ADR

• What are the two types of ADR?

  Negotiation and mediation
• What is negotiation?

  Where an individual attempts to resolve the issue directly, privately and possibly face-to-face
• What are the advantages of negotiation over litigation?

  Quickest, cheapest, most informal way of settling a dispute
• What are the disadvantages of negotiation over litigation?

  Requires confrontation

  May go to court
• What is mediation?

  A neutral third-party mediator attempts to resolve the issue with both parties
• Which is more formal, negotiation or mediation?

  Mediation
• What are the advantages of mediation over litigation?

  Parties in control of proceedings

  Based on common sense
• What are the disadvantages of mediation over litigation?

  Only works if parties agree

  Decisions not binding