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Worley International Services v. Ecuador: The What, When and How in Corruption Allegations

Kluwer Arbitration

On its part, the Respondent raised several objections to the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, specifically pointing to several instances of corrupt and illegal acts allegedly committed by Worley at the making and during the operation of the investment. Worley may have willfully failed to monitor and investigate Tecnazul’s corrupt activities.

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Reflecting on the ICAL 20th Anniversary Conference: Evolution or Revolution? Navigating the Future of International Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

The panel considered this question against the need to maintain confidentiality and balance competing common and civil law practices. Erica Stein (Stein Arbitration) noted that this year the IBA Arbitration Committee constituted a task force to revise the 2014 IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest.

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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

The Court considered that “the suggestion that it was unnecessary to call any expert witnesses was plainly not an expression of a balanced and impartial view, or merely a concern about the hearing over-running, or an attempt by the arbitrator to impose an orderly and economical procedure on the parties.”

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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

Kluwer Arbitration

In December 2014, Colombia’s national environmental authority issued Resolution 2090 , delimiting the Santurbán Páramo in an almost identical area as the one contained in the 2007 Páramo Atlas, which overlapped with the area of 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

Kluwer Arbitration

In December 2014, Colombia’s national environmental authority issued Resolution 2090 , delimiting the Santurbán Páramo in an almost identical area as the one contained in the 2007 Páramo Atlas, which overlapped with the area of Red Eagle’s mining titles.

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Arbitration Agreements and Insolvency Proceedings: Comparing the Pro-Arbitration Perspectives in Singapore, the United Kingdom, and India, and Calling for International Consensus

Kluwer Arbitration

Altomart Limited [2014] WLR(D) 536 (“ Salford ”) at [41]. Altomart Limited [2014] EWCA Civ 1575 and reiterated by the High Court of Justice in Telnic Ltd v. Altomart Limited [2014] WLR(D) 536 (“ Salford ”) at [41]. 2) Limited v. and discourage parties from bypassing arbitration by presenting winding up petitions. 2) Limited v.

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The Deutsche Telekom v India Saga: Multi-Jurisdictional Proceedings, Transnational Issue Estoppel and Primacy

Kluwer Arbitration

In balancing the interests of the award creditor (DT) against those of the award debtor (India), the Berlin Court considered the low likelihood of India succeeding in the Second Swiss Proceedings (p. 13 and SICC decision , para. She is not privy to any confidential information and has relied only on public sources for her analysis.

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