Before the advent of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) the only known process of administration of Justice was litigation. Among Commonwealth Nations and Common law Countries litigation has had a semi Monopoly of resolution of disputes. Being the only process available for dispensation of justice, but the outcome  was not always satisfactory to all. Consequently, in 1906 the Roscoe Pound Conference had to examine the dissatisfaction with the legal process as a means by which justice is administered and came up with the need for Alternative Disputes Resolution Process.