SMU-IPAS Advanced Certificate in Insolvency and Restructuring Module 4: Dispute Resolution
About This Course
Engaging alternative forms of dispute resolution is a useful process for all stakeholders such as debtors, financial creditors and/or insolvency administrators who desire to come to a quick and amicable solution in relation to continuity of the business and/or settlement of debt.
This module is intended to familiarise participants with the different forms of dispute resolution relevant to the restructuring and insolvency context. First, the module provides an overview of the Singapore court system along with litigation procedures and considerations for claims and assessments in the context of (i) liquidation; (ii) judicial management; and (iii) schemes of arrangement. The module also introduces various forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution, including arbitration, mediation and expert determination, and considers how these mechanisms may be used in insolvency scenarios.
What You'll Learn
• Understand the procedures and considerations for claims and assessments in the context of:
- Liquidation
- Judicial Management
- Schemes of Arrangement
• Know the various stages of litigation in terms of
- Modes of commencing action, pleadings, discovery and trial
- Disposal of action without trial
- Provisional remedies and their application in insolvency proceedings
- Costs and appeals
• Gain an overview of alternative dispute mechanisms in terms of
- Arbitration
- Mediation
- Expert Determination
Understand third-party litigation funding and its application in insolvency proceedings
Entry Requirements
Participants should preferably be a degree holder, in any discipline, and have at leaset one year of working experience.