I was reading Investment moat's article on recent soilbuild's issuance of writ of summons to Technics Oil & Gas Limited. Soilbuild is seeking to claim back about $2 mil in rent plus an additional $12 mil in deposit for the second year of rent, with interest owed during the period where they didn't pay the rent. Counter party risk is hard to account for, but it's something we need to pay attention to in the real world.
As a private tutor, I have to deal with counter party risk as well. When I was a newbie in my first few years of work, I had issues collecting my fee from students too. One is recommended by a tuition agency, so it's subjected to terms and conditions that I had not read in full. Since it is the first month of tutoring that student, the student had to make payments to ......