Driven to cyberspace by the pandemic, courts across the country purchased chatroom-like tools designed to help people resolve disagreements without the need for a full-on lawsuit, judge, or hearing.

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In an effort to streamline dispute resolutions outside a courtroom, Delaware's busiest court has started using a new online mediation tool for litigants. The Justice of the Peace Court's online ...

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) should make resolving consumer disputes quick, fair, and affordable - but in practice, it often falls short. Sue Davies, Head of Consumer Protection and Food ...

Originally published in PoliticsHome 16 October 2025. Permission to publish sought and granted on 09 August 2023. Imagine that you bought a new car and discovered it was faulty. What would you do if ...