Alternative Dispute Resolution

Alternative Dispute Resolution ( ADR ) refers to the state court procedure, alternative dispute resolution methods. Most commonly, these are described as structured dispute resolution methods in which with the help of a third person, a result is found, this does not however have to be legally binding. With ADR wants to counter the inflexibility of the state court process and also lead to a more equitable result for the parties.

History

The ADR movement began in the early 1970s in the United States. They began looking for alternatives to the state court proceedings to seek to save time and costs. A big step was taken in 1976, when the Conference on the Causes of Popular Dissatisfaction with the Administration of Justice (so-called Pound Conference), Minnesota, was founded in Saint Paul. Academics, court staff and lawyers banded together to seek new ways of dispute resolution.

The most important and widely used alternative dispute resolution method is mediation. In addition, among other things, the arbitration or the arbitration proceedings.

Online Dispute Resolution

Through the EU Regulation on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes, the ADR has been supplemented by an online component. Purpose of the regulation is in accordance with Article 1: " ... by achieving a high level of consumer protection to the smooth functioning of the internal market, in particular its digital dimension to contribute by a European OS platform (hereinafter " OS Platform ") is established, a allows independent, impartial, transparent, effective, fast and fair out- of-court settlement of online disputes between consumers and traders. "