TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION .................................................................................... i
APPROVAL .......................................................................................... ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......................................................................... .iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................ iv-v
CHAPTER ONE .................................................................................... l
1.0 INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH .......................................................... I
!.I BACKGROUND ................................................................................. 5
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ......................................................... 6
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY .............................................................. 6
I.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS .................................................................... 7
1.5 HYPOTHESIS ................................................................................... ?
1.6 SIGNIFICANE OF THE STUDY ............................................................ 7
I.7 METHODOLOGY .............................................................................. 8
I.8 RESEARCH DESIGN .......................................................................... 8
I.9 STUDY AREA ................................................................................. 8
I.IOTARGET POPULATION ..................................................................... 8
!.II SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES ............................................. 8
!.12 RESEARCH INSTRUNMENTS ............................................................ 9
1.13 RESEARCH PROCEDURE .................................................................. 9
I.l4 DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS ................................................. 9
1.15 LIMITATION ................................................................................. 9
I. I 6 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS .......................................................... I 0.
I.I7 LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................. I 0
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2.0 CHAPTER TW0 ............................................................................. 27.
2.1 BRIEF BACKGROUND ...................................................................... 27
2.2THE ROLE OF ADR IN THE ADMINSTRA TION OF JUSTICE IN COURTS ...... 30
2.3 LEGAL ASPECTS OF ADR IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; DOMESTIC
AND INTERNATIONAL .......................................................................... 35
2.4 THE !995 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA ..................... 38
2.5 THE JUDICATURE ACT. CAP 13 .......................................................... 38
2.6 ARBITRATION AND CONCILATION ACT, CAP 4 .................................... 39
2.7 THE JUDICATURE (COMMERCIAL COURT MEDIATION) RULES 2007 ...... 41
3.0 CHAPTER THREE ......................................................................... .44
3. I THE ROLE OF ADR AT THE COMMERCIAL COURT IN BACKLOG CLEARANCE-.44
3.2 ACHIEVEMENTS OF ADR IN REDUCING CASE BACKLOG AT THE COMMERCIAL
COURT ........................................................................................................ 50
3.3THE CHALLENGES FACING THE USE OF ADR AT THE COMMERCIAL COURT ...... 53
3.4 CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CASE BACKLOG AT THE COMMERCIAL COURT ...... 53
3.5 EFFECTS OF CASE BACKLOG ..................................................................... 57
4.0 CHAPTER FOUR. .......................................................................... . 59
4.1 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION .......................................... 59
4.2 RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................... , ................ 59
4.3 CONCLUSION .................................................................................. 59
BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................... 62
APPENDIX A ........................................................................................ 66
APPENDIX B ....................................................................................... 67
APPENDIX C ....................................................................................... 69
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction In the last decayed, Alternative Dispute Resolution has taken significance in legal and judicial practice within the common law jurisdictions. Originally it started as a standalone mechanism largely operating outside the court system; however as time went on emerged court-based Alternative Dispute Resolution. Before delving into an attempt in defining ADR, it is pertinent to note that today, whenever we look across jurisdictions with widely different histories, entrenched cultures of dispute management are subject to re-examination and challenges. In common law countries, this turbulence in civil justice is at least unprecedented in recent times.