Achmea, Energy Charter Treaty, EU Law, Intra-EU ISDS

(Queens' College, University of Cambridge) and (University of Glasgow and Matrix Chambers London)/ /2 Comments

News of the award in Green Power and Obton v Spain is sinking in. Initial responses indicate that this is no ordinary decision – but rather a ‘major earthquake’, a ‘landmark decision’ and ‘one for the history books’. It may well be: on 16 June 2022, an SCC arbitral tribunal seated in Stockholm declined jurisdiction…

Arbitration, COVID-19, International Investment Arbitration, International Law

(Queens' College, University of Cambridge) and (Twenty Essex)/ /1 Comment

At the time of writing, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passed 600,000, across more than 200 countries and territories. The World Health Organization (the WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020, i.e. an ‘extraordinary event’ which is ‘serious, unusual or unexpected’ carries trans-national implications, and may require immediate…