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Are Witnesses Still Required to Take an Oath in UAE-Seated Arbitrations?

Kluwer Arbitration

In this case, an award had been rendered in arbitral proceedings conducted under the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (“ DIAC ”) Rules 2007 awarding the claimant fifteen million dirhams in addition to arbitration and legal costs (“Award”). The latest one is Dubai Court of Cassation No. 1406/2023 (Commercial).

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Countdown to RIDW24: The Role of Experts and Lawyers in Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

Impartiality and Independence of Experts Various rules on the use of party-appointed experts in arbitration, e.g. , the IBA Rules (2020) and the CIArb Protocol (2007), make clear that an expert’s role is to assist the arbitral tribunal (“tribunal”), and in so doing, to act with impartiality.

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Arbitration With Public Entities in Brazil: Must Regulatory Agencies Participate?

Kluwer Arbitration

Background The Appeal was filed by SANESSOL, a company that was awarded a public bid for the provision of sanitation services in the City of Mirassol by the Municipality of the city in 2007. In 2012, SANESSOL requested a tariff revision, arguing for the necessity of re-establishing the contractual balance. Pursuant to Municipal Decree No.

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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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Reaffirming Arbitration: The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice Decides on the Persistent Debate of Public Entities’ Participation in Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

When RFFSA was disbanded in 2007, the Federal Government assumed its contractual obligations, including an arbitration agreement in the original contract. (FEPASA), a former state-owned rail transport company, and Consórcio Brasileiro Europeu, a private company, for the electrification of railways in São Paulo.

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The Swiss Supreme Court Upholds an Intra-EU Award Under the ECT

Kluwer Arbitration

Facts In 2007 and 2008, Spain adopted a series of measures to encourage investments in renewable energies. Poland , the EU’s exclusive competence in matters of investments treaties established with the 2007 Treaty of Lisbon did not make prior investment treaties incompatible with EU law. Germany and Mercuria v.

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Mason Capital and Elliott Associates Awards: Divergence in Approach But Convergence in Conclusion

Kluwer Arbitration

These two cases were largely based on common facts, and both were brought under the same treaty – the Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Korea and the United States of America, signed on 30 June 2007 (the “ KORUS FTA ”). This common thread makes the awards ripe for comparison.