Category: Alternative Dispute Resolution
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)
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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
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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Litigation
This article is the third part of a 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 of OTP Law Corporation). The last dispute resolution mechanism to be considered is litigation. This is the traditional legal process…
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Collaborative Practice
This article is the second part of a 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). A third (the second being mediation) track towards dispute resolution would be collaborative practice. What is it? Collaborative…
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Mediation and Civil Disputes
This article was written by Daryl Er (an intern of OTP Law Corporation) and Emelia Kwa (a trainee at OTP Law Corporation). We have previously covered what mediation entails in our Basic Guide to Mediation. Having covered many instances where mediation could have been helpful in family cases, we decided to turn the focus a…
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Mediation for Hague and Relocation Cases (Part 1)
Mediation for Hague and Relocation Cases Cross-border family disputes: Hague and Relocation Cases Singapore has picked up a reputation as a metropolitan, expat-friendly city. In fact, 1 in 3 marriages in Singapore now involve at least one foreigner. No doubt this is a boon for multi-culturalism. But when it comes to family disputes that involve…
