Alternative Dispute Resolution: General Civil Cases [pdf, 675 KB]
...safeguards of the court in relation to appeal and precedent. Some lawyers felt that there was an increasing trend towards challenging arbitration outcomes on technical grounds, which increased the cost of the arbitration pathway. At the heart of those appeals was a fundamental dissatisfaction among parties with arbitration processes. Despite perceptions that mediation has benefits that exceed those of arbitration, the lawyers participating in the lawyers survey reported that mediation...