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A Step Toward Mandatory ADR in English Courts
Author(s) -
Little Richard M.,
AbdelHakam Ahmed
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alternatives to the high cost of litigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1549-4381
pISSN - 1549-4373
DOI - 10.1002/alt.21817
Subject(s) - alternative dispute resolution , law , political science , dispute resolution , civil procedure , process (computing) , law and economics , sociology , computer science , operating system
Alternative dispute resolution has been seen in England as a consensual process since the 1998 Civil Procedure Rules gave ADR much greater prominence. Neither a party nor the court could impose an ADR process, although clear judicial “encouragement” to parties was not unknown.