Disputes Suitable For Mediation
Disputes Suitable for Mediation | Community Mediation Centre (CMC)
The CMC provides mediation as a dispute resolution service in Singapore.
Mediation at the CMC is suitable for disputes between neighbours, family members, friends, co-workers, landlord or tenants, or any other kind of interpersonal relations.
The mediation at the CMC is not suitable for legal, contractual or commercial disputes.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of some of the disputes that are mediated at the CMC:
Neighbour Disputes in Singapore:
- Activities that generate unacceptable smell
- Activities that generate excessive smoke
- Animal related complaints
- Causing damage to property
- Display of unacceptable behaviour or conduct
- Dripping of water from laundry or other sources
- Littering
- Misuse or obstruction of common property such as HDB corridor obstruction
- Noise complaints (for e.g. noisy neighbours that create unacceptable noise from 10:30pm to 7:00am)
- Utterance or unacceptable words

Family Disputes in Singapore:
- Care and maintenance arrangement for elderly, sick or disabled family members
- Disagreement on living arrangements
- Display of unacceptable behaviour or conduct
- Interest free monetary matter based on verbal agreement for amount involving less than $5000
- Utterance of unacceptable words

Disputes between friends, co-workers or other forms of interpersonal relations:
- Display of unacceptable behaviour or conduct
- Interest free monetary matter based on verbal agreement for amount involving less than $5000
- Utterance of unacceptable words
Disputes between landlord and tenants or co-tenants:
- Disagreement on living arrangements
- Display of unacceptable behaviour or conduct
- Interest free monetary matter based on verbal agreement for amount involving less than $5000
- Problems with rented property
- Problems with tenancy expenses
- Refund of rental deposit
- Utterance of unacceptable words