1. It is a great honour to be asked to speak at this inaugural conference of the Japan International Mediation Centre JIMC, and be sharing a platform with Itsuro Terada, the recent Chief Justice of Japan.
2. As a Judge in the United Kingdom between 1996 and 2017, I developed a particular interest in the resolution of disputes outside court, what is of course referred to in the UK and many other jurisdictions as Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR, “alternative” because it is alternative to the traditional approach to resolving disputes, namely going to court, and asking a judge to decide.
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