SCL Adjudication Scheme For Resolution Of B2B Technology Related Disputes: The Irish Perspective

In October 2019, the Society for Computers & Law (“SCL”) published Adjudication Rules (“SCLA Rules”). The SCLA Rules were updated in April 2020. SCL is a long-established and leading educational charity for the technology law community in England and Wales. As of October 2019, SCL has been promoting itself as a body for resolving technology disputes through the process of adjudication (“SCL Adjudication”).

In this article, we:

1. outline SCL Adjudication;
2. determine whether or not the jurisdictional scope of SCL Adjudication should be extended to Ireland; and
3. consider whether or not SCL Adjudication is the optimal method for resolving business-to-business (“B2B”) technology disputes of the future.