1.Governed by:Arbitration
-Arbitration Act
-International Arbitration Act
Mediation
-Community Mediation Centres Act (Cap 49A)
Rules for governing Community Mediation Centre(CMC)
Court-based mediation(subordinate court)
-free of charge for litigating parties
Primary Dispute Resolution Centre
Court Dispute Resolution (CDR) at the Primary Dispute Resolution Centre was
introduced in a pilot project on 7 June 1994.Court Mediation Centre renamed as
Primary Resolution Centre in May 1998 as CDR expanded to include processes other
than mediation such as early neutral evaluation and binding and non-binding
evaluation and special forms of mediation like CDR-International, Co-Mediation with
Experts, Mini-Trial and Mediation-Arbitration. civil jurisdiction of the Subordinate
Courts is S$250,000.