Mediation advocacy for civil disputes in the Subordinate Courts: Perspectives from the bench

• Main Authors: QUEK ANDERSON, Dorcas, CHOO, Kenneth
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Courts; Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2368; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4325/viewcontent/Mediation_Advocacy_for_Civil_Disputes_Law_Gazette_Sept_2012.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

“The New Lawyer: How Settlement is Transforming the Practice of Law” by JulieMacFarlane was reviewed in the May issue of the Law Gazette, in conjunction withthe introduction of a “Presumption of ADR” for civil disputes in the SubordinateCourts. MacFarlane describes the emergence of a new advocacy focusing on holisticproblem-solving. The reviewer posed a series of pertinent questions for theSingapore legal profession, “[W]e are all familiar with the popular notion of litigationlawyers as rights warriors. But the litigation lawyer as a conflict resolver? Is he or shean imaginary character or an emerging reality?”