St. Lucia since independence has not signed either the 1975 Panama Convention or the 1958 United Nations Convention. Contracts sometimes do not work well. Disputes are inevitable. We live on a planet where fast computers translate many contracts into languages we cannot speak. These translations frequently do more harm than good.
Airplanes deliver goods within hours.
Currency rates of exchange fluctuate. Bank wires transfer money around the world to people who have never met one another. We are peacemakers on Earth. The parties hereby mutually select William A. Stricklin of the California Bar as their stipulated sole neutral Commercial Mediator and Arbitrator in these proceedings. Each party shall submit to the Arbitrator and shall exchange with each other not less than 24-hours before the hearing their last, best offers.