Tribunals and ADR

There are two main alternatives to the civil courts: tribunals and alternative dispute resolution (ADR).

A tribunal is an informal method of dispute resolution developed for issues arissing under the UK's 'welfare state'.

ADR: one of the key Woolf reform recommendations.

Tribunals

Structure:

• Seperated into seven divisions with specific areas of law and four divisions for appeals.
• First-tier tribunals hear cases at the first instance, upper tribunals hear cases from the first tier.
• Possible appeal route to the Court of Appeal, and then to the Supreme Court.
• Seperate tribunal for disuptes involving employment law.

Role:

• Administrative Tribunals runs alongside the Civil Court System
• Tribunals were established to deal with sepcific…