AWC’20: From the Gavel to the Click: Dispute Resolution in Post COVID-19 Era

-Kavya Bhardwaj, Winner, Article Writing Competition 2020 “The question today is how well we can adopt technology to enhance access to justice and strengthen rule of law. Technology can be disruptive and there is a technological divide in India. We should use technology to promote a sense of inclusive justice, justice for which the system is meant

THE PRESENCE OF BAT IN BALL

VATSALA TOPRANI The Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) has been created by Fédération Internationale de Basketball (hereinafter “FIBA”) with a view to provide parties involved in disputes arising in the world of basketball with an efficient and effective means of resolving these disputes. BAT is an independent body, officially recognised by FIBA and outlined by the

FAMILY MEDIATION

The last 50 years have seen a positive connotation of courts with ADR, there has been mutual respect and encouragement between the two with, “The introduction of mediation into family court processes being another part of the effort to make the adversary system fit the realities of divorce more closely”. Family mediation is a subset

Vanishing Trials and Alternative Dispute Resolution

-Meenakshi Iyer The phenomenon known as the “Vanishing Trial Phenomenon,” a term initially beget over ten years back, gives no indication of subsiding. The Vanishing Trial has become a part of the contemporary legal scene. Professor Marc Galanter archives a decrease in both indisputably the number and pace of common and jury trials in state

Impact of ADR on Courts of England

-Aamna Nasim ADR is a relatively new mechanism compared to established conventional adjudication systems. It essentially provides an informal middle ground to parties for settling disputes and aims towards resolution. In doing so, it moves away from the formal adversarial procedure of courts by using ‘alternative’ key tools that are appreciated in judicial systems but

INVESTMENT TREATY ARBITRATION : AN OVERVIEW

– Simran Chetwani International Arbitration is a method of dispute settlement, primarily designed by the parties to the dispute. These parties may be two states, two non-state actors, or mixed. Investment treaty arbitration deals with ‘mixed parties’ to a dispute consisting of a State and a Non-State Actor. The origin of Investment Treaty Arbitration goes