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The Integration of Alternative Dispute Resolution within the Subordinate Courts' Adjudication Process

Marvin Bay, Shobha G. Nair, Asanthi Mendis

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The Singapore judiciary took the lead in introducing alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms into our legal system in 1995, to check the trend of Singaporeans becoming too litigious, and to provide a less expensive and adversarial method of dispute resolution to suit a range of conflicts. This article examines how ADR mechanisms have been integrated within the adjudication process, with particular emphasis on the processes used by the Family and Civil Divisions of the Subordinate Courts to refer a dispute to ADR.

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The Singapore judiciary took the lead in introducing alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms into our legal system in 1995, to check the trend of Singaporeans becoming too litigious, and to provide a less expensive and adversarial method of dispute resolution to suit a range of conflicts. This article examines how ADR mechanisms have been integrated within the adjudication process, with particular emphasis on the processes used by the Family and Civil Divisions of the Subordinate Courts to refer a dispute to ADR.

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The Singapore judiciary took the lead in introducing alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms into our legal system in 1995, to check the trend of Singaporeans becoming too litigious, and to provide a less expensive and adversarial method of dispute resolution to suit a range of conflicts. This article examines how ADR mechanisms have been integrated within the adjudication process, with particular emphasis on the processes used by the Family and Civil Divisions of the Subordinate Courts to refer a dispute to ADR.

Key concepts: Adjudication, Dispute resolution, Adversarial system, Alternative dispute resolution, Dispute mechanism, Online dispute resolution, Political science, Law

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