Protest Clause
Requests for bids, particularly from public bodies for projects or …
Category: Arbitration/Mediation/ADR
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 …
Smile Test
An extremely loose definition of what is a colourable/colorable argument or …
Standing
The term refers to who, as a matter of law, …
Straight Face Test
See Smile Test
Subpoena
An order issued under the authority of a court (but …
Substantive Law
In principle what is meant by substantive law is the …