…Al-Karim first focused on the Micula dispute, observing that the 2024 judgement is part of the EU’s wider struggle with investment arbitration. In turn, Ms Macdonald saw a trend towards…

…arbitration agreement); and Chevron Corp. v. Republic of Ecuador (rejecting Ecuador’s argument that its offer of investor-state arbitration had not encompassed contract claims). The Amicus further highlights Micula v. Government…

…EU Member States. This ruling was confirmed in PL Holdings, in Komstroy, and later in Micula concerning the enforcement of an award rendered by a tribunal of the International Centre…

…Northern Ireland, on the enforcement of the Micula award by the English courts. Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) reform continues under the auspices of UNCITRAL Working Group III, with the first…

…broadly: first, the early cases against Hungary, second, Micula, Achmea, and the following developments regarding the intra-EU ISDS policies, third, Vattenfal and the public outrage against the challenge to the…

…A1P1 rights. Objections of this kind fall within the territory covered in well-known intra-EU ISDS cases such as Micula (see here).   Bringing Rights into the Balance Turning to whether…