Public policy on amicable settlement in France: The Amiable Settlement Ambassadors have submitted their report to the Minister of Justice

As part of the public policy in favour of amicable settlement conducted by the Ministry of Justice, three senior magistrates, three lawyers and three renowned academics, joined by a notary, a court commissioner and a former consular judge, have been given the task by the Minister of Justice of visiting judicial jurisdictions to publicise the new amicable settlement tools and encourage professionals to use them, to participate in the creation and structuring of a national network of ‘amicable justice’ referents in the courts and training schools, to design tools to facilitate the use of amicable settlement mechanisms, to list local practices and to contribute to the promotion of good practices. French Only.

Their mission report, which makes a number of proposals to promote amicable settlement in the long term, is available online in French only.

Est également disponible le "kit amiable » proposé aux juridictions. Les ambassadeurs de l’amiable mettent à disposition un kit de documents pratiques pour inciter au recours aux modes amiables de résolution des différends (MARD). Ce kit contient différentes fiches thématiques sur le recours à l’amiable et sur les outils procéduraux, une foire aux questions sur l’audience de règlement amiable (ARA) et la césure du procès, ainsi que des trames d’injonction de médiation.  Download "le kit pratique amiable". In French only.

Read the interview with two of these ambassadors, Fabrice Vert and Romain Carayol, members of Gemme France. In French only.