Risikoen i disse situationer er, at de berørte parter opgiver at gøre deres rettigheder gældende som følge af de forhindringer, de støder på, når de skal anlægge sag i et fremmed land, hvis lovgivning og procedurer de ikke kender, og som følge af de udgifter, de skal afholde.
The risk in such situations is that the persons involved might refrain from asserting their rights because of the obstacles that they would encounter in going to law in a foreign country, with unfamiliar legislation and procedures, and the costs that they would have to bear.