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

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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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Revisiting the Indus Waters Treaty: PCA Reasserts Competence

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India endorsed the request however Pakistan unilaterally retracted this request and proposed that the dispute be referred to arbitration, in 2016. The ICJ rejected the first objection but upheld the second, emphasizing the mandatory nature of negotiation attempts as a precondition for its jurisdiction.

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Pakistani Energy Sector Parties Challenge Arbitration Awards in the English High Court on the Grounds of ‘Serious Irregularity’

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The underlying dispute concerned unpaid invoices under a Gas Supply Agreement (‘ GSA ’) entered into by the Parties in 2016 for the purchase of Regasified Liquefied Natural Gas (‘ RLNG ’) from Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (‘ SNGPL ’). These are important considerations for contracting parties negotiating the seat of arbitration in any contract.

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Delhi Arbitration Weekend 2024: India and the Evolving Nature of Investor State Dispute Settlement

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He supported this position by referring to India’s termination of 76 of 87 of its BITs in 2016. Ever since then, the Indian government has taken a more cautious approach with the 2016 India Model BIT (“India Model BIT”). Rowley, KC observed that treaties have to be negotiated like contracts.

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LIDW 2024: The Rise of African Arbitration – Is Africa Leading the Way?

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Over the years, this has led to a huge number of bilateral, multilateral and regional investment treaties being concluded throughout Africa – as of 2016 , there were approximately one thousand such treaties with an African state party. Should investors be pushing back on African seat proposals when negotiating arbitration clauses?

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Interviews with Our Editors: In Conversation with Datuk Sundra Rajoo, Director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

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He is currently the Director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) and President of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR) , and he also previously served as President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2016).

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KluwerArbitration ITA Arbitration Report, Volume No. XXII, Issue No. 6 (June 2022)

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1090/2016, 31 December 2018 Ismail Selim, Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration (“CRCICA”), ITA Reporter for the CRCICA CRCICA Case No. 1090/2016 (First Industry Operator v. The ITA Board of Reporters has reported on the following awards. First Industry Operator v.

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