, full-fledged disputes that arise are much lower, and in many cases nil on construction projects, with the parties preferring to ask for an opinion from the DAB and then act on that rather than seek a full-blown hearing on the dispute": see CHERN C, Chern On Dispute Boards. Practice And Procedure cit, vol.8

. ;. Hoffmann-l and . I. Jacob-j, there should be introduced on as wide a range as possible the open system of pre-trial procedure, so that the parties become fully informed of each other's cases at as early a stage as possible to enable them to make a realistic appraisal of the respective strengths and weaknesses of their cases which should lead to earlier and fairer settlements, vol.267, 1987.

U. S. In, the federal discovery rules have been amended several times, switching from an almost fully adversarial model to a more judge-managed one

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D. K. Contra and . P. Baker-w, 7, who express the view that "making DRB reports admissible carries the risk of unintended consequences-the informality of the DRB process may be changed or undermined by parties adding to the DRB process protective measures relating to later legal proceedings, To Admit or Not to Admit, Revisited?, DRBF Forum, vol.20, pp.14-15, 2016.