Singapore Convention Series: Why Is There No ‘Seat’ of Mediation?
Kluwer Mediation Blog, Feb. 2019
3 Pages Posted: 24 Feb 2019
Date Written: February 1, 2019
Abstract
For dispute resolution practitioners familiar with the concept of the seat of arbitration, it may come as a surprise that the new UN Convention on International Settlement Agreement Resulting from Mediation does not include provisions in relation to the ‘seat’ of mediation. Why, you may ask? The Convention includes no provisions on ‘seat’ simply because there has never been the need for a ‘seat’ of mediation when cross-border disputes are brought before a mediator, and this remains the case. In this blog post, we will develop a hypothetical scenario to explore the issues.
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