Alternative Dispute Resolution

"[ADR] is a relatively new form of justice, which, when compared with traditional litigation (like equity, particularly in its early days) involves far greater procedural flexibility and a far greater range of remedies than formal adjudication. As a result, it is, in many cases, better able to achieve a just or fair outcome for the parties, provided that they both have the will to settle their differences. Fair here not because the outcome necessarily reflects the substantive legal merits of the underlying dispute but rather because the parties have both participated in a consensual process and reached a mutually agreeable resolution. It is a justice not based on a commitment to substantive justice’s achievement."

[Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls : Equity, ADR, Arbitration and the Law: Different Dimensions of Justice
The Fourth Keating Lecture; Lincoln's Inn, 19th May 2010]

As panel members of adroit Dispute Resolution Limited, which operates from our Norwich address, four members of chambers offer their services as commercial or general (not family) mediators. Their details, together with those of other independent mediators practising in the region, may also be found on the web site of the regional umbrella group, Mediators in East Anglia, details of which should be available on display in your local County Court Office. If they are not please ask the court staff for details.

As a chambers we can also provide skilled and experienced practitioners, some members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators or holders of a part-time judicial post, who would be suitable to conduct private arbitrations.

If you are interested in this service please consult John Hamey or Graham Sinclair at Norwich.

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