Cairn Energy has threatened to seize Indian government assets if New Delhi fails to pay the UK oil and gas explorer $1.2bn after losing a bitter dispute over retrospective taxes.

Read more here: https://www.ft.com/content/6a2ffeb0-c321-47b2-a0dd-a2742b401f44

Axa should have registered its dispute with Combined Property Control on the Business Disputes Register.

https://www.insuranceage.co.uk/insurer/7534296/axa-puts-blame-on-lockton-as-legal-dispute-continues

Carslberg of Denmark is locked in a dispute with its joint venture partner in India. Both sides should seek alternative dispute resolution services to bring the matter to an end.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/business/carlsberg-auditor-quits-amid-commercial-dispute/cid/1796900

Reuters reports that a "case has rattled Russia’s business community and prompted several prominent officials and businessmen to voice concerns about the way the state deals with commercial disputes". The solution is simple: the parties involved should us the Business Disputes Register which encourages better business behaviour.

https://www.reuters.com/article/russia-business-vostochny/russian-dispute-which-ensnared-top-us-investor-calvey-eases-idUSL8N2HJ13P

Microsoft and Foxconn Technology, the world’s biggest contract assembler of consumer electronics, said this week they had settled litigation over patent royalties in the United States and pledged new relations that suggest the American software giant plans to scale up its hardware business.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphjennings/2020/09/03/microsoft-and-tech-assembler-foxconn-settle-royalty-dispute-to-plot-closer-business-relations/

Epic have taken on the all mighty Apple in what is likely to be a lengthy and costly dispute.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/24/microsoft-joins-court-battle-between-apple-and-fortnite-maker-epic

High Court censures City firm for threatening respondent with jail

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/high-court-censures-city-firm-for-threatening-respondent-with-jail/5105263.article

The foregoing of a dispute settlement system is nothing to fear as the Business Disputes Register can fill the gap.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/07/28/business/japan-uk-dispute-settlement-system-trade-deal/

Disputes resolution arbitration should be open to the public especially for cases involving sovereign states.

https://businessday.ng/financial-times/article/the-6bn-judgment-pitting-nigeria-against-a-london-court/

Covid and the Covid lockdown will be the root cause to many business disputes.

www.law.com/texaslawyer/2020/07/09/growing-covid-litigation-trend-texas-businesses-suing-governments-over-shutdowns/

Britain’s Royal Mail and its largest labor union have agreed to start talks to resolve an ongoing dispute over a range of issues including pay and operational changes, the former postal monopoly said on Wednesday

https://business.financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/royal-mail-cwu-to-start-talks-to-resolve-labor-dispute

Business urged to avoid ‘destructive’ Covid-19 disputes

https://www.ft.com/content/733a2729-6fd8-4b7a-b0c9-62c593adb289

U-turn comes as City regulator asks court to rule on whether policies apply to pandemic

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/01/multiple-uk-business-insurers-admit-liability-for-coronavirus