Category: Alternative Dispute Resolution
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…
Basic Guide To Mediation
Written by Emelia Kwa. This article was 1st published on the website of PracticeForte Pte Ltd url: practiceforte.sg as part of their Project Relocation Initiative. OTP Law Corporation is an affiliate law firm of PracticeForte Advisory and is proud to be a participating law firm of Project relocation. What is mediation? Mediation is focused on finding…
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