For over a decade, the legal community and Canadian institutions have been turning to alternative dispute resolution as a less expensive, less time-consuming and more effective means of settling disputes from debt collection to defamation, from slip and falls to sponsorship appeals.

In response to the rapid growth in this area, LexisNexis® Butterworths Bypass Court: A Dispute Resolution Handbook, 4th Edition, guides the reader through consensual, non-adjudicative techniques of dispute resolution, such as mediation, negotiation and mini-trials.  This one-stop dispute resolution handbook includes such invaluable tools as analytical work sheets, mediation and negotiation agreements and checklists.  It outlines the options available in the dispute resolution process, contains an analysis of technique selection assisting users in formulating realistic expectations about dispute resolution choices.

The fourth edition has been substantially updated and expanded to reflect the evolution of dispute resolution in Canada including the impact of mandatory, court-connected DR on mediation practice and the explosion of Canadian ADR programs, including:

• An expanded chapter on mediation
• Revised chapters on Canadian initiatives legal issues
• New chapter on the partnering process