Dispute Resolution

The significant economic risks faced by the sector, highlighted by the 2021 Suez Canal blockage that caused an estimated daily loss of $9.6 billion in global commerce, emphasize the necessity for efficient and effective maritime dispute resolution via arbitration

Contributor: OLUGBADE JOHNSON ABIOLA INTRODUCTION The question of whether or not Locus Standi is necessary in public interest litigation is one which has generated a lot of argument both for and against, particularly regarding its implications for accessibility to justice…

There have been worries about how to use technology to address the major difficulties in the justice sector and facilitate law practice more generally because the core purpose of legal technologies is to improve service delivery and resolve problems inherent in manual processes. Numerous ODR service providers offer online mediation, negotiation, and arbitration.

Online Dispute Resolution services are interactive, web-based services intended to assist parties in dispute to reach an agreement. Consumers that transacted through electronic means are already accustomed to the internet environment and expect same to be efficient, time-wise and cost-wise, in comparison to in-person resolution and litigation, especially those involving small-value disputes. ODR could be a potential solution to the upsurge in online-based disputes, and the delayed ability of the judicial procedure to resolve such disagreements timeously.