Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 1, 2024

The Voices of Developing States in Multilateral Fora Ladan Mehranvar kicked off the discussion by presenting the findings of her upcoming empirical paper on the attendance and participation of government delegations in the WGIII negotiations. countries, are by far the most vocal participants in the discussions. Canada and E.U.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

However, as the pervasive abuses of direct awards under the emergency conditions generated by the covid pandemic evidenced in virtually all jurisdictions, dispensing with those requirements, checks and balances comes with a very high price tag for taxpayers in terms of corruption, favouritism, and wastage of public funds.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

India declined to participate by not appearing, contesting the tribunal’s jurisdiction since a Neutral Expert was also examining the issue and the IWT’s prohibition of parallel proceedings. India characterised the arbitration proceedings as “ illegally constructed.”

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 13, 2024

The annually held weeklong Dubai Arbitration Week, colloquially known as DAW, has been taking place since at least 2015. Only after the joint agreement of the parties to the ADGM Court’s Jurisdiction, the ADGM Court decided that the UAE Federal Arbitration Law was the law governing the arbitral process and the resulting award.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 22, 2024

In June 2015, Colombia enacted Law 1753 , ratifying the mining ban in páramos , but reviving a grandfathering provision alike Law 1382. The tribunal stated Colombia acted transparently, publicizing the páramo delimitation, to the point that Red Eagle itself took the chance to participate in such delimitation.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 5, 2024

He observed that a lot has changed since the Conference of Parties 21 in 2015, and noted the increased criticism of ISDS as a mechanism used to direct claims against environmental reforms. Further, instances such as the Eco Oro award demonstrate that ISDS tribunals may ignore environmental carve outs, and push states towards regulatory chill.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

However, the father and his sons were involved in the implementation of the loans as they participated in the decisions on the investments to be made with the funds in question, personally benefited from part of these funds and actively participated in the discussions on the repayment of the loans in the context of the French tax procedure.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 24, 2024

In June 2015, Colombia enacted Law 1753 , ratifying the mining ban in páramos , but reviving a grandfathering provision alike Law 1382. The tribunal stated Colombia acted transparently, publicizing the páramo delimitation, to the point that Red Eagle itself took the chance to participate in such delimitation.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 30, 2024

Since its inception in 2015, the ICC BAD has enjoyed consistent success, and in 2024 arbitration practicing lawyers and clients had further reasons to celebrate: the 10 th anniversary of ICC Brasil. Federal legislation dictates that, except for cases of willful misconduct and corruption, managers are not held responsible for agreements.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 14, 2023

She was also the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ogun State Nigeria between 2013 and 2015. The Centre has had four editions since 2019, with the fourth being a hybrid event with physical participation in Accra, Ghana. Welcome to the Kluwer Arbitration Blog, Mrs. Akeredolu! in infrastructure projects.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Another exciting development is the imminent opening of our new Beijing office, which will be HKIAC’s third office outside of Hong Kong, following the establishment of the Seoul office in 2013 and the Shanghai office in 2015. Xi Zhang will take the reins as Chief Representative for the Beijing office. Past interviews are available here.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

13.129/2015 – Brazilian Arbitration Law – “BAL”, Art. 2097) and “[i] t very occasionally occurs that one co-arbitrator on a three-person tribunal either refuses to participate in deliberations or other activities of the tribunal, resigns at a critical juncture, or is similarly obstructive. ” (Born, at pp. 2097-2098).

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The arbitration proceeded without active participation by Malaysia, who maintained that the Agreement contained no arbitration clause. Absent agreement on a tribunal, the claimants applied to the Madrid Superior Court (MSC) which in 2019 appointed Dr. Gonzalo Stampa as sole arbitrator. Dr. Stampa determined a Spanish seat.

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University of Bristol

AUGUST 23, 2021

NHS commissioning takes place in a largely in-house environment where NHS buyers commission services primarily from NHS suppliers, but also with mixed private participation by both for-profit and third sector providers. 2) Regulations 2013.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Once again, Respondent did not formally object to the translator’s participation. After an award was issued against it on July 31, 2015, Usimec sought its annulment, claiming that the translator’s lack of independence and impartiality led to the Sole Arbitrator being influenced by unreliable evidence.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In brief, the ISU, the most important association of figure and speed skating competitions, adopted rules effectively restricting athletes from participating in competitions not organized by the ISU by virtue of its eligibility rules (see previous coverage on the Blog here and here ).

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 27, 2024

More specifically, the dispute arose out of the conclusion and performance of a settlement agreement signed by the parties on 28 April 2005, which was meant to resolve the parties’ differences relating to their participation in a consortium established in the 1990s.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 24, 2025

The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice also addressed the long-standing debate surrounding public entities participation in arbitration before the 2015 amendments to the Brazilian Arbitration Act (reported here ). In ETE Equipamentos de Trao Eltrica Ltda., CEBRAF Servios Ltda. and Schneider Electric Brasil Ltda.

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