The LSNEDS-CASE Panel of Neutrals (“Panel”)

Members of the Law Society of Singapore (“LSS”) seeking admission to the LSNEDS-CASE Panel of Neutrals must satisfy the following qualifying requirements:

  • he/she must have a valid practising certificate;
  • he/she has been in practice as an Advocate and Solicitor (as defined in the Legal Profession Act) for a period of not less than 7 years in aggregate;
  • he/she must provide undertakings, namely, to act as a Neutral if so appointed by the Law Society at the scale of fees as determined by the LSS in consultation with FIDReC from time to time;
  • he/she must have experience in one or more of the following categories, regardless of whether such experience was gained in contentious or transactional work:
    • banking and finance
    • insurance
    • data protection
    • consumer disputes
    • e-commerce
    • telecommunications
  • LSS reserves the right to remove from the Panel any Neutral who does not hold a valid practising certificate during the tenure of his/her appointment.