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An End to the Taisei Saga in Pakistan

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Historical Background Historically, the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Pakistan required filing an application before the respective provincial High Court under Section 6 of the Recognition and Enforcement (Foreign Arbitral Awards and Arbitration Agreements) Act of 2011 (“2011 Act”).

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Director of UK’s SFO Advocates for Whistleblower Awards

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According to data published by the SEC between 2011 and 2021 , whistleblowers in the United Kingdom are flocking to report to the SEC Whistleblower Program. Since the SEC Whistleblower Program was established in 2010, it has paid over $1.9 Notably, whistleblowers from outside the U.S.

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“Appropriate Legality” and Arbitration Reform in Pakistan

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The reason for this divergence is that Pakistan already has a law implementing the New York Convention that deals exclusively with foreign-seated arbitrations: the Recognition and Enforcement (Arbitration Agreements and Foreign Arbitral Awards) Act, 2011 (“2011 Act”). If a law achieves those ends, it is a good law.

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Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

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Accordingly, in May 2011, the Von Humboldt Institute issued Resolution No. In 2011, the environmental authority denied Eco Oro’s application for an environmental license for a large-scale mining project in a páramo , adjacent to Red Eagle’s mining titles.

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Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

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Accordingly, in May 2011, the Von Humboldt Institute issued Resolution No. As indicated by the Tribunal, during 2010 and 2011, Eco Oro’s application for an environmental license in an adjacent mining zone to Red Eagle’s mining titles was seriously impacted by the Santurbán Páramo ‘s preliminary and temporary delimitation.

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Arbitration Revolution: Decoding Pakistan’s Draft Bill on Arbitration Act 2024

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This is because arbitrations seated outside of Pakistan are already covered by the Arbitration Agreements and Foreign Arbitral Awards Act 2011 (“Act 2011”), which implements the New York Convention 1958 (“NYC”). A prior KAB post provided in-depth analysis of the essential features of the Draft Law.

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Aggravating Australia’s Arbitration Ambivalence: Zeph’s ISDS Claims

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It had reinstated in late 2022 a policy over 2011-13 of not agreeing to ISDS in new IIAs. More from our authors: Dealing with Bribery and Corruption in International Commercial Arbitration: To Probe or Not to Probe by Emmanuel Obiora Igbokwe € 190 Arbitration in Egypt: A Practitioner's Guide by Ibrahim Shehata € 190