...Haytham Besaiso; Peter Fenn; Margaret Emsley Purpose This paper aims to investigate the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques in the Palestinian construction industry. It also seeks to identify some of the drivers and barriers to the greater use of particular ADR techniques...

... it imposed on the application of the HGCRA 1996, before pointing out that the proposal was not to encourage more oral agreements and stating that they did not think it was likely to do so. Adjudication Dispute resolution Local democracy Oral contracts Economic Development and Construction Act 2009...

... Adjudication Construction industry Cash flow Dispute resolution HGCRA 1996 Act United Kingdom This implies that where materials and significant terms of a contract are agreed orally and not in writing, the contract will be excluded from the provisions of the 1996 Act. However, it is common...

... could be improved by imposing regulations on builders, including by mandating the use of written contracts for building work which are required to contain particular terms, requiring builders to be licensed and insured, and by introducing a consumer‐friendly form of dispute resolution for home building...