Course description
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
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Training Course Content
This Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) course will cover:
Introduction to Dispute Resolution
- Typical Causes of commercial disputes
- Common legal remedies from court action
- Do we want an enforceable court judgment?
- Litigation strengths and weaknesses
- Considering ADR contract mechanisms – tiered clauses
- Jurisdiction and applicable law issues
- Dispute case studies and exercises
Arbitration
- Arbitration principles
- When is arbitration appropriate?
- Selecting and appointing the arbitrator and the forum
- Strengths and weaknesses of arbitration
- What happens if we lose?
- Recognition and enforcement of arbitration awards
- Arbitration variants - Pendulum arbitration; Med/Arb and Arb/Med
- Class exercise: Preparing for arbitration
Negotiating solutions to disputes
- Conflict management styles
- Distributive and integrative negotiation
- Building relationships to improve success
- BATNA – What’s my Plan B?
- Negotiation phases
- Using “the third side” in negotiation
- Class exercise: Negotiation preparation and role play
Mediation
- Mediation fundamentals
- Facilitated negotiation and neutral intermediaries
- Appointing and Working with a mediator
- Process and Stages of a mediation
- Reaching a settlement agreement
- Class exercise: Mediating a dispute
Other Dispute Resolution mechanisms
- What are the other choices and when might we use them?
- Conciliation
- Settlement conference
- Expert determination
- Neutral evaluation
- Dispute Review Boards
- Course summary and final exercises
Why choose LCT International
We have trained over 25,000 delegates from almost 500 client organisations
Highly qualified and experienced trainers who offer a unique learning experience tailored to you
Endorsed by various organisational and subject specific accrediting bodies
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