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The Crystal Standard: Quo Vadis for the Arbitrability of Corporate Disputes in Austria?

Kluwer Arbitration

The Applicant contended that the award’s binding effect was limited to the parties involved in the arbitration, excluding other shareholders who had not properly participated. In this instance, arbitrability was assessed under the old (pre-2006) Austrian arbitration law , which required that the claim be capable of being settled.

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Building public procurement integrity in Jamaica

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

With a mandate to prevent, investigate, and prosecute corruption, one of the Integrity Commission’s core functions is to oversee public procurement. There was huge enthusiasm in the room for developing a user-friendly tool to detect corruption in contracting.

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I Know the Witnesses and I Will Believe Them; There is No Need for Cross-Examination: A Rare Example of Arbitrator Bias Before English Courts

Kluwer Arbitration

Consideration was also given to Norbrook v Moulson [2006] EWHC 1055 (Comm). Trade expertise is to assist in understanding technical evidence, not to provide evidence for a party who has chosen not to participate. Finally, of relevance for the Court was Bubbles & Wine v Lusha [2018] EWCA Civ 468.

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The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

Open Contracting Partnership

These included ongoing issues such as poor institutional coordination, lack of transparency, high levels of corruption, and murky lines of accountability. Early reformers in this first revolution were Ethiopia (2005), Ghana (2005), Kenya (2007), Tanzania (2004), Uganda (2003), and Zambia (2006).

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CJEU’s Decision in International Skating Union v. European Commission: Its Manageable Consequences for International Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

This principal violation is that even after iterated amendments of its Eligibility Rules the ISU has gatekeeper power (vis-Ă -vis other market participants including horizontal ones) to determine who runs sporting events for ice skating. 267 TFEU whereby the CJEU provides authoritative advisory opinions on EU law.

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A Never-ending Story? Dual Nationals in Investment Arbitration: A Commentary on Santamarta v Venezuela

Kluwer Arbitration

Under the same rationale a similar principle of in dubio pro investor could have a place in international investment law, given that the foreign investor does not participate in the negotiations of BITs, or the drafting of foreign investment legislation. ” (see Lepoutre/Riva (1998): Nacionalidad y Apatridia, Rol del ACNUR.

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Johannesburg Arbitration Week: South Africa: Destination of Choice for International Arbitration in Southern Africa

Kluwer Arbitration

As a State seeking to be a full participant in the global order, South Africa recognised, while establishing the judiciary as guardian of its constitutional democracy, that alternative forms of dispute resolution would also be important in ensuring access to justice and legal services.

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