Pre-Action Protocol
In English and many other common law legal systems there …
Category: Arbitration/Mediation/ADR
Protective Order
An order, common in U.S. commercial litigation and international arbitration, …
Protest Clause
Requests for bids, particularly from public bodies for projects or …
Public Policy Objection (New York Convention)
Article V (2)(b) of the New York Arbitration Convention specifically …
Reasoned Award
See Award, Arbitral
Sandbagging
A sandbag or sap was used by some ‘muggers’ to …
Scale Fees, Scale Costs
In a number of legal systems, for example Germany, lawyers …
Seat of Arbitration
Although the term ‘seat’ is usually used to refer to …
Set-Off
Set-off is used to describe the practice by a payor …
Skeleton Argument
UK and Irish courts generally do not use the detailed …