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We take the contrarian view on arbitration and highlight 5
problem areas with the use of arbitration:
No short-cut for debt claims
Costs - Forking out upfront
Third party difficulties
Effectiveness of Interim relief
Guerrilla tactics - delays
Originally published October 2020
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