The International Chamber of Commerce has issued the ICC ADR Rules (the ‘Rules’) for the use of parties who wish to settle their disputes or differences amicably with the assistance of a third party, the Neutral, within an institutional framework. It is because of the amicable nature of ICC ADR that ICC has chosen to refer to ‘ADR’ as ‘amicable dispute resolution’ rather than ‘alternative dispute resolution’, which has been more commonly used in the past. ‘ADR’, as used by ICC, therefore does not include arbitration but only proceedings which do not result in a decision or award of the Neutral which can be enforced at law.