Arbitration as a dispute resolution : legal

Extracted from text ... SIVIELE INGENIEURSWESE ? AUGUSTUS 2005 24 WITH THE HIVE OF ACTIVITY taking place, inter alia, in the civil engineering construction industry, it is inevitable that disputes will arise between the contracting parties. In this article the discussion will centre on the various forms of dispute resolution sometimes referred to as alternative dispute resolution, or ADR. The most common forms of ADR are negotiation, adjudication, mediation and arbitration. NEGOTIATION Negotiation is a voluntary process whereby two or more parties with actual or per- ceived differences seek to resolve their dif- ferences without the use of a third party. The rules of ..