The Judiciary has announced an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) week aimed at providing a platform for parties to resolve disputes filed in court through mediation and negotiation. Addressing the ...

A five-judge constitution bench, comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, and justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer, arrived at this decision after going through ...

The Financial Industries Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has created a parallel universe for handling disputes outside of the regular court system. It’s a bit like a sci-fi heroine finding herself in an ...

Stephen Gold is a retired judge and author who has written popular series for This is Money on how to be a successful executor, writing a will, bankruptcy and consumer rights. In part one of his new ...

With civil court backlogs at all-time highs, solicitors old enough to remember the pre-Civil Procedure Rules era are looking back to what now seem to be slightly better times. When the CPR were ...

The Delhi high court has deprecated the move to settle through mediation a case of sexual assault on two minor girls by a close relative, saying offences of such serious nature cannot be resolved like ...

The mediation of cases between parties has commenced in a bid to fast-track disposal of cases in the highest court in the land. Speaking to this publication at the weekend, the registrar of the ...

“Choosing between mediation, arbitration, or litigation will depend on what a specific party is seeking…. Your best option will solely depend on the complexity of the issues, what you seek as a ...

Most technology-related disputes begin with some type of contract. Too often, corporate lawyers use a form mediation clause, or no mediation clause at all, at the time of contracting. This is done ...