Vocabulary

5 October 2021
Arbitration
An alternative type of dispute resolution, arbitration doesn't require court attendance via either party Instead, the claimant and the...
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5 October 2021
Legislation
Legislation (or “statutory law”) is law that has been enacted by a legislature or other governing body or the process of making it An...
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5 October 2021
Adjudicate
Adjudication, or to adjudicate, is the process of involving a third party to consider the claims of both sides of a legal argument The...
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5 October 2021
Smash and Grab
A term used to describe a legal process where a payee claims the full amount set out in an application if the payer has failed to serve...
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9 July 2021
European Citizenship
Any national of any member state of the European Union possesses European citizenship and therefore benefits from a variety of rights that...
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9 July 2021
European Coal and Steel Community
The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was an international organisation serving to unify European countries after World War II...
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23 June 2021
Claim
Issuing a claim means to issue at court a written document demanding a remedy or confirming your assertion to a right or outcome We...
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9 June 2021
Company
A company is a commercial business, association, or collective of people (either natural persons or legal persons, or a mixture of the two)...
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9 June 2021
Shareholder
A shareholder is technically often referred to as a member (sometimes called a stockholder) is a person, company, or other organisation...
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