…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of States, including States that are notorious critics of investor-state arbitration, such as Venezuela, has not withdrawn from the investor-state arbitration system.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,…
…to the Protocol, investors could commence international arbitration against signatory States if the dispute arose after 16 April 2010. The precise scope of the arbitration agreement in Annex 1 to…
…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…
…arbitration in April 2014. Subsequently, in June 2015, Vodafone (UK) sent a notice of dispute under the UK – India BIT and invoked the arbitration January 2017. In the arbitration…
…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…
…the powers of the Indian courts to refer disputes to arbitration, when there exists an arbitration agreement concerning the dispute prescribing for India-seated and foreign-seated arbitrations respectively. The difference in…
…hurdles are generally lower than under the Helmerich standard. Depending on how district courts apply Helmerich, this may indeed be the correct conclusion. Indeed, pushing these disputes into arbitration –…
…using ODR. Graham Ross, chair of the panel on “Why are certain courts living the ODR revolution and what will it take to get the courts and the legal profession…
…Valley where it is common to say that there are four stages to a new idea. “The first stage when you announce a new idea, people ignore you. The second…
Professor Roger Alford, the Editor of Kluwer Arbitration Blog, was appointed to leadership role at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he will promote the enforcement of antitrust laws around…
…arbitration. More experienced attorneys, who previously practiced predominantly in the courts of their own country, must now represent their clients in disputes governed by a set of arbitration rules, mostly…
…arbitration users who seek protection and preservation of their rights before the constitution of a full tribunal. However, most arbitral institution rules that include rules on emergency arbitrator procedure fail…
…By that Order, the DIFC Court recognised and enforced a pair of arbitration awards rendered under the LCIA Rules in London and permitted alternative service of the Order on KRG’s…
…into dialogue issues, Ian Macduff shares the latest developments regarding water quality and allocation in New Zealand and identifies the potential roles for mediation in this pressing matter. Finally, in…
…functions, so far as arbitration is concerned, before the 2015 Amendment to the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the Chief Justices, where the parties failed to do so, were…
…be useful to new parties seeking funding, new funders entering the market, and the increasing number of arbitrators and counsel that are encountering funding for the first time. Finally, Chapter…
…glasses and no hair be promoted to the upper echelons of arbitration or dismissed from the game entirely depending on the answer to the question, but there is, perhaps, a…
…TPF is in fact a new, stand-alone phenomenon that deserves special treatment -and regulation- it is necessary to take a comprehensive look at the funding market in international arbitration. Funding…
The primary purpose of an arbitration clause is to represent the parties’ common agreement to resolve disputes arising out of their contractual relationship by arbitration. One-way arbitration clauses, however, serve…
…As observed by Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, whereas to treaty amendment principle of non-retroactivity applies as the amendment creates a new norm, it does not apply to treaty interpretation because a true…
…which arbitral tribunals enjoy at the interpretation stage is a function of particular treaty language. It is true that open-ended standards provide tribunals with more flexibility than rules specifying in…
…new initiative will focus on expanding the global footprint and profile of the group and ITA, and on creating new leadership opportunities for young arbitration practitioners. We are happy to…
…to the World Bank. Focus on the New Arbitration Law The Parliament of Myanmar has passed on 5 January 2016 a new arbitration law (Republic of the Union of Myanmar…
