Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsThe objects of this part are--
(a) to provide an opportunity for litigants to participate in ADR processes in order to achieve negotiated settlements and satisfactory resolutions of disputes; and
(b) to introduce ADR processes into the court system to improve access to justice for litigants and to reduce cost and delay; and
(c) to provide a legislative framework allowing ADR processes to be conducted as quickly, and with as little formality and technicality, as possible; and
(d) to safeguard ADR processes--
(i) by ensuring they remain confidential; and
(ii) by extending the same protection to participants in an ADR process they would have if the dispute were before the Supreme Court.