Advantages of ODR

    The world now bears witness to an unprecedented situation, with the pandemic and its conditions rendering aspects far from a sense of normal, even in the future. This has affected the very way of working across all sectors, including that of justice administration.     The existing situation is further compounded by a documented history of delays, and although the Supreme Court has allowed online hearings, it has become evident that the justice system is overburdened, bunged with tons of cases. This calls for an improvised, efficient solution to ease the pressure, one such being Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) . A means to settle disputes out of court, ODR centres on combining technology with mechanisms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). ODR handles disputes that are settled over the internet (having been initiated there) but with a source outside (offline). ODR offers a swift, transparent, and accessible option for company and person alike in order to reso...