In Zambia, ADR practice can be traced back to the 90s. Over the years, the practice of ADR has continued to grow both in numbers of ADR practitioners and practice.

“Is the Devil in the Detail?” was the title of Dr Melis Özdel’s Fifth CIArb Roebuck Lecture, back in 2015.

The publication of the long-awaited final report of the Civil Justice Council’s ADR Working Group has once again focused attention on whether ADR should be mandatory.

Aristotle once said that “Education is an ornament in Prosperity and a Refuge in Adversity”. It is therefore crucial that professionals of dispute resolution continuously educate themselves