…and the consequent lack of publicly-available empirical evidence has militated against certainty, it has been the accepted wisdom in recent years that 3PF is becoming increasingly prevalent in investment arbitration….

…other players must co-operate and play their part as well. Taking female arbitrator appointments, it is all very well that the institutions themselves are making impressive efforts to appoint females,…

…from unassisted (private settlement) negotiation are subject to the rules of contract law. Accordingly, some jurisdictions understandably object to the different treatment of these settlement agreements for the purpose of…

…proceedings such as confidentiality and the taking of evidence. As we all know, such parallel proceedings often also take the form of court proceedings initiated to seek conservatory or other…

…relation to bridging the gaps between different legal traditions on evidence, the safest option remains sticking with the 2010 IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration. Settlements…

…that claimants are afforded the right to obtain the disclosure of evidence relevant to their claim, without it being necessary for them to specify individual items of evidence”. (Recital 15…

…exclusion of evidence on the basis of privilege, confidentiality, or violation of fundamental principles of international public policy. In short, investor-state arbitration follows robust rules of evidence. It can withstand…