Arbitration Awards, Arbitrators, BIT, International arbitration, Interpretation, Investment Arbitration
The First (Tricky) Interpretation of the Consent to Arbitrate in CARICOM-DR FTA: The Lee-Chin v Dominican Republic Award
On 15 July 2020, an UNCITRAL Tribunal rendered a Partial Award on Jurisdiction in a dispute between Mr. Lee-Chin and the Dominican Republic (DR) concerning the alleged expropriation of a landfill in Santo Domingo. The arbitrators had to decide whether the arbitration clause – enshrined in Article XIII, Annex III, of the Caribbean Community-Dominican Republic…