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Evolution of Kosovo’s Investment Arbitration Law: Defining the Foreign Investor and the State’s Role in Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 28, 2024

04/L-220 on Foreign Investment (hereinafter, the “2014 Law on Foreign Investment”), which safeguarded foreign investors as a key element in promoting international economic cooperation and attracting foreign capital, has now been replaced by Law No. Kosovo Law No.

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

Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 2, 2024

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.

Corruption

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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

JUNE 9, 2024

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.”

Insurance

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

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 14, 2023

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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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

MAY 22, 2024

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.

Balance

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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

MAY 24, 2024

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.

Balance

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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

JANUARY 17, 2024

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 Faith of the Fair and Equitable Treatment Clause in Africa

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

In 2014, South Africa terminated its BITs with six European countries and in 2015 passed the Protection of Investment Act (“PIA”) , which will eventually replace all BITs. The PIA, which came into effect in 2018, introduced several changes. The cited document is the January 2023 draft version of the Protocol.

Balance

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

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 17, 2024

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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Atlanta International Arbitration Society’s (AtlAS) 12th Annual Conference

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The panel also discussed recent developments in international arbitration ethics, including the UNCITRAL/ICSID Code of Conduct and the International Bar Association’s Taskforce to revise the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest for the first time since 2014. The panel discussed the ethics of expert preparation across legal cultures.

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Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The importance and positive contribution of public procurement law to the adequate management of public funds may seem difficult to appreciate in ordinary times, and there are recurrent calls for a reduction of the administrative burden and bureaucracy related to procurement procedures, checks and balances.

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English Court of Appeal Discharges the Anti-Suit Injunction in Favour of UniCredit: Winning the Battle But Losing the War?

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 30, 2025

Nevertheless, holding that UniCredit is acting in furtherance of its own commercial interests, the EWCA did not consider it a weighty factor to be placed in the balance against the revocation application. 833/2014 is inapplicable in the UK, the EWCA was not precluded from revoking the ASI Order.

Balance

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Recognition of Arbitral Awards in Absentia: How to Assess the Validity of Service of Documents? Insights from the Paris Court of Appeal

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Background The origin of the case before the Court goes to an arbitral award rendered in 2014 in favor of a Tunisian-registered company, Siba Plast, against the State of Libya, in an ad hoc arbitration with a seat in Tunis.

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Due Process Paranoia: When the Safeguard Metamorphoses into the Threat

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 25, 2025

2014] SGCA 40 53]. Countering Due Process Paranoia Due process paranoia may prevent tribunals from balancing due process with efficiency because, in effect, tribunals end up prioritising the latter at the cost of the former. discussed here ). v BLB and Anor.

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Evolution of Kosovo’s Investment Arbitration Law: Defining the Foreign Investor and the State’s Role in Arbitration

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

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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

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

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

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

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

The Faith of the Fair and Equitable Treatment Clause in Africa

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

Atlanta International Arbitration Society’s (AtlAS) 12th Annual Conference

Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

English Court of Appeal Discharges the Anti-Suit Injunction in Favour of UniCredit: Winning the Battle But Losing the War?

Recognition of Arbitral Awards in Absentia: How to Assess the Validity of Service of Documents? Insights from the Paris Court of Appeal

Due Process Paranoia: When the Safeguard Metamorphoses into the Threat

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