Focus China: Arbitration in China (Pt 2)
Arbitration of a legal contract in a foreign country and foreign language, of a contentious issue, with a potentially adversarial party is a daunting proposition. Just what is the process likely to involve in China?
Focus China: Traditional Approach to a Modern Problem
Almost every aspect of China’s society is based, in some way, on the Confucian and Daoist principles of harmony and understanding.
Focus China: Arbitration in China (Pt 1)
One of the costs of conducting foreign business is the resolution of international disputes. With its adversarial nature, associated costs and delays, litigation is often a second-best option for any [...]
All the single ladies?
Beyoncé Knowles is a veritable wealth of relationship knowledge and advice. She has mused about what she would do were she of the opposite gender, that men aren’t so irreplaceable, [...]
The internet lives in a box…
Justice Fullerton of the New South Wales Supreme Court would not be the first person to struggle with the unstoppable march of technology – Australian Federal Communications Minister, Steven Conroy, [...]
Unfair terms in online contracts
In the fourth episode of season seven of The Simpsons, Bart sells his soul to Milhouse for the princely sum of $5. In a somewhat one sided deal, Bart discovers [...]
Watch out for that health centre terms and conditions!
The fitness industry is one of the fastest growing in the Western world, especially when it comes to gyms and gym memberships, which cost several hundred dollars for a subscription [...]
Creating a binding financial agreement
Before the right to create Binding Financial Agreements (BFAs) was extended to same-sex and de facto relationships, when such a relationship had broken down, both parties would have had to [...]