Alternative Dispute Resolution

CS Advocates LLP has actively involved in a wide variety of alternative dispute resolution processes, practices, and techniques.
Arbitration and mediation are the best known and most
frequently used types of ADR, but not the only ones. We hold the view that a negotiated settlement
is worth pursuing before investing time and money in full blown civil litigation. This is essentially
the reason why the firm has invested highly in its Alternative Dispute Resolution Department.
The following are the areas of ADR that we deal with;

• Arbitration

Arbitration is the process of referring a dispute to an impartial intermediary chosen
by the parties who agree in advance to abide by the arbitrator’s award that is issued
after a hearing at which all parties have the opportunity to be heard.
Arbitration resembles traditional civil litigation in that a neutral intermediary hears
the disputants’ arguments and imposes a final and binding decision that is
enforceable by the courts. One difference is that in arbitration the disputants elect to
settle any future disputes by arbitration before a dispute actually arises, whereas
with civil litigation the judicial system is generally chosen by a disgruntled party after
a dispute has materialized. The Firm successfully arbitrated several arbitration
matters and continues to represent various individual and corporate clients in many
other ongoing arbitration matters.

• Mediation

Mediation is a rapidly growing ADR technique. It consists of assisted negotiations in
which the disputants agree to enlist the help of a neutral intermediary, whose job it
is to facilitate a voluntary, mutually acceptable settlement. Unlike arbitrators,
mediators lack the power to impose a decision on the parties if they fail to reach an
agreement on their own.