The Singapore Convention on Mediation, currently in its second edition, is an article-by-article commentary wherein the authors furnish a robust report on the features of the Singapore Convention on Mediation and their implications, with an analysis of potential controversies and authoritative clarifications of particular provisions.

What’s in this book:

The book thoroughly examines the following issues and topics:

• international mediated settlement agreements as a new type of legal instrument in international law;
• types of settlement agreements that fall within the scope of the Convention;
• how the Convention’s enforcement mechanism works;
• the meaning of ‘international’ and the absence of a seat of mediation;
• the Convention’s approach to recognition and enforcement of international mediated settlement agreements;
• the grounds for refusal to grant relief under the Convention;
• mediator misconduct as a ground for refusal to grant relief;
• the role of confidentiality in granting relief for international mediated settlement agreements;
• the impact of the Convention on private international law;
• the relationship of the Singapore Convention to other international instruments such as the UN Model Law on International Commercial Mediation and the New York Convention on Arbitration;
• possibilities for Contracting States to declare reservations;
• court decisions from around the globe on the recognition and enforceability of international mediated settlement agreements; and
• domestic mediation legislation including domestic laws that implement the Singapore Convention.

How this will help you:

This unique book takes a great leap in mitigating the inherent uncertainty associated with how this newly constituted instrument may operate, and how States may become ‘Convention ready’. It will be a key reference for international lawyers, mediators and government officials as the Convention proves itself in the coming years.