Investment arbitration under investment treaties between EU member states is a hot topic, in particular given the EU Commission’s strong views on the subject: As previously discussed here, the Commission…
…happen in three ways. First, arbitration clauses could provide expressly for discretion to award sanctions. Second, institutional rules commonly adopted in arbitration agreements could be amended. As discussed below, some…
…of the new Rules refers disputes to arbitration “in accordance with the Rules of Arbitration of Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation & Arbitration Centre (ADCCAC)”. Given that no such thing as…
…in Zurich. The arbitration proceedings Y commenced arbitration proceedings against X for payment of damages. The claim was primarily for lost profits as a result of X’s failure to supply…
…of the new ISDA Model Agreement with optional arbitration clauses and published guide to arbitration. All of these developments are very important indeed if one were also to consider a…
…it as a seat and venue of arbitration (see Tom Lidstrom’s post of 25 April 2012). The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) is now making arbitration in Hong Kong…
…Peterson is the Editor of InvestmentArbitrationReporter.com an online news and analysis service focused on investor-state arbitration and policy. He has been a contributor to Kluwer’s Arbitration Blog since its launch….
…arbitration is fixed in Qatar? Does this apply also to an international arbitration (i.e. to ask a German Arbitrator, for example in an ICC case between a Qatari contractor and…
…award of the arbitral tribunal composed of Daniel Price, Professor Brigitte Stern and presiding arbitrator Hon. Marc Lalonde in the investment arbitration case Luigiterzo Bosca v the Republic of Lithuania…
and Ievgen Boiarskyi, Junior Associate at AstapovLawyers It is widely accepted that successful outcome of international commercial arbitration proceedings often depends on timely obtained provisional measures designed to protect either…
…industry”. The forum interspersed arbitration content – Georgios Petrochilos, Freshfields, kickstarted proceedings with a fascinating review of recent developments in international arbitration – with product updates (including a ‘one-off’ sneak…
…court decisions applying the provisions of the New York Convention in force since 2006, highly recognised arbitration centres such as the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (“DIAC”) and Dubai International Financial…
It is not uncommon to see the losing party of an ICSID arbitration filing a frivolous request for annulment merely to engage the opposing party in settlement negotiations. Another frequent…
and Benjamin Ainsley Gill When seeking to extend an arbitration clause to a third party who is not a signatory to the clause, common law practitioners will often have resort…
…private international law or international arbitration, at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge. The Brandon Fellow will be awarded £3,000 for a stay of minimum…
The Permanent Court of Arbitration has just updated its website so as to offer information about the pending arbitration initiated by the Philippines against China pursuant to Annex VII of…
…a general rule, international arbitral awards are final, binding and enforceable, regardless of who the parties are. Arbitration awards against a State entity are commonly enforced either under the 1965…
…party that disputes being subject to arbitration.” (para. 16) The issue of bifurcation of proceedings in investment arbitration has been little explored partly due to the limited number of publicly…
…addressed above, see Mark Feldman, “Joint Interpretations under a Divided TPP Investment Chapter,” China, ICSID, and International Investment Treaty Arbitration (Vol. 1 of the Silk Road Collected Courses on International…
A prize has been established by the Society of International Economic Law and Cambridge University Press for the best essay submitted on any topic in any field of international economic…
…or more arbitrator flies in the morning of the arbitration itself, or late the previous night. I recently had an experience as chairman where, appointed by an arbitral institution, for…
The new arbitration rules of CEPANI (The Belgian Center for Arbitration and Mediation) came into force on 1 January 2013 and change the 2005 rules considerably. They will soon be…
…be resolved through arbitration. When a dispute arose a notice of arbitration was issued by Texaco and Statoil. NNPC subsequently sought an ex parte injunction to prevent the proceedings from…
…courts of the country in which the arbitration has its seat. The Arbitration and Conciliation Act provides for the setting aside proceedings against an arbitral award under Section 34, which…
