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Mediation
Mediation FAQs: What You Need to Know
What mediation is, whether it is confidential, whether it can be compelled, what follows a refusal and when a settlement binds.
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Insights into Mediation Dynamics
Settlement turns on judgement exercised under pressure as well as on the law. Four forces at work in negotiation, examined through recent research.
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Mediation for Complex Disputes
Corporate and commercial disputes are complex in law and in the interests they engage. Mediation meets both, in private and on terms of the parties’ design.
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Developments in Mediation since 2025
The courts’ first use of the power to order mediation, automatic mediation in small claims, pre-action reform and the Singapore Convention.
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The Role of the Mediator
The mediator holds no power of decision. The role is nonetheless exacting: managing the negotiation, holding confidences and testing whether agreement can be reached.
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The Cost of Refusal
A party who refuses to mediate, or ignores an invitation to do so, may lose part or all of the costs it would otherwise recover.
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