Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and access to justice: An introduction by Betancourt, J

“…Text of a talk given by the author at the University of West London on 8 March 2016 on the topic of Alternative Dispute Resolution, its relation to the concept of access to justice and the idea of practising law in the interest of justice. …”

Muslim alternative dispute resolution: Tracing the pathways of Islamic legal practice between south Asia and contemporary Britain by Jones, J

“…In recent decades, a wide array of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) forums have taken shape within British Muslim communities. …”

Consumer-to-business ADR structures by Hodges, C, Benöhr, I, Creutzfeldt-Banda, N

“…It comes in response to the EC proposed legislation in November 2011 for an EU-wide alternative dispute resolution mechanism.</p> <p>By consolidating the emerging alternative dispute resolution systems, the policy brief proposes a new model to both enable consumers to effectively enforce their rights, and to help identify problems and prevent them from becoming mass issues.…”

England and Wales by Hodges, C

“…But the most interesting feature is the development of oversight of collective compensation by public regulatory authorities and alternative dispute resolution or voluntary mechanisms.…”

A model for dispute resolution in Europe by Hodges, C

“…<p>This policy brief addresses alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Europe to propose an integrated, holistic approach to encompass the range of mechanisms for resolving disputes, including ombudsmen, compensation schemes, business codes of conduct, complaint boards, and other pathways.…”

Dispute resolution outside of courts: Procedural justice and decision acceptance among users of ombuds services in the UK by Creutzfeldt, N, Bradford, B

“…This paper asks whether the theory of procedural justice applies to the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) context, focusing on ombuds services. …”

Muslim Mandarins in Chinese courts: dispute resolution, Islamic law, and the secular state in northwest China by Erie, MS

“…Many sociolegal studies have investigated the relationship between state law and informal law, examining alternative dispute resolution and popular justice as intersections between such types of law. …”

Safeguards in collective actions by Hodges, C, Money-Kyrle, R

“…</p> Accordingly, the alternative regulatory, negotiated, or alternative dispute resolution (ADR) solutions appear far more attractive as means of delivering collective redress.…”

The evolution and development of unfair dismissal law in Britain and Australia by Howe, J

“…Despite emerging from divergent legal traditions and according to different timeframes, the trajectory of unfair dismissal law subsequent to its enactment was to converge upon a common theme of peeling back the statutory superstructure in favour of localised and alternative dispute resolution. Although these developments are diachronistic across the two jurisdictions, this evolutionary dynamic of divergence giving way to convergence is revealing of a high degree of path dependency as between the unfair dismissal laws of Britain and Australia. …”

Collective redress: The need for new technologies by Hodges, C

“…The most important mechanisms are “regulatory redress”—where a regulatory authority intervenes and agrees or orders redress to be paid—especially if coupled with an ombudsman scheme (not arbitration-based alternative dispute resolution (ADR) schemes). The regulatory redress mechanism was proposed by the Commission in the revised Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Regulation but what emerged was not ideal. …”

Religious autonomy and the personal law system by Ahmed, F

“…It particularly focusses on one reform possibility – religious alternative dispute resolution – which has not been considered closely in the Indian context.…”