“Following the Woolf Reforms the courts encourage the use of alternative dispute resolutions (ADR) both in pre-action protocols as well as after commencement of civil proceedings. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of ADR and critically analyse the contributions of ADR in the civil justice system. Content Introduction 2 Overview of ADR 3-4 Negotiation 5 Mediation 6 Conciliation 7-8 Arbitration 8-9 Differences between mediation, and arbitration or litigation? 9 General Advantages and Disadvantages for ADR 10-11 Contribution of ADR 12-14 Conclusion 15 BIBLIOGRAPHY 16-17”

As pointed out in the first paragraph, ADR included many methods of resolving a dispute, other than going to courts. These options create a menu of alternative or appropriate dispute resolution (ADR) that parties may choose to use with the intention to remove the possible conflict among the parties.  It is important to realise that there are wide variety of methods available. The main one are negotiations, mediation, conciliation and arbitration and a brief summary of the methods to solve a dispute is given in Figure 1.

Distinguishing between mediation and conciliation

It is aware that at present multiple meanings co-exist for many ADR terms. The terms mediation and conciliation continue to be used interchangeably in this jurisdiction and the difference between conciliation and mediation is not very clear.

It is evident from the Law Commissions provisional recommendation…(short extract)