Alternative Dispute Resolution in Environmental Disputes
by Deborah Lockhart and Christian Santos [1] ADR[2] has grown significantly in Australia not merely in the footsteps of its international popularity, but as a frontrunner in a global push for timely and cost effective dispute resolution. When speaking at the Australian Disputes Centre in 2017, Chief Justice Tom Bathurst, stated that it is “fair to say now that ADR has evolved to the stage not merely of being additional or supplementary but complementary and integrative.”[3] [...]