1. Qualifying Requirements for Admission to the Panel of Mediators
- An applicant must be:
- an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore with a valid practising certificate and must maintain a valid practising certificate for the duration of his / her appointment on the Panel of Mediators; and
- a mediator accredited by or appointed to the panel of a recognised mediation service provider or accredited or certified under a certification scheme, in accordance with the Mediation Act 2017.
2. Panel of Mediators
- The LSMS shall comprise a Panel of Mediators consisting of 2 categories of mediators, namely:
- Senior Mediators; and
- Associate Mediators.
- The Panel of Mediators shall, at all material times, have in force a valid practising certificate. The LSMS retains the right to remove from the panel any mediator who does not have a valid practising certificate during the tenure of his / her appointment.
3. Appointment of Mediators
Senior Mediators
- For appointment of Senior Mediators, the Selections Committee may consider applicants who possess the following qualifying requirements:
- an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore with a minimum aggregate of 15 years PQE and holds a valid practising certificate; and
- a Principal Mediator or equivalent level of a recognised mediation service provider or who has acquired sufficient mediation experience through the conduct of 20 full-scale* mediations over the past 5 years prior to the application.
- *a ”full-scale” mediation is defined as one where the parties and the mediator have gone through a structured mediation process administered either by a mediation centre or on an ad hoc basis, in which an independent and impartial mediator facilitates negotiations between the parties with a view to resolving all or any of the issues in dispute. There is a rebuttable presumption that a mediation lasting an aggregate duration of 6 hours or more (excluding breaks) is a full-scale mediation.
Associate Mediators
- For appointment of Associate Mediators, the Selections Committee may consider applicants who possess the following qualifying requirements:
- an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore with a minimum aggregate of 5 years PQE and holds a valid practising certificate; and
- a mediator who —
- has completed and passed a training program of at least 40 hours with a practical assessment by a recognised mediation training or service provider; or
- is an associate mediator of a recognised mediation service provider; or
- has undergone a mediation training course of a minimum duration of 40 hours or such other mediation training or assessment as may be acceptable to the Selections Committee.
