Sentences with phrase «mandatory civil settlement»

While on the Superior Court bench, Judge Virga served as the Supervising Settlement Judge, leading the court's Civil Mediation Program and Mandatory Civil Settlement Conference Program, whereby he conducted daily settlement conferences.

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Mandatory mediation in the civil context is perceived as more of a procedural goal to reduce the issues in dispute or find a reasonable settlement, rather than a substantive objective of conciliation.

For example, mandatory court - based mediation rules, judicial dispute resolution initiatives, case management regimes, pre-trial conferences, and cost - based settlement incentives have all become central pillars of the modern civil justice system and its reform.