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2024 PAW: Sports Law and the Upcoming Olympics – What Role for Arbitration?

Kluwer Arbitration

Not only is it now one of the busiest international arbitral institutions (with 900 cases per year on average), but it also ensures the rendering of effective awards under its aegis, as confirmed by the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) in 1993 in the Gundel case and by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in 2018 in the Pechstein case.

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A red light for corruption: How the Dominican Republic is using open data, better processes & collaboration to fight corruption

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. Corruption in public procurement makes us poorer and takes our rights away.” So the DGCP adopted a three-pronged approach to improve things. The team continues to add new variables.

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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

The Defendant then issued a statutory demand pursuant to section 125(2)(a) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 for claims awarded under a partial final award (the “ PFA ”). 17) Mobilox at [40]. Subsequently, in K. M/S Vijay Nirman Company Pvt. 18) At [18]. 18) At [18]. ↑ 17 Mobilox at [40]. ↑ 18 At [18].

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The Implications of Koch v. Canada for Emissions Trading Schemes

Kluwer Arbitration

In 2018, following changes within Ontario’s government, OCTP was abruptly ended. Implications for Emissions Trading Businesses The Tribunal’s application of NAFTA Article 1139(h) may affect the threshold for activities that emissions trading businesses must undertake in the host State to qualify for investment protection.

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Much Ado About Nothing? – Advocating for Legality Clauses instead of ESG and CSR Investor Obligations in International Investment Agreements

Kluwer Arbitration

Chapter 6-10 of ECOWAS Common Investment Code 2018 ; Art. To prevent even minor transgressions from falling under the clause, a threshold-requirement of serious violations could be introduced. The legality clause serves as link between the IIA and the domestic law, making violations of the latter actionable in the arbitration.

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What Next for Sovereign Immunity in ICSID Disputes? A Short Review of Border Timbers Ltd v Republic of Zimbabwe and Infrastructure Service Luxembourg Sarl v Spain

Kluwer Arbitration

Article 54 was said by Spain not to come close to meeting that threshold, because it was not framed as a waiver or submission by Spain to the jurisdiction of any domestic court bar its own. That application was dismissed on 21 November 2018. 3) [2000] 1 AC 147.

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UAE’s Arbitration Law Transformation Through Federal Decree Law No.15 of 2023: Innovations, Ethical Compliance for Arbitrators, and Enhanced Procedural Roles for Arbitral Institutions

Kluwer Arbitration

6) of 2018 (“UAE Arbitration Law”), a legislation comprising of 61 articles which stands as the cornerstone of arbitration regulations within the UAE. On 15 September 2023, the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) reformed the legal framework governing arbitration. Under the recently issued Federal Law No. (15)

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