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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-upper-tribunal-rules-2008/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2698",
  "legislation_title": "The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-upper-tribunal-rules-2008",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Alternative dispute resolution and arbitration",
  "text": "(1) The Upper Tribunal should seek, where appropriate—\n(a) to bring to the attention of the parties the availability of any appropriate alternative procedure for the resolution of the dispute; and\n(b) if the parties wish and provided that it is compatible with the overriding objective, to facilitate the use of the procedure.\n(2) Part 1 of the Arbitration Act 1996 does not apply to proceedings before the Upper Tribunal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1996 c.23."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2698/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:23:22.576941+00:00"
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  "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."
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