"potential dispute" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a situation which is likely to result in a disagreement or dispute in the future. For example, "The management suggested that a committee be formed to discuss the potential dispute between the two companies".
One of their areas, Abyei, is considered a likely flashpoint of any potential dispute over where to divide the country.
And there are many points of potential dispute yet to be negotiated, including the fate of Cortlandt Street, which the city would like to keep open.
An illustration is the stated willingness of all concerned to settle their biggest potential dispute, over their maritime frontiers, according to the international Law of the Sea (LOS).
An American official involved in the issue said the Israel-Lebanon land border had not been fully drawn and until it was, the maritime border would remain in potential dispute.
That potential dispute has kept the E.C.B. from embarking on the same large-scale intervention as other central banks like the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, which bought huge swaths of bonds in an effort to bring down rates and stimulate economic growth, a practice known as quantitative easing.
"Nevertheless, this could be a most effective means to enhance safety standards, and to ensure adequate evidence support for potential dispute resolution," Didi added.
More automation and standardisation of documents would help minimise potential disputes.
At the time, few asked if there was a legal framework for resolving potential disputes.
The potential disputes that lay ahead remained in the background at the opening session, which became instead a moment of defiant celebration for Khatami forces.
The gynecologist I've seen for seven years has begun requiring patients to waive their right to a day in court and to accept binding arbitration to settle any potential disputes, or she will not treat them.
At the same time, they should offer to engage Moscow in a broad security dialogue on regional security, NATO and the OSCE in which mutual interests and intentions could be clarified and potential disputes averted.
