…New Zealand International Arbitration Centre; Barbados Arbitration and Mediation Court of the Caribbean; Casablanca International Mediation and Arbitration Centre; International Chamber of Commerce; Singapore International Arbitration Centre; China International Economic…
…Foreign Arbitral Award (“New York Convention”) and the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and National of Other States (“ICSID Convention”). Gharavi however noted that, in comparison,…
The judgment of the Singapore Court of Appeal (“Court”) in Voltas Ltd v York International Pte Ltd [2024] SGCA 12 (“Voltas v York”) helpfully settles the question of whether or…
…Europe pursuant to the European Convention on Human Rights. Considering the above, the ECT carve-out for fossil fuel investments will tellingly remain inoperative for those European Parties having disengaged ahead…
…in 1899. This event led to the conclusion of the 1899 Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, which provided for the first global mechanism for the settlement…
…been established by the ICSID Convention, and that the Convention regulates various aspects of ICSID’s operations with regard to arbitrations, including the formation of the panel of arbitrators and the…
…the amended law, Singapore-qualified lawyers can now enter into CFAs with their clients for international and domestic arbitration cases seated in Singapore, as well as related court proceedings, such as…
…the practical implications of the decision (for a discussion on the impact of the decision on Hong Kong and Singapore laws, see our previous coverage here). Factual and Procedural Background…
…regulate in the public interest, and how this is defined (e.g., is it recognised in the Treaty’s preamble; or as an exclusion of liability). The EU-Singapore Investment Protection Agreement provides,…
…even noticed by the Singapore court in AnAn Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd v VTB Bank (Public Joint Stock Co) [2020] 1 SLR 1158; in Simplicity CA, the HKCA also recognized…
…Bias by Any Name.” Singapore Academy of Law Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, September 2007, pp. 245-266, p. 249). However, not every piece of information is important enough to be…
…The Defendants moved to compel to arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act and the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards (the Convention). The Western District of Louisiana…
…proved it was a Panamanian company who made an investment in Uruguay, so it was an investor under the ICSID Convention and under the Treaty. LARAH did not perform…
…in the NAFTA Bilcon award (paras. 444-45, 448-49, 455ff., 470, 589) and the CAFTA Lopez award (paras. 420-23). Recently in the IC Power case, decided under the Peru-Singapore FTA, the…
…application of CMR Convention (Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road), where parties had no explicit agreement on the Convention, does not invalidate the arbitration…
…the ECT in intra-EU disputes must be achieved in accordance with the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (“VCLT”) and principles of public international law (“Hungary ECT Declaration”), preferably…
…to these disputes have come from Uzbekistan and other CIS states like Kazakhstan and Russia, as well as countries further afield such as China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Turkey, Italy, and…
…the award, which is not permitted under the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (“New York Convention”) (Amsterdam District Court, 15 March 2023). …
…mandated by the Washington Convention, ICSID has long offered specialised training activities for State officials, practitioners, lawyers, arbitrators, and the wider public. According to its 2021, 2022, and 2023 Annual…
…the respondent chose to apply to set aside the tribunal’s ruling in Singapore. Singapore courts refused to exercise jurisdiction over the tribunal’s ruling, noting (inter alia) that the arbitration agreement…
…for permission for a witness to give evidence at trial by video. The witness was based in Singapore, which meant that there would have been suitable videoconferencing facilities available. In…
…to go to Indian courts to obtain interim relief. Significant case developments mostly arise from Singaporean courts, since Singapore is a popular seat and enforcement location. Tan touched on The…
…explore how agreements resulting from mediation are enforced under the existing Indonesian legal framework and to evaluate whether the Singapore International Mediation Convention (SMC) would enrich the current mediation practices…
…as whether, despite the title of the ruling, interim measures could be considered as “awards” enforceable under the New York Convention (which omits to define this term). 1) See, e.g.,…
