- Title
- Courts, mediation and COVID-19
- Creator
- Sourdin, Tania; Zeleznikow, John
- Relation
- Australian Business Law Review Vol. 48, p. 138-158
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3595910
- Publisher
- Lawbook Co
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Fundamental to the practice of law is the need to adapt to the ever-changing circumstances of human society. The COVID-19 pandemic is requiring lawyers, courts, judges and others (such as alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practitioners) involved in the justice system to reassess how they operate in a rapidly changing environment. Responses by courts and ADR practitioners have varied considerably from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and many have been ad hoc and informed by a crisis-management approach. At the same time, innovation that has often been stalled by inertia across the sector is challenging many to contemplate how technology can support efforts to ensure that the justice system can continue to deliver outcomes without increasing delay and also enable economic recovery in the face of a projected increase in disputes. Noting such pressure, this article explores the ways in which courts and ADR services are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in view of past technological developments.
- Subject
- practice of law; COVID-19; ADR practitioners; jurisdiction
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1445027
- Identifier
- uon:42476
- Identifier
- ISSN:0310-1053
- Language
- eng
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