Court-Annexed Mandatory Arbitration Annual Report
Fiscal Year 2004
Overview and History of Court-Annexed Mandatory Arbitration
In Illinois, court-annexed arbitration is a mandatory, non-binding form of alternative dispute resolution. In those jurisdictions approved by the Supreme Court to operate such programs, all civil cases filed in which the amount of money damages being sought fall within the program’s jurisdictional limit are subject to the arbitration process2. These modest sized claims are directed into the arbitration program because they are amenable to closer management and faster resolution, using a less formal, alternative process than a typical trial court proceeding.
