The UK is to become a party to the Singapore Convention on Mediation—what does this mean? Henrietta Jackson-Stops & Rebecca Attree set out next steps & implications
- The UK will soon be a party to the Singapore Convention on Mediation, which provides for direct enforcement of cross-border settlement agreements between parties resulting from mediation.
- The UK government hopes the Convention will bring confidence that there is a clear process for resolving issues in international disputes, although there are some concerns that it may bring additional unwanted legality to the process.
On 2 March 2023, the UK government announced that it was to become a party to the Singapore Convention and that the UK will sign the Convention as soon as possible. This news has generated some press coverage and excitement among the mediation community, but what does it mean?
What is the Singapore Convention?
The United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements resulting from Mediation (the ‘Singapore Convention’) was adopted by the UN in December 2018, opened for signatures in August
