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34 Alta. L. Rev. 163 (1995-1996)
MED/ARB: Fraught with Danger or Ripe with Opportunity

handle is hein.journals/alblr34 and id is 173 raw text is: MED/ARB: FRAUGHT WITH DANGER OR RIPE WITH OPPORTUNITY? 163
MED/ARB: FRAUGHT WITH DANGER OR
RIPE WITH OPPORTUNITY?
DAVID C. ELLIOTT*
Parties in dispute, or contemplating a dispute  Les parties d un diffdrend, ou envisageant
resolution process, want to settle their disputes  d'adopter un processus de rdsolution des diffd rends,
amicably, but equally want the dispute resolved  souhaitent hfois un arrangement d l'amiable et le
Lawyers must assess what, at first sight, might seem  rdglement de leur conflit. Les membres du barreau
poor choices for dispute resolution. This article  doivent d'abord considdrer ce qui constitue des
examines an increasingly popular process - using  solutions midiocres d cet Lgard Le prdsent article
a combined mediation/arbitration process to settle  examine un processus de plus en plus populaire qui
disputes - med/arb.                         allie midiation et arbitrage : med/arb.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.  WHAT IS MED/ARB? ................................ 163
II.  THE ATTRACTIONS OF MED/ARB              .................... 164
III.  HIGH PROFILE MED/ARB SUCCESSES .................. 165
IV.   THE QUANDRY OF MED/ARB             ....................... 166
A.   MED/ARB IS A HYBRID .......................... 166
B.   NATURAL JUSTICE CONCERNS             .................. 166
C.   LACK OF CONTROL ............................. 167
V.   LEGISLATIVE AND INSTITUTIONAL TRENDS ........... 168
VI. MORE THOUGHT ABOUT
DISPUTE RESOLUTION .............................. 174
VII.   DESIGNING A MED/ARB PROCESS .................... 175
A.   WHAT COMES FIRST?. ........................... 175
B.   THE ROLE OF THE IMPARTIAL
THIRD PARTY ................................. 175
C.   PROCESS ISSUES ............................... 175
D.   THE MEDIATOR/ARBITRATOR             ................... 176
VIII.  MEDIATE OR ARBITRATE FIRST?. .................... 177
IX.   CO-MED/ARB      ..................................... 178
X.   MEDIATOR/ARBITRATOR'S ROLE ..................... 179
XI.   CONCLUSION ..................................... 179
I. WHAT IS MED/ARB?
Med/arb is a process by which both mediation and arbitration are agreed upon as the
means by which parties intend to resolve their dispute. Typically, although by no means
always, one person is appointed both to mediate and, if mediation fails, to arbitrate the
dispute.
Barrister and Solicitor, Alberta. Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature, England (non-
practising), Barrister, New Zealand (non-practising), Chartered Arbitrator and practising mediator.
Elliott has been appointed as mediator/arbitrator on several occasions. Each dispute has settled in
mediation. He has been a labour arbitrator for 14 years with experience in final offer selection
arbitration.

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