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Arbitrator’s Bias as a Ground for Challenging a Foreign Award: The Indian Perspective

Kluwer Arbitration

However, the Bombay High Court rejected the challenge on the grounds that the circumstances of bias alleged by Avitel did not pass the reasonable third person test, contemplated under General Standard 2(b) of the IBA Guidelines on Conflict of Interest in International Arbitration, 2004 (“ IBA Guidelines 2004 ”).

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The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

Open Contracting Partnership

As the largest portion of the economy that is directly in government’s hands, public procurement is now at the forefront of interventions in digitizing government business, and advancing inclusive development, sustainability, and open government. This was not always the case.

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Past the Tipping Point? The Diminishing Value of Investment Treaties and Arbitration in the Green Transition Era

Kluwer Arbitration

In doing so, many have cited language originating in the 2004 Occidental v. In 2022, the Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment conducted a survey of renewable energy experts, in a quest to understand the factors that shape investment decisions. That statement may have flown in the past—but for how much longer?