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035			_a(Sirsi) u127243
100			_aMackenzie, J.
245			_aTerminal settlement
260			_c2004
490			_aJournal of the Law Society of Scotland _v49(7) July 2004, 36-37(2)
520			_aFeatures the emerging and alternative form of dispute resolution called Online Dispute Resolution (ODR). Many are seeing electronic communication as the answer to the problem of spiralling costs in the DR process. Gives details of the different types of ODR providers. These include Intersettle.co.uk which is a Scotish ODR Provider which uses an interactive online bidding system. Also looks at services offered in the USA where the traditional services of mediation, arbitration, negotiation and expert evaluation are more often done in the online context. Argues it is difficult to say how popular ODR will become. There are advantages such as streamlining of the service and the reduction in costs, but there may be greater difficulties than in the traditional methods for DR for recovering a case if it is badly pled as there is no real word in online procedure.
590			_aABS
590			_aABS
650			_aONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
650			_aSCOTLAND
650			_aBLIND BIDDING
650			_aELECTRONIC DATA
650			_aUNITED STATES
650			_aCOST REDUCTION
690			_aDISPUTE RESOLUTION _96236
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999			_c117940 _d117940