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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;
- helping to
establish and providing continuing support to the Court
Mediation Program, a mediation and training program in Provincial
Small Claims Court;
- 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 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 
(554KB] and the Dispute
Resolution Series, a four-volume set on negotiation and mediation.
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