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News

• Court Identifies ‘Properly Arguable’ Fraud and Public Policy Challenge to LCIA Consent Award and Grants Extension of Time For Referral to Trial
• Sino-Germany Consortium Threatens Chile with Institution of Investment Arbitration Proceedings Concerning a Dispute over Revocation of Tender by Chile’s Civil Registry 
• ICSID Tribunal Finds it Lacks Jurisdiction to Proceed with Arbitration under ICSID’s Additional Facility Rules And it Cannot Expand a Consent to Arbitration By Resorting to An MFN Clause in a Third Country BIT
• ICSID Tribunal Finds Argentina Liable for Unlawful Expropriation Based on Provincial Gaming Regulator's Decision
• When Will A Failure to Mediate Oust Arbitral Jurisdiction?
• Agreement Between Vattenfall and Germany Brings ICSID Arbitration Proceedings to An End
• Dutch Supreme Court Partially Annuls Hague Court’s Decision to Reinstate US$50 Billion Yukos Awards
• What CJEU Said About Ad Hoc Arbitration Agreements in Disputes Concerning the Application and Interpretation of EU Law
• New Arbitration Proceedings Instituted Against Republic of Congo before the ICSID
• What The CJEU Said About Access to the ECT’s Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Republic of Moldova v Komstroy 
• Metlife Joins Other Insurance Companies in Threatening Investment Arbitration Proceedings Following Chile’s Third Early Pension Funds Withdrawal Authorisation
• What the CJEU Said About Its Jurisdiction in Republic of Moldova v Komstroy
• Ecuador ‘Blows Hot and Cold’ in Opposing US Enforcement of Parenco’s ICSID Award
• New Zealand – UK FTA Rejects Investor-State Dispute Settlement in Favour of State-to-State Mechanism
• National Courts Will Not Always ‘Second Guess’ Arbitral Tribunals’ Findings Regarding Allegations of Corruption
• Petronas files request for ICSID arbitration against Sudan
• Supreme Court of Norway Declares ‘Fosen Vind’ Project Illegal; Revokes Power Licence
• How Allegations of Corruption Are Handled Differently In and Outside The ICSID Regime
• ICSID COMMITTEE Lifts Stay of Enforcement Issued in CONOCOPHILLIPS v VENEZUELA
• Is ISDS Still Fit For Its Original Purpose
• ICSID Tribunal Orders Mexico to Pay Canadian Company Over USD 47 Million in Compensation on Denial of Justice Grounds
• Colombia Fails to Satisfy ICSID Committee that Tribunal Committed Annullable Error in Excluding Alleged Evidence Of Corruption
• ICSID Ad Hoc Committee Dismisses Annulment Application in Glencore and Prodeco v Columbia
• South African Court Enforces Foreign Companys 275 Million International Arbitration Award Against Locally Registered Company
• Argentina to Challenge Outsiders Title to Enforce 320 Million ICSID Award before US Courts
• Alleging Denial of Justice HSBC Launches An ICSID Arbitration Against El Salvador
• New Claim Against Chile Before the ICSID
• What the ICSID Tribunal in Eco Oro v Colombia Said on the Merits of Eco Oros Claim
• US District Court Confirms US600 Million ICC Award against The Democratic Republic of Congo Following Default Judgement Proceedings
• Devas-Applicants Agree to Restart Enforcement Proceedings Against India to Ensure Full Compliance with Australian Foreign States Immunities Act
• Swiss Federal Supreme Court Affirms That Parties May Forgo The New York Convention For The Recognition and Enforcement of Their Arbitral Awards
• DC Appellate Court Prepares to Hear Arguments That the Grant of the Stay of Proceedings in the Yukos Case Was A Clear Abuse Of Discretion
• What the ICSID Tribunal in Eco Oro v Colombia Said on Jurisdiction
• ICSID Tribunal Delivers Split Decision in Eco Oro v Colombia
• Australian Appellate Decision Even Pro-Arbitration Courts Will Not Easily Excuse Fundamental Non-Compliance with The Parties Agreement
• Belgian Court Finds Award and Arbitration Valid Where Arbitrators Personally Reviewed First Drafts Prepared by Tribunal Secretary
• Canadian Court Rules Arbitration Clause Inoperative Based on the Conduct of the Party Seeking a Stay of Court Proceedings
• Settlement Agreement Brings ICSID Arbitration Proceedings Between Enel Fortuna SA and Panama to an End
• Annulment Committee Admits New Evidence in Annulment Proceedings That Could Establish Grounds for ICSID Awards Annulment
• OECD Mediated Settlement Produces Novel Opt-Out Mechanism That Could Bolster Cooperation Between Investors and Local Communities
• Panamas CSS Reportedly Settles 175 Million Arbitration Claim with Spains FCC to Salvage Multi-Million Dollar Ciudad De La Salud Project
• Australian Federal Court Rejects Spains Claim of Sovereign Immunity as a Basis for not Recognising an Arbitral Award as an Order of Court in Landmark Judgment
• Ecuadors Constitutional Court Fuels Further Debate After Nixing Requirement that National Assembly Approve ICSID Conventions Ratification
• UK Supreme Court Judgment Confirms the Enduring Relevance of Mandatory State Immunity Act SIA Diplomatic Service Requirements
• UK Supreme Court Judgment Confirms the Enduring Relevance of Mandatory State Immunity Act SIA Diplomatic Service Requirements
• Devas-Applicants Make out Exceptional Case to Serve Application to Join Enforcement Proceedings on Indias Antrix via Email
• United Kingdom Signs a New Free Trade Agreement with EEA EFTA Countries
• Centerra Gold Introduces New Claims in Arbitration Proceedings Against the Kyrgyz Government to Protect its Assets at Kumtor Gold Mine
• Croatia and Several Banks Settle Four ICSID Arbitrations Regarding the Retroactive Conversion of Swiss Franc Denominated Loans
• Round and Round it Goes Dutch Court Highlights Contradictions in Arbitral Tribunals Assessment of Mercks Denial of Justice Claim Against Ecuador
• Canadian Miners Malian Subsidiary Seeks Remedies Against Mali on Multiple Fronts
• Will the New Spain-Colombia Bit Model Accelerate the Transition to a Multilateral Investment Court
• Ecuadors Re-Accession to the ICSID Convention Highlights Domestic Constitutional Controversy
• Australia - UK FTA Rejects Investor-State Dispute Settlement in Favour of State-To-State Dispute Settlement Mechanism
• True Blue Development Drops Bombshell ICSID Claim Against Grenadian Government
• Chilena Consolidada Becomes the Second Insurance Company to Trigger a Dispute Settlement Mechanism Against Chile in Just over Five Weeks
• Investor-Group Add Their Voice to Calls for Development of Green Trade Agenda
• New ICC Arbitration Proceedings Bring into Sharp Focus the Debate on Global Pandemics Social and Economic Impact
• The Ecuadorian Government Announced its Intention to Initiate a Recourse Action Against Former Government Authorities Including Former President Rafael Correa in Connection with the Perenco Case
• US Court Grants Stay of Proceedings with Due Deference to ICSID Regime
• The Netherlands Attempts to Bypass ICSID Dispute Settlement Doomed to Fail
• Mexican Federal Judges Suspend Controversial Hydrocarbon Act
• Argentina Reveals Plans to Review and Replace All BITs
• Ohio National Life Insurance Group SA Triggers Dispute Resolution Mechanism Under the US-Chile FTA Agreement
• Controversy over Apparent Conflict of Interest by Member of the UK Governments Recently Created Investment Council
• America Movil to Seek Annulment of ICSID Arbitration Award
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