Alternative Dispute Resolution Briefing ' May 2023

• Published date: 08 May 2023
• Subject Matter: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
• Law Firm: Deka Chambers
• Author: Ms Laura Elfield, Gurion Taussig and Lisa Dobie

Welcome to the first edition of the Deka ADR Team Briefing.

This is a really exciting time in the history of ADR, which is increasingly at the front and centre of any litigation procedure.

Lisa Dobie here considers the future of ADR, focussing on the proposed introduction of compulsory ADR in the small claims court and the important discussions at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum conference in March 2023 on the Future Direction of Dispute Resolution. Gurion Taussig on the other hand considers the approach of the High Court inRichards v Speechly Bircham LLP[2022] EWHC 1512, which suggests there is still progress to be made in terms of the Court's willingness to sanction parties who fail to engage in ADR.

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