THE ANSWER TO BELT AND ROAD DISPUTES?
A trend to combine dispute resolution processes, typically mediation and arbitration, is gaining traction internationally. In Asia, the Belt and Road …
HONG KONG’S FUNDING LAW NOW IN FORCE
Hong Kong’s long-awaited legislation permitting third parties to fund arbitrations and related proceedings takes effect today. As heralded in our earlier …
Singapore: Herbert Smith Freehills advises on third-party funded arbitrations and contributes to leading publication on litigation funding
Singapore introduced legislation in 2017 to allow third-party funding in international arbitration and associated proceedings including enforcement and …
HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS CONTRIBUTES TO LEADING PUBLICATION ON LITIGATION FUNDING
Hong Kong has recently seen a flurry of legislative activity in relation to third-party funding. The long anticipated law allows third parties to fund …
Japan and Hong Kong agree arbitration and mediation cooperation
On 9 January 2019, Hong Kong’s Department of Justice and the Ministry of Justice of Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to “strengthen …
A new international Convention for the enforcement of mediated settlements
We are soon to have a new international regime for the enforcement of mediated settlement agreements. The UN Convention on International Settlement …
HONG KONG: UNLAWFUL DISMISSAL REINSTATEMENT RIGHTS FROM OCTOBER
Amendments to the Employment Ordinance ("EO") which strengthen the Labour Tribunal's ("LT") powers to make an order for reinstatement or re-engagement …
New convention on the enforcement of mediation settlement agreements approved
On 26 June, at the 51st session of UNCITRAL, final drafts for a Convention on the Enforcement of Mediation Settlements and corresponding Model Law were …
DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN ASIA-PACIFIC: PARTIES SEEK EFFICIENT PROCESSES AND ENFORCEABLE OUTCOMES
Following our report on the Global Pound Conference series, which brought together over 4000 stakeholders at 28 conferences worldwide, our analysis of …
Shaping the future of dispute resolution: global themes and regional differences revealed
The Global Pound Conference series - a unique and ambitious project to inform how commercial disputes should be resolved to better serve modern business …
Podcast: How Arbitration and ADR can be used together
In this short podcast Professional Support Consultants Hannah Ambrose and Vanessa Naish look at how Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (or …
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