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According to data submitted by the US to the APEC forum, 2017 will see 942 million e-commerce business disputes. (1) According to an article by David Dodwell in the South China Morning Post, these disputes involved, on average, entities in six different nations with six different legal systems, and therefore made it necessary for the parties involved to hire six different lawyers to represent their interests.

Alternative Dispute Resolution, or ADR, is a set of practices designed to resolve disputes between individuals as well as businesses without the need for litigation. Since it avoids the courtroom, ADR tends to be faster and cheaper than litigation, and also offers the benefit of confidentiality.

Now that we know more about contract disputes, let’s take a look at some strategies for avoiding them.

Now that we know more about contract disputes, let’s take a look at some strategies for avoiding them.

If you receive a notice of anticipatory breach of contract because of a claim of material breach against you, you’ve got a contract dispute. If you intended to repudiate the contract, then it’s probably time to retain a good contract law attorney, if you haven’t already.

If the breaching party willfully broke the contract, or if the breach resulted from deceit, unfair dealing, or fraud, then the court will likely find the breach material. On the other hand, if the breach was due to circumstances beyond the control of the breaching party, the court will be less likely to find the breach material.