Alternative Dispute resolution (ADR)

Alternative dispute Resolution - Encouraging ADR

Benefits of using the civil courts

• Reforms
• Legal representation
• Helps the resolve a dispute

Probelms with using the civil courts

• Delay
• Cost
• Formal
• Enforcement

Advantages of using ADR

• Quick
• Cheap
• Informal
• Voluntary
• Method of avoding court procedures

Disadvantage of using ADR

• Might not work
• Restricted rights of appeal
• Enforcement

Negotiation

• Two parites can attempt to reslove the dispute bewteen themselves.
• Benefits: provate, quick and cheap
• Issue: if lawyers are involed then costs will be incurred.