Alternative Dispute Resolution Group
Our aim is the advancement of research, scholarship, skills training and education in the fields of negotiation, mediation and arbitration, both within England and Wales and internationally.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is currently an area of substantial growing importance in many legal jurisdictions. The use of arbitration is well-established, but there are a number of issues to be addressed in ensuring that the process is as efficient and effective as it can be.
Increase in the use of mediation is being driven by a variety of factors, including the desire for quicker, more private and more cost-effective ways to resolve civil disputes.
While this is in many ways to be welcomed, it brings with it significant questions, for example potential oversight of practice and professional regulation, transparency, and the development of precedent. Both government policy and civil court rules are promoting the use of ADR in England and Wales, and it offers potential benefits to those involved in a civil dispute.
It is important that developments in the use of ADR be soundly based, and that progress continues in identifying appropriate ways to address disputes in ways that are cost and time efficient.
Subject group lead: Associate Professor Julie Browne
Other staff:
- Professor Susan Blake
- Edward Iredale
- Bill McKay
- Ffyon Reilly
- Menissa Saleem
- Professor Stuart Sime
- Dr Lijun Zhao