{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-procedure-rules-and-practice-directions-rules-2026/schedule/rule-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-procedure-rules-and-practice-directions-rules-2026/schedule/rule-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/696",
  "legislation_title": "The Online Procedure (Rules and Practice Directions) Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-procedure-rules-and-practice-directions-rules-2026",
  "path": "schedule/rule/16",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Early resolution",
  "text": "These Rules shall be applied so as to point parties to online proceedings towards the least burdensome or least costly means to resolve their dispute. Examples include online information, online advice, consensual online dispute resolution and adjudication (whether by a court or tribunal or some other method).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/696/schedule/rule/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:59:13.235300+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}