This course aims to provide students with the theory and processes underpinning the various alternative methods of dispute resolution, including negotiation, mediation, arbitration and the practical skills required for these processes.
Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of the range of methods of dispute resolution outside process in court, and an ability to select cases appropriate for each process together with an understanding of the appropriate stage at which to engage in each process
- Demonstrate an awareness and basic knowledge of the process and practice of mediation,
- Have a working knowledge of the law and practice of arbitration and expert determination and other methods of dispute resolution