Abstract This paper examines in three parts how ADR is being embedded into the English civil justice system. Section 1 discusses courts encourage settlements, and it argues that while mounting costs litigation lead to negotiated participation primarily mainly occurs when parties are referred a timely manner. 2 investigates time disputants ADR, proposes taxonomy formed by stages dispute life cyc...

In this paper we determine the optimal combination of precise and vague clauses written in contracts when the parties face writing and enforcement costs, the second ones in the form of litigation. We show that the parties may prefer to write vague instead of precise clauses not only because they are cheaper to write but also because they are cheaper to enforce. We extend Battigalli and Maggi (2...

The Internet has brought great convenience to society, but copyright disputes have become more complex in the era, and new features about by led changes litigation. Taking photographic works as an example, article briefly analyses characteristics of era introduces “copyright cockroaches” (plaintiffs who seek gain benefits filing numerous lawsuits). Through analysis overseas current situation li...

National Health Service (NHS) statistics in the United Kingdom demonstrate an increase in clinical negligence claims over the past 30 years. Reasons for this include elements of a cultural shift in attitudes toward the medical profession and the growth of the legal services industry. This issue affects medical and surgical health providers worldwide.The authors analyzed 2117 NHS Litigation Auth...

Despite a large literature examining the effect of litigation on education finance, student achievement and community outcomes, relatively little attention has been paid to the effect of this litigation on teachers’ compensation. This is especially puzzling given the role that teachers unions play in supporting, and sometimes originating finance lawsuits. In fact, union support for finance laws...