Public contract disputes

Brexit, Construction, Construction arbitration, International Law Talk, Kluwer Podcast, Podcast, Public Contract, Public contract disputes, Tender Dispute, Transparency

(Law Offices of Kiran N Gore PLLC; The George Washington University Law School)/ /Leave a comment

International Law Talk is a series of podcasts through which Wolters Kluwer provides the latest news and industry insights from thought leaders and experts in the fields of International Arbitration, IP Law, International Tax Law and Competition Law. Here at Kluwer Arbitration Blog, we highlight the podcasts focused on international arbitration. In this latest episode,…

Arab World, ICSID Arbitration, International Investment Arbitration, Investor-State arbitration, Public contract disputes, State of necessity, State Responsibility

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The Arab Spring erupted in Tunisia in December 2010 and quickly spread to Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, and other countries of the Arab World in 2011 and 2012. As I wrote in a 2015 Kluwer Arbitration Blog post, The Evolution of Arbitration in the Arab World, the uprisings of the Arab Spring and the political…

Arbitrability, Commercial Arbitration, LCIA Arbitration, Public contract disputes, Public Interest, Public Procurement, UK

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In international arbitration, as in other fields of law, the divide between private and public—commercial arbitration and public international (including investment) arbitration—traditionally has been the generally, if uncritically, accepted belief. When public bodies are involved in commercial contracts, the traditional point of distinction has been whether the state operated jure imperii or jure gestionis. Apart…

Brazil, Partial award, Public contract disputes, Public Entities

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A judge of the public law courts of the State of São Paulo concluded that a dispute arising out of a turn-key agreement entered into by a State-owned company and several construction companies for the construction of a new underground line in the city of São Paulo should not have been referred to arbitration. The…