by UWD Admin | Apr 22, 2022 | Mediation
A POIGNANT MOMENT IN HISTORY 24 February 2022 will go down in history as a significant turning point following the collapse of the Soviet Union between 1988 and 1991 and, in particular, the pivotal event of the fall of the Berlin wall on 9 November 1989, bringing to...
by UWD Admin | Mar 21, 2022 | Mediation
Image credit: SIMC What is the Singapore Convention and why is it important? Since UNCITRAL opened the Singapore Convention on Mediation (“Convention”) for signature on 7 August 2019, there have been 55 signatories and nine countries have ratified the Convention,...
by UWD Admin | Feb 22, 2022 | Mediation
Multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses have been used for many years and the jurisprudence has recently accelerated in their development, to better support their proper practical application. Commonly, there is a pre-requisite when a dispute arises to attempt...
by UWD Admin | Jan 4, 2022 | Mediation
One assumes that the parties (both parties) embark upon litigation or arbitration expecting to win – i.e. expecting to succeed with the claim or defence, as the case may be. I make this assumption because I know first hand (having been a partner for many years in a...
by UWD Admin | Dec 20, 2021 | Mediation
Multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses have been used for many years now although the jurisprudence has taken time to develop, in order to support their proper practical application. Commonly, there is a pre-requisite when a dispute arises to attempt interparty...