Mediation Act
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The Mediation Act is a key piece of Singapore legislation that provides a legal framework for the enforcement and confidentiality of mediated settlement agreements to promote mediation as an effective dispute resolution mechanism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mediation Act canonical | 1 |
| Mediation Act 2017 (Singapore) (formal title used in some references) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4054719 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mediation Act Context triple: [Singapore law, hasMediationStatute, Mediation Act]
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A.
Mediation Clinic
The Mediation Clinic is a Columbia Law School program where students gain practical experience by helping parties resolve disputes through mediation and other alternative dispute resolution techniques.
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B.
Mediation Support Unit
The Mediation Support Unit is a specialized division within the UN that provides expertise, advice, and operational support for peace mediation and conflict prevention efforts worldwide.
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C.
Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act
The Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act is a Japanese statute that governs how family-related legal matters—such as divorce, custody, and inheritance—are handled and adjudicated in the country’s judicial system.
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D.
Courts Act 2003
The Courts Act 2003 is a key piece of UK legislation that modernised and reorganised the court system in England and Wales, defining the structure, administration, and operation of the judiciary.
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E.
Civil List Act 1952
The Civil List Act 1952 was a UK law that set out the public funding arrangements for the official expenses of the British monarch and certain members of the Royal Family.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mediation Act Target entity description: The Mediation Act is a key piece of Singapore legislation that provides a legal framework for the enforcement and confidentiality of mediated settlement agreements to promote mediation as an effective dispute resolution mechanism.
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A.
Mediation Clinic
The Mediation Clinic is a Columbia Law School program where students gain practical experience by helping parties resolve disputes through mediation and other alternative dispute resolution techniques.
-
B.
Mediation Support Unit
The Mediation Support Unit is a specialized division within the UN that provides expertise, advice, and operational support for peace mediation and conflict prevention efforts worldwide.
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C.
Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act
The Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act is a Japanese statute that governs how family-related legal matters—such as divorce, custody, and inheritance—are handled and adjudicated in the country’s judicial system.
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D.
Courts Act 2003
The Courts Act 2003 is a key piece of UK legislation that modernised and reorganised the court system in England and Wales, defining the structure, administration, and operation of the judiciary.
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E.
Civil List Act 1952
The Civil List Act 1952 was a UK law that set out the public funding arrangements for the official expenses of the British monarch and certain members of the Royal Family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Singapore statute
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legislation ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
encourage parties to use mediation for dispute resolution
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enhance certainty and finality of mediated outcomes ⓘ support Singapore as a dispute resolution hub ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
mediated settlement agreements arising from mediation conducted in Singapore (subject to statutory conditions)
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mediated settlement agreements in civil and commercial matters (subject to statutory conditions) ⓘ |
| benefits | parties seeking private and consensual resolution of disputes ⓘ |
| contains |
provisions on admissibility of mediation communications in legal proceedings
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provisions on definitions related to mediation ⓘ provisions on the effect of mediation on limitation periods (subject to statutory terms) ⓘ |
| country | Singapore ⓘ |
| disputeResolutionMechanism | mediation ⓘ |
| encouragesUseOf | mediation instead of litigation ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | courts of Singapore ⓘ |
| excludes | certain categories of disputes as specified in the Act ⓘ |
| frameworkType |
confidentiality framework for mediation
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enforcement framework for mediated settlement agreements ⓘ |
| governs |
rights and obligations of parties to a mediated settlement agreement
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use of mediation communications in subsequent proceedings ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Singapore ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force (subject to any subsequent amendments) ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Singapore law ⓘ |
| policyArea |
civil justice
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commercial dispute resolution ⓘ |
| protects | confidentiality of information disclosed during mediation ⓘ |
| providesFor |
confidentiality obligations relating to mediation communications
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court recording of mediated settlement agreements as orders of court (subject to conditions) ⓘ effect of a recorded mediated settlement agreement ⓘ exceptions to confidentiality in mediation ⓘ requirements for a mediated settlement agreement to be enforceable under the Act ⓘ |
| purpose |
to facilitate enforcement of mediated settlement agreements
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to promote mediation as an effective dispute resolution mechanism ⓘ to protect confidentiality of mediation communications ⓘ to provide a legal framework for mediated settlement agreements ⓘ |
| regulates |
confidentiality of mediation communications
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enforcement of mediated settlement agreements ⓘ use of mediation in civil and commercial disputes ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Mediation Act
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mediation Act 2017 (Singapore) (formal title used in some references)
Singapore Convention on Mediation ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
alternative dispute resolution
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mediated settlement agreements ⓘ mediation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mediation Act Description of subject: The Mediation Act is a key piece of Singapore legislation that provides a legal framework for the enforcement and confidentiality of mediated settlement agreements to promote mediation as an effective dispute resolution mechanism.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mediation Act (Singapore)
this entity surface form:
Mediation Act 2017 (Singapore) (formal title used in some references)