Dr Stephen Connelly, Associate Professor at Warwick Law School, discusses the risks of defaulting on financial covenants and what could be done to help:

"I would urge Government and the Bank of England to consider measures to lessen the pressure on corporates to satisfy financial covenants, perhaps by means of a generalised stay of enforcement of these financial obligations"

Dr Georg Löfflmann from the Department of Politics and International Studies comments:-

"Evolution has given us two systems of thought, ‘system 1’, which is fast, instinctive and emotional, and ‘system 2, which is slower, more deliberative and logical. Because of ‘cognitive bias’, embedded in human biology, emotions and intuition can override a rational assessment of objective fact."

Super Tuesday is the most important day in the US race to the White House so far, as 14 states vote on who should be the US Democratic presidential candidate.

Dr Trevor McCrisken, PPL Co-Director from the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, comments:

"Moderate endorsements and a big win in South Carolina at the weekend have revitalised Joe Biden's campaign. But state-by-state polling suggests Biden will win Southern states on Super Tuesday while Sanders will pick up the big prize of California and several of the 14 states voting today."

Professor Simon Caney from the Department of Politics and International Studies, and Dr Sharifah Sekalala, Assistant Professor in the School of Law, were members of the Working Party which conducted an in-depth inquiry, reviewing the policies and practices of global health emergency research, and presented 24 recommendations for improvement in the form of an "ethical compass" to guide the decisions of those on the ground.

Dr Christine Schwobel-Patel, Associate Professor in Warwick Law School, comments:-

"The USA is claiming that it was acting in self-defence when it launched a strike on Iranian General Soleimani. Under Art. 51 United Nations Charter (UNC), the right to self-defence must follow an ‘armed attack’. It is clear that there was no armed attack on the USA by Iran. However, customary international law, which is a combination of state practice and what states believe to be legal, is broader than the wording of the UNC. After all, states cannot be expected to wait until they have been attacked, if they have intelligence that this is about to happen."