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From the Chief Editor
A warm welcome to the new academic year and to those who have just joined us at the NUS Law Faculty, congratulations for having made it to law school. We at the Singapore Law Review (“SLR”) hope that perusing this first issue of the Juris Illuminae will be the perfect way to kick-start your year. As you might have noticed, Juris has taken on a new façade to provide for an easier and more fulfilling read. Colin Ng & Partners has also generously sponsored the newsletter this …

Arbitration:
The arbitrator looks into the legal rights and wrongs of a dispute and makes a decision. Once the arbitrator has arrived at a decision, it is binding on parties whether they agree with it or not.
Singapore International Arbitration Centre:
Established in 1991, SIAC serves as an independent, non-profit organization.
As an institution administering arbitration, SIAC mainly helps the parties in appointment of arbitrators when they cannot agree on an appointment, management of the financial and other practical aspects of arbitration and facilitation of the smooth progress of arbitration.
Mediation:
Singapore Mediation Centre:
Mediation – as …

They were teacher and student and are now colleagues in NUS Faculty of Law. Feel awkward? Professor Thio Li-ann, “not at all, it has been a great pleasure to have my former students like her, become my present colleagues.” Dr Tan Seow Hon, “Other than when I initially found it hard to call her by her first name in the first few months, no.”
Tan An Qi finds out more about these two personalities who have both won the Excellent Teachers Awards (in different years), and evidently share profound respect for …

Mr. Michael Hwang’s illustrious career in the law spans more than four decades. A former partner of leading law firm Allen & Gledhill, Mr. Hwang was a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore and was amongst the first 12 to be appointed to the rank of Senior Counsel. Mr. Hwang has also been cited as Asia’s top arbitrator by the Global Arbitration Review and has been listed by The International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration as Singapore’s leading lawyer for commercial arbitration expertise.
Q: What made you interested in …