Dispute Resolution in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

by | Nov 4, 2019 | Civil Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial law, Contract Drafting, Legal Automation, Publications, Tech Law

“Whoever controls the courts, controls the state.” Aristotle The courts of ancient Athens were fundamentally democratic with tens, hundreds and in some instances thousands of jurors adjudicating trials. There was no Judge, which role was taken up by the pool of jurors...

The Shifren Principle – The Importance of Reducing Oral Agreements to Writing When a Contract Contains a Non-Variation Clause

by | May 4, 2018 | Civil Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial law, Publications

Today, almost all Commercial Contracts entered into include non-variation clauses. A non-variation clause is a contractual provision which restricts the variation and/or cancellation of an Agreement. Any variation or cancellation of the Agreement will therefore not be...