Tribunals and ADH

• Advantages

  Mutual agreement

  cheap

  both sides in control
• Disadvantage

  Time consuming

  expensive and complicated
• what is the first teir of tribunals

  Things such as:

  • tax
  • war pensions
  • social entitlement chamber

  they have 200 judges
• What happens in the upper-tier in tribunals

  appeals

  they deal with things such as:

  • immigration
  • land
  • tax
• What happens in the tribunals procedure

  done formally with witness and oath

  tribunals are binding

  most don’t have a lawyer
• Advantage of tribunals

  Less formal

  cheaper

  faster
• Disadvantage of tribunals

  Delay

  lack of funding
• What do tribunals aim to do?

  end types of disputes and is used instead of courts
• What is the roles of tribunals

  they enforce rights and payments.
• What is ADR

  Methods to avoid going to court.

  e.g. mediation and negotiation
• what is an advantage of negotiating

  Easy and quick
• Advantage of mediation

  Everyone wins,

  backed on common sense

  future conduct
• What is mediation

  Hope for people to co-operate and they keep confidentiality