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- Adjudication:
- Generically, a dispute resolution process in which a neutral third party hears each
parties case and makes a decision binding on them. There are various forms of
adjudication, for example litigation and arbitration ....
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- Arbitration
- Arbitration is a procedure for the settlement of disputes, under which the parties agree
to be bound by the decision of an arbitrator whose decision is, in general, final and
legally binding on both parties. It is governed by both statute law and the common law.
The principal legislation in England and Wales is the Arbitration Act 1996. As a
dispute resolution procedure arbitration is the only means of dispute resolution which is
an alternative to litigation because an arbitrator's award is final, binding and
enforceable summarily in the courts.
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- Arbitrator
- An arbitrator is independent and impartial and is selected by the parties or on their
behalf (by the Institute or by another appointing authority) on the basis of their
arbitral/technical expertise, reputation and experience in the field of activity from
which the dispute stems.
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- Alternative Dispute Resolution [ADR]
- This term covers an agglomeration of dispute resolution procedures which are
alternatives to litigation. They usually entail helping the parties to arrive
at a negotiated settlement, often but not necessarily using a third-party neutral.
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[Note: It is a matter of sometimes heated debate as to whether
Arbitration and Expert Determination are or are not to be classified as ADR.
Whatever your particular view might be, they are relevant methods of dispute resolution
and are discussed as such.]
- Civil Procedure Rules [CPR]
- The Rules of procedure which apply to all civil actions in the Courts of England and
Wales. The Rules can be found on the Lord
Chancellor's Department web site.
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- Expert Determination:
- A procedure whereby a dispute, perhaps of a technical nature, is to be resolved by an
expert, nominated or identifiable, whose decision is to be final and binding on the
parties, and who need not follow the rules of arbitration or litigation.
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- Information Systems Engineering
- Information systems engineering is the application of engineering principles, founded on
appropriate scientific and technological disciplines, to the creation use and support of
information systems for the solution of practical problems. .... The scope includes
hardware components ... and software components. It also includes the design, development
and use of standards and tools essential for the engineering of information systems.
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- Software Engineering
- Software Engineering is an engineering discipline which is concerned with all aspects of
software production from the early stages of system specification through to maintaining
the system after it has gone into use.
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