Mediation is envisaged as an effective way to increase co-operation between opposing parties and reduce the pressure on our court systems;

On December 30, 2016, the Supreme People's Court ("SPC") as a result of the Fa Fa [2016] No. 34 case, issued the Opinions on Providing Judicial Protection for the Construction of Pilot Free Trade Zones.

Disputes are the order of everyday life and these do happen in private life, family, and businesses among others. So what is a dispute?

On the 60th year of the signing of the New York Convention (“NYC”), the Supreme Court of the Philippines (“SC”), for the first time, declared its adoption of a narrow definition of “public policy” under the said convention.