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Overview

Dispute management research guide Photo of a six people in a collaborative business meeting

The resources on this page are useful for the UniSQ Dispute Management
courses LAW1122 and LAW5122.

 

 

 

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Getting started

Getting started


Check legal dictionaries to help with your understanding of unfamiliar terminology and jargon used in the dispute resolution field.
 

Legal encyclopedias

Use legal encyclopedias for brief overviews of dispute resolution concepts, and references to key case law and/or legislative provisions. See the Legal encyclopedias section for help with using these products.

  • Ttle 13 - Dispute Resolution
  • Selected dispute resolution information is also included within other titles such as:
    • 26. Labour Law > 26.5 > Workers' Compensation > 7 Dispute Resolution
    • 28. Real Property > 28.8 Retail Tenancies > 8 Determination of Disputes
  • Title 25 - Arbitration
  • Individual paragraphs in the encyclopedia, eg [125-1145], which are best found using keyword searching
  • Within titles about a specific field of law such as:
    • 65 - Building and Construction > IV Breaches and Remedies > (7) Dispute Resolution in Building Contracts
    • 230 - Industrial Law > III Queensland - Industrial Law > (2) Industrial Disputes and Actions

Secondary sources

Secondary sources

Secondary sources

Journal articles

Use the resources mentioned earlier in this guide to search for journal articles on dispute management topics. Selected key journals are shown below.

Looseleaf commentary

Commentary services (also known as looseleaf or reporters) provide analysis of fields of law, including commentary on key legislative provisions and cases. Access commentary on dispute management issues in the key law databases; topic coverage varies. Key titles are shown below.

Targeted dispute resolution information is also available in commentary products for specific fields of law, such as family law.

Explore by topic

 

Explore by topic

Explore by topic

Explore dispute management information in Lexis Advance using Browse > Topics > Dispute Resolution & Civil Procedure:

  1. Select Browse at the top of the Lexis Advance homepage
  2. Click on Topics
  3. Choose Dispute Resolution & Civil Procedure
  4. Select a sub-topic, eg Alternative Dispute Resolution.This may display an option to select a further sub-topic
  5. Select Get documents to view all Lexis documents on that topic. This includes cases, legislation, secondary materials etc. Use the left-hand filters to refine the list
  6. Alternatively, select Add topic as a search filter to limit your search to documents on that topic. Then add search terms into the top search box.

The below video demonstrates how to use the browse topics area generally.

LexisNexisAustralia, 'Lexis Advance Tutorial: How to Browse Publications and Topics' (YouTube, 8 July 2019) <https://youtu.be/IwrjWWuH-r4?si=ADt_J1X4K4K-5tHo>.

The LexisNexis Practical Guidance Dispute Resolution module provides guidance notes, commentary practice tips, legislation, legal precedents, cases, tools, forms, checklists etc.

Browse through dispute resolution topics, including jurisdiction-specific guidance for state and federal courts. The below video demonstrates how to navigate and find information in Practical Guidance generally.

LexisNexisAustralia, 'Practical Guidance Overview' (YouTube, 27 July 2021) <https://youtu.be/I6bAL8R_8G8>.

Primary sources

 

Primary sources

Key legislative provisions and case law are discussed in the products mentioned above. For more help with locating and researching these primary sources, see Australian legislation and Australian case law earlier in this guide.
 

Case law

One method of locating cases on a topic is the Key Number System in Westlaw Australia. See these key numbers for case law on alternative dispute resolution topics:

  • 5 Arbitration
  • 41 High Court and Federal Court > 1244.5 Arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution
  • 67 Procedure > 1294-1327 Ending proceedings early > 1321-1325 Alternative dispute resolution > see subheadings eg Conciliation, Mediation etc.

Also investigate key numbers for relevant fields of law, such as:

  • 35 Family law and child welfare > 41 Marriage counselling, mediation and arbitration
  • 43 Industrial law >2214-2251 Dealing with disputes eg 2225 & 2233 Conciliation and arbitration, 2354 Arbitration, conciliation and conferences.

Selected websites

Selected websites