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2023 Year in Review: Switzerland (Part I: Scope of Arbitration Clause, Capacity of Discernment, Res Iudicata)

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Part I focuses on the scope of arbitration clause and its validity in the context of a party’s (in)capacity of discernment, as well as on the new developments regarding res iudicata. The agreements were not drafted, negotiated, or signed by the father or his sons. Part II explores new case law on the enforcement of arbitral awards.

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2024 PAW: Affaires d’Etats Vol. 3 – Amplifying the Voices of Developing States in ISDS Reform

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Jaime appeared in their personal capacities. 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. Mr. Bigge and Ms.

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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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Since its inception, the Centre has evolved into a global hub for ADR, being built from ground up especially after I took over in 2010, starting with only 22 cases in 2010 and recording 932 cases in 2017. I am gratified to be back at the helm of AIAC five years after my previous tenure.

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Recent Dubai Court of Cassation Judgments: Is Arbitration an Exceptional Means of Resolving Disputes?

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993 of 2017 of 4 February 2018, which held that arbitration is an equally valid dispute resolution forum as litigation and Case No. 993 of 2017 The Appellant, a distributor, and the Respondent, a foreign distributor, entered into an agreement on the distribution of a specific range of sports products in various territories.

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Small States and Climate Change

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She examined in what manner small states have been (i) accessing courts to get them to address climate change in international law; (ii) shaping the legal landscape and the law in so doing; and (iii) considering international law’s capacity to provide actual legal remedies.

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Advances in the new international taxation and challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

These percentages are the result of political negotiations and, consequently, debatable, particularly since knowledge mega-enterprises look set to become ever larger in the future and will reside mostly in developed economies, limiting the laudable redistributive function. billion a year.

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Government Contracts Issues for a Recession

Procurement Notes

Idle Capacity). Idle capacity “means the unused capacity of partially used facilities. 135] Hence, generally, the cost recovery for idle or underutilized equipment follows the principles behind an idle facility and idle capacity. Which is to say, it provides both upward and downward adjustments.