ADR

NLJ shines a spotlight on dispute resolution in family cases this week, with a double helping of writing on the topic

Solicitor and CEDR mediator Tony Allen concludes his four-part series on the future of litigation, in this week’s NLJ. The dynamics of dispute resolution are changing, with the focus firmly on resolution rather than litigation, but could the courts, post-Halsey, have the power to order parties to attend mediation or some other form of dispute resolution?

Tony Allen ends his series on the future of dispute resolution—depicting a post Halsey world where judges can order (A)DR prospectively & costs sanctions take a back seat

Parties brave (or foolhardy) enough to reject mediation who get their risk assessment wrong are extremely likely to face tough sanctions, as Tony Allen explains

Tony Allen, solicitor and CEDR Chambers mediator, continues his series of articles on whether mediation can be compulsorily ordered, in this week’s NLJ

Tony Allen continues his series on the future of dispute resolution by exploring the concept (& reality) of compulsory ADR

Should mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) be compulsory?

In an exclusive series of updates for NLJ, Tony Allen presents an alternative thesis on the shape of future dispute resolution

In the first of a series of articles on the legacy of Halsey, the 2004 authority that a court cannot order parties to mediate against their will, Tony Allen, solicitor and CEDR Chambers mediator, looks to the future of alternative dispute resolution

Post-Kumar, Bryan Clark considers the use of legal representation within mediation when individuals are pitted against institutions