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Adjudication reviewPublished Nov 2025

Singapore Construction Adjudication Review (2024)

The Singapore Construction Adjudication Review (SCAdjR) compiles selected and redacted determinations and reviews under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 (2020 Rev Ed), covering applications lodged with SMC from 1 January to 31 December 2024.

General editorsEdwin Lee Peng Khoon, Tai Chean Ming and Christopher Chong

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Mediation journalPublished 2025

The Asian Journal on Mediation 2025 Edition

The journal advances mediation practice and development in Asia, offering a forum for practitioners to share ideas, techniques and perspectives.

General editorsProfessor Joel Lee, Professor Lawrence Boo and Associate Professor Dorcas Quek Anderson

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Lecture & panel discussion

Dialogue, Justice and Dispute Resolution: Mediation As a Key Pillar of Development AccountabilityDr Orsolya Székely
Panel discussionLim Tat, Dr Orsolya Székely, Philip Jeyaretnam, Dorcas Quek Anderson & Kevin Lee

Articles

From Surface to Core: A Trauma-Informed Toolbox for Navigating Mediation ImpassesKarl Desouza
Soft Tools for Hard Rights: Mediation in Intellectual Property DisputesCaleb Goh Teng Hian & See Tho Sok Yee
The MARTIN Framework: A Culturally Responsive Approach to Community Mediation in Singapore’s Multi-Racial SocietyMartin Magmarigen Wong Kwan Ken
Walking the Tightrope of Neutrality As Mediator, Advocate and EnforcerCharmaine Yap

Book review

Contemporary Issues in Mediation vol 10 (World Scientific, 2025), reviewed by Matilda Mag Jia Lin.

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The Asian Journal on Mediation

Ideas, practice and techniques from across Asia.

2024

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The Asian Journal on Mediation 2024 Edition

Features a lecture on relational contracts, a panel discussion, articles on sports and criminal law mediation, and a book review.

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Lecture: Relational Contracts and the Common Law — The Right Honourable Lord Justice Fraser.

Articles: Sports mediation in Singapore; mediated justice in criminal law; and opportunities for young mediators in Singapore and Hong Kong.

General editors: Associate Professor Joel Lee and Professor Lawrence Boo.

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2023

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The Asian Journal on Mediation 2023 Edition

Explores emotional social intelligence, conflict coaching, therapeutic justice, blockchain and international settlement agreements.

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Lecture: The Next Wave of Effective Dispute Resolution: Developing Emotional Social Intelligence — Andrea Kupfer Schneider.

Articles: Conflict coaching; therapeutic justice; blockchain and smart contracts; and enforcement under the Singapore Convention in Iran.

Book reviews: Mediation Simplified and Contemporary Issues in Mediation vol 8.

General editors: Associate Professor Joel Lee and Professor Lawrence Boo.

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Singapore Construction Adjudication Review

Selected determinations and expert commentary on security of payment adjudication.

2022–23

Adjudication reviewPublished Dec 2024

Singapore Construction Adjudication Review (2022–2023)

Covers adjudication applications lodged with SMC between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2023.

General editors Chow Kok Fong, Christopher Chuah, Mohan R Pillay and Edwin Lee Peng Khoon

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2021

Adjudication reviewPublished Dec 2023

Singapore Construction Adjudication Review (2021)

Covers adjudication applications lodged with SMC between 1 January and 31 December 2021.

General editors Chow Kok Fong, Christopher Chuah, Mohan R Pillay and Edwin Lee Peng Khoon

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2020

Adjudication reviewPublished Jun 2022

Singapore Construction Adjudication Review (2020)

Covers adjudication applications lodged with SMC between 1 January and 31 December 2020.

General editors Chow Kok Fong, Christopher Chuah, Mohan R Pillay and Edwin Lee Peng Khoon

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