Category: Alternative Dispute Resolution

  • Pros & Cons of Online Mediation (Part 2)

    Pros & Cons of Online Mediation (Part 2)

    By PracticeForte advisory affiliate Christian von Baumbach in collaboration with Susan Tay, PracticeForte co-founder and OTP Law Corporation founding partner. Pros of Online Mediation If you are reading this article, then you are likely already a believer of mediation. Perhaps you have heard enough good things about mediation to want to understand more? Nonetheless, it…

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  • Pros & Cons of Online Mediation (Part 1)

    Pros & Cons of Online Mediation (Part 1)

    By PracticeForte advisory affiliate member Christian von Baumbach & Susan Tay, founding partner of OTP Law Corporation and co-founder of PracticeForte. This article was first published by PracticeForte. Cons of Online Mediation If you are reading this article, then you are likely already a believer of mediation? Perhaps have heard enough good things about mediation…

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  • Therapeutic Justice in Family Cases: The Neutral Evaluator (Part 6)

    Therapeutic Justice in Family Cases: The Neutral Evaluator (Part 6)

    By Susan Tay, Founding Partner of OTP Law Corporation & Co-Founder of PracticeForte Pte Ltd This is the 6th part of a series on therapeutic justice and how it may be applied in family cases in Singapore. You may read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, Part 4 here and Part 5…

  • Therapeutic Justice in Family Cases:  The Mediation Advocate  (Part 5)

    Therapeutic Justice in Family Cases: The Mediation Advocate (Part 5)

    By Susan Tay, Founding Partner of OTP Law Corporation, Founder of PracticeForte Pte Ltd This is the 5th part of a series on therapeutic justice and how it may be applied in family cases in Singapore. You may read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here  and Part 4 here. In these parts,…

  • Therapeutic Justice in Family Cases : The Mediator (Part 4)

    Therapeutic Justice in Family Cases : The Mediator (Part 4)

    By Susan Tay, Founding Partner of OTP Law Corporation, Co-Founder of PracticeForte Pte Ltd This is the 4th part of a series on therapeutic justice and how it may be applied in family cases in Singapore. You may read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here. In these parts, we dealt 1stly with…

  • Therapeutic Justice in Family Cases : Forensic Accountants (Part 3)

    Therapeutic Justice in Family Cases : Forensic Accountants (Part 3)

    By PracticeForte Advisory Affiliate Shirley Tay of 10.10 Consultants Pte Ltd. Law, divorce, litigation, suits — nobody would ever consider these circumstances ‘therapeutic’. These terms are more likely to induce stress, anger, fights, arguments, disputes and many other negative emotions. So how did the concept of Therapeutic Jurisprudence [or “TJ”] come to be, what role does therapy…

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  • Therapeutic Justice In Family Cases: The Lawyer (Part 2)

    Therapeutic Justice In Family Cases: The Lawyer (Part 2)

    By Susan Tay, Founding Partner of OTP Law Corporation, Co-Founder of PracticeForte Pte Ltd This is the 2nd part of a series on therapeutic justice and how it may be applied in family cases in Singapore. You may read Part 1 here where I wrote about how the essence of Therapeutic Justice for family cases…

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  • Therapeutic Justice in Family Cases: Part 1

    Therapeutic Justice in Family Cases: Part 1

    By Susan Tay, Founding Partner of OTP Law Corporation and Co-Founder of PracticeForte This is the 1st part of a series on therapeutic justice and how it may be applied in family cases in Singapore. In the other instalments, we will explore the role of different players in the administration of therapeutic justice, namely, The…

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  • Mediation For Hague Convention & Relocation Cases (Part 2) – Travelling Mediators

    Mediation For Hague Convention & Relocation Cases (Part 2) – Travelling Mediators

    By Susan Tay, Founding Partner of OTP Law Corporation, PracticeForte Advisory Affiliate, Mediator, Collaborative Practice Lawyer, Parenting Co-Ordinator, Mediation Advocate, Neutral Evaluator, Trainer. I am writing this while serving self-quarantine and working off site. Mylene and I were away in Thailand when we were suddenly told to “grab the 1st flight out and come home” if…

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  • Adopting the Peace Approach to avoid unnecessary litigation:  The Case of Goh Rosaline v Goh Lian Chyu and another

    Adopting the Peace Approach to avoid unnecessary litigation: The Case of Goh Rosaline v Goh Lian Chyu and another

    This article is a follow-up to our previous article on the Peace Approach and Children. This was written by Nur Shukrina Bte Abdul Salam, an intern of OTP Law Corporation. Apart from helping children go through the divorce process and reducing acrimony, the peace approach also reduces unnecessary litigation. This is done by diverting conflicts…

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  • Adopting the Peace Approach in the Interest of the Child

    Adopting the Peace Approach in the Interest of the Child

    This article is written by Nur Shukrina Bte Abdul Salam, an intern of OTP Law Corporation and Emelia Kwa, an associate of OTP Law Corporation. ­When families go through disputes, be it over a divorce matter, an inheritance matter, or any other family-related conflict, it can get very acrimonious due to the personal nature of…

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  • Litigation & Mediation:  The Hybrid Method

    Litigation & Mediation: The Hybrid Method

    This article is a follow-up to our series on the different ways divorce can be settled. This article was written by Daryl Er, an intern of OTP Law Corporation, and Emelia Kwa, a trainee at OTP Law Corporation.   The hybrid method refers to instances where litigation and mediation are used as two parallel tracks…

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