…that are settled in international arbitration: (i) the arbitration award has res judicata effects, and (ii) the award cannot affect a third party who was not part of the arbitration….

…purposes of investment arbitration. Generally speaking, arbitration rules guiding international commercial arbitration permit the removal of arbitrators on the demonstration of ‘justifiable doubts’ about their independence and impartiality. The WTO…

arbitration, the compromise position adopted by the International Bar Association’s Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration is to permit disclosure of documents where it is “relevant to…

…law of the arbitration agreement in cases where parties expressly chose the law applicable to the main contract and the seat of arbitration under a different law.   Background The…

In January 2009, Professor Roger Alford published the first post on the Kluwer Arbitration Blog (the Blog), launching what is now considered an indispensable tool for arbitration practitioners and academics…

…Natation. However, it is less common in China-seated arbitrations since the majority of arbitration rules of Chinese arbitration institutions do not provide for rules on expert witness. This article intends…

…way. Indeed, institutional arbitration rules, both in the context of international commercial arbitration and ISDS ad hoc arbitration, approach the matter with the apparent intent to discourage arbitrator liability and…

The significance of an arbitration agreement’s proper law cannot be understated, given its importance vis-à-vis the arbitration agreement’s validity and consequent implications on the tribunal’s jurisdiction and the arbitral award’s…

In interpreting one of the most contested investment treaty protection standards – fair and equitable treatment – arbitral tribunals have increasingly referred to the necessity for an investor to conduct…