I am Graham Ross, a UK lawyer and mediator dedicated to helping people resolve their disputes without the delay, stress and cost of going to court.I am also a leading expert in Online Dispute Resolution and the application of technology to aid the resolution of disputes. As such I have, for over 20 years, advised courts around the world, many of which are currently struggling with huge caseloads , on how technology can significantly increase the number of cases that settle outside of court, thus reducing the caseload. I have also helped develop solutions working with many of the other leaders in the field and organised conferences on the subject where emerging technologies including AI are delivering out of court options. For more details, see my bio here I have set up this site as a meeting point and ‘club’ where mediators, arbitrators, ombudsmen, and others who offer solutions to help resolve disputes out of court (otherwise known as Practitioners in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)) can, through demonstrations, papers and hands-on training, learn about and become proficient in making use of the tools and new techniques becoming available. If you join the club, you will benefit from:-•Regular talks from experts in the field, regular demos and discussions •A discussion forum where members can share their experiences.•Access to a series of presentations, papers documents and video tutorials that formed the ODR Training course . These go back a few years but the content is still relevant.•Tools that you will be trained in and obtain licences will be:-oNext Level Mediation.oSmartsettle ONEoSmartsettle InfinityoODR.com•Participate in studies•Use template press releases for local media.In short you will be able to call yourself an expert in the field of technology assisted resolution and Online Dispute Resolution. (LINKED PAGE) The first tool used will be Smartsettle ONE. This is a clever and easy to use tool applying to disputes over a sum of money. It uses technology to avoid the usual negotiating ‘dance’ where people sit on offers in the hope of forcing the other party to move from their positions. With the blind negotiation provided by Smartsettle ONE the parties do not see any offers from the other party so as to more quickly move to their bottom lines, speeding up, and making more likely, the reaching of agreement over an amount of money.Using Smartsette ONE The mediator can also conduct discussions separately with each party in private chat rooms. This conversation can be used to set conditions of the bidding as in “I will make an offer on condition that you agree to….”This tool offers two specific advantages:-1.Speed. As neither sides sees the secret offers by the other party there is no reason to sit on offers but if no agreement is reached the incentive is to move a further. 2.Secret negotiations enable some Respondents to bid high early safe in the knowledge that if it does not settle they have not compromised themselves. This is of huge value, for example, for motor insurers in cases in which liability is clear and settling a little high early when costs are low will be significantly less costly overall than settling much later on at a lower payment but when costs are much higher. Using Smartsettle ONE does not change the techniques you employ. You operate as within your usual style. One method, for example, for a mediator is that, after finding out the background details of a case and set up a day at which the mediation proper will take place, whether in person or by web conferencing (Zoom, Teams etc|) you then link the parties to Smartsettle ONE , where they can themselves readily learn how to operate Smartsettle ONE and practice against an AI robot before negotiating live.Smartsettle ONE is oiffered on a ‘No Resolution No Fee’ basis. FGre to use, and free to practice on against the robot, See a short 5mn video here explaining both ONE and the more complex Smartsettle Infinity in a family law dispute.Become an overnight expert in technology assisted dispute resolution!CLICK TO JOIN