Jurisdiction: submission to court or arbitration?

In contract Law, arbitration is an alternative dispute resolution mechanism in which the parties instead to try to resolve the conflict they appoint a third party to do so. In other words, it   is a way to resolve a dispute without going to ordinary jurisdiction. The...

Second time around

The slow arrival of the crisp autumnal days, and the morning chill in the air has brought with it bad news, and more bad news in this year of awful tidings. Covid-19 cases are steeply on the rise across Europe and elsewhere, and following on from the privations and...

Austerity again?

The global economy is in a mess it is fair to say, probably a mess the like of which nobody alive, or even with a grasp of recent economic history, has seen. Will we get out of it?  For sure, there will be another side, but the thorny question is how? There are a...

When the money runs out.

It seemed like a good idea at the time, in fact it was more or less the only idea at the time. Around the first world economies, as the prospect of a lockdown to limit the devastating spread of Covid19 became inevitable the knock on effects to the economy were...