The evolution of ADR or Alternative Dispute Resolution systems
is part of the stated goals of the so-called "Cartabia
Reform" (Law No. 206 of November 26, 2021), which came into
effect, in part, on February 28, 2023 but which expects to complete
the implementation of the remaining regulations in the upcoming
months.
The Cartabia Reform has already revolutionized
the Italian judicial system, introducing important innovations, and
in the matter of ADR, it has made a massive
overhaul of the discipline of what can be defined as the
legal means of dispute resolution, alternative to recourse to the
courts.
More specifically, the Reform contains the "Delegation
to the Government for the efficiency of the civil process and for
the revision of the discipline of alternative dispute
resolution tools and urgent measures for the
rationalization of proceedings in the field of personal and family
rights as well as in the field of forced execution."
