Dispute Resolution Office
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The Ministry of Attorney General's Dispute Resolution Office develops and promotes non-adversarial dispute resolution options within the
justice system and government. Options such as mediation encourage early settlement of disputes and are less expensive than processes
used in the formal court system. Initiatives of the Dispute Resolution Office are guided by the ministry's Alternative Dispute Resolution
policy and include:
- developing and implementing the Notice to Mediate process that allows any party
to most civil, non-family, actions in the Supreme Court to require all other parties to attend a mediation session;
- developing and implementing, in collaboration with the Ministry of Children and Family Development, the Child
Protection Mediation Program;
- designing early settlement opportunities for family cases in Provincial Court, such as a requirement for people to attend a Parenting
After Separation session before appearing in court;
- helping to establish and providing continuing support to the Court Mediation
Program, a mediation and training program in Provincial Small Claims Court;
- helping to establish and acting as secretariat to the British Columbia
Mediator Roster Society.
The Dispute Resolution Office publishes information bulletins and other educational materials.
Other publications include a Guide to Mediation in British Columbia, Reaching
Resolution: A Guide to Designing Public Sector Dispute Resolution Systems and the Dispute Resolution
Series, a four-volume set on negotiation and mediation.
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