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The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

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These included ongoing issues such as poor institutional coordination, lack of transparency, high levels of corruption, and murky lines of accountability. The key features of the first generation reforms that took place between 2000-2005 addressed aspects of legislation, centralization and independence, and professionalization.

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2023 Copenhagen Arbitration Day Recap: The Future of Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

He drew a thread from the first arbitration law in Denmark under Christian V in 1683 to a bill on arbitration in 1972 to the enactment of the 2005 Danish Arbitration Act based on the 1985 UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration. 13(4) and 16(4)).

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Much Ado About Nothing? – Advocating for Legality Clauses instead of ESG and CSR Investor Obligations in International Investment Agreements

Kluwer Arbitration

18 IISD Model 2005 ). 11-18 IISD Model 2005 ). Absent these domestic mechanisms, when an investor initiates arbitration, the Contracting State might engage in a witch hunt and launch investigations to discover investor non-compliance purely to also claim damages. a IISD Model 2005 ). 1 Netherlands Model BIT 2019 ).

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An Australian Maritime Dispute in London: Can the Hague-Visby Rules Render an Arbitration Agreement Null and Void?

Kluwer Arbitration

Pursuant to section 10 (1)(b)(ii) of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991 , the Australian Hague Rules apply to a contract of carriage of goods by sea from a port in Australia to another port in Australia. While US courts have held that Article 3(2) imposes a non-delegable duty on the carrier, UK courts have reached the opposite conclusion.

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Interviews with Our Editors: In Conversation with Datuk Sundra Rajoo, Director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

Kluwer Arbitration

The Malaysian Arbitration Act 2005 (“the Act”) was previously amended in 2018, aligning it with the revisions of the UNCITRAL Model Law and the evolving practices of leading arbitration jurisdictions. In practice, our i-Arbitration model clause is integrated into many domestic and international contracts.

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Governing Law of Arbitration Agreements Arising From Standing Offers to Arbitrate in Treaties and Foreign Legislation: The Exception to the Default Rule Under the English Arbitration Bill

Kluwer Arbitration

For these purposes, an express agreement that a particular law would govern the main contract (within which the arbitration agreement was contained) was not an agreement that this law should also apply to the arbitration agreement itself. The re-introduced Arbitration Bill now contains a carve-out to the Default Rule.

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B v C: Qatar International Court’s First Decision On A Set-Aside Application

Kluwer Arbitration

On 5 May 2024, the Civil and Commercial Court of the Qatar Financial Centre (“Court”), rendered its judgment in B v C on a setting aside application brought under the QFC Arbitration Regulations 2005 (“QFC Arbitration Regulations”). Since the creation of the Court in 2009 (through an amendment in Law No.