Welcome to the CJC ADR Answerbank

This website has been designed to provide information about key developments relating to ADR, as well as give you the chance to ask us about what is happening.

ADR – alternative dispute resolution – is a key element in the reforms to the civil justice system introduced in 1999. The Civil Justice Council has, from the start of its work, had an ADR Committee. It took the view that, given all the other changes to civil justice that were occurring, the contribution that ADR would make to these developments would emerge more slowly. The Council now thinks that ADR now deserves a higher priority. It has put these pages together as a resource for all those interested in ADR and its contribution to the civil justice system.

Please let us know what you think about these pages, and send us ideas of ways in they can be made even more useful.

Martin Partington

Chair, ADR Committee

March 2004

WHAT'S NEW?

HMCS has published a Court Mediation Service Toolkit (April 2006), which replaces the earlier versions. Please click here to access the toolkit.    149KB

On 8 July 2004, the Advice Services Alliance (ASA) launched ADRnow, its brand new website devoted to ADR.

ADRnow is a valuable source of information on ADR and it can be accessed by clicking on the following link:

http://www.adrnow.org.uk

On 16 June 2004, the Civil Justice Council launched research it had commissioned into the operation of the small claims mediation scheme at Exeter County Court. The research report was drafted by Dr Sue Prince of the University of Exeter   2449 Kb  6295 Kb