# The Labour Relations Agency Arbitration Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2012, Paragraph 3


Resolution of disputes under the Scheme is intended to be confidential, informal, relatively fast and cost efficient. Procedures under the Scheme are non-legalistic, and more flexible than an industrial tribunal, the Fair Employment Tribunal or the courts. For example (as explained in more detail below), the Scheme avoids the use of formal pleadings, formal witness and documentary procedures. Strict rules of evidence do not apply and general principles of fairness and good conduct are taken into account including, for example, principles referred to in any relevant Code of Practice. Arbitral decisions, including “awards”, are final. There are specified opportunities to appeal or otherwise challenge the result.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/301/schedule/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/labour-relations-agency-arbitration-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2012/schedule/paragraph-3
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