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Government set an example with ADR

The government has made a Pledge to resolve disputes by the use of ADR (unless inappropriate) Departments will provide appropriate clauses in their standard procurement contracts on the use of ADR techniques to settle their disputes.
Cases not suitable for settlement through ADR: intentional wrongdoing, abuse of power, public law, Human Rights and vexatious litigants, where a precedent is needed to clarify the law, or where it would be contrary to the public interest to settle.
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