…legislation. The main institution in Australia, the Australian Centre for International Arbitration (ACICA) amended its procedural rules last year to include new provisions to keep in step with developments in…

…exchanged various drafts of the agreement, all of which contained an arbitration clause providing for arbitration under the FAI Arbitration Rules (“FAI Rules”). The clause read as follows: “Any dispute,…

…indicated that the situation described by Alquería could be reprehensible from an ethical standpoint and even violate mandatory domestic legal provisions. However, such situation did not amount to a ground…

…federal laws in a court, an arbitration court or international arbitration (arbitration tribunal). [Article 10] Arguably, the above provisions do not clearly determine whether provisional application of an investor-state arbitration

…subject of the decision of the Delhi High Court in McDonald’s), it is arguable that principles applicable to anti-arbitration injunctions should not apply to BIT arbitration proceedings. Conclusion The ex-parte…

…with investor-state arbitration provisions, the overwhelming majority of States, including States that are notorious critics of investor-state arbitration, such as Venezuela, has not withdrawn from the investor-state arbitration system. Moreover,…

Rules”). The 2013 Rules, while maintaining the “light touch” approach of the 2008 Administrated Arbitration Rules, made important contributions to international arbitration by introducing unprecedented provisions on multi-party and multi-contract…

…with the intention that certain provisions not apply must either make a reservation or insert an “unequivocal” disconnection clause. The tribunal noted that the attempt to construe an implicit disconnection…