Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In 2018, I joined the Board of Directors of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre (LACIAC) and in December 2020, I was appointed as Chairman of the LACIAC Board of Directors. Beyond its initiatives, LACIAC also endeavours to promote and support events aimed at capacity building for local practitioners.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 30, 2024

Government Incentives and Investments in CCUS After a disappointing couple of decades for CCUS, the industry turned a corner in 2020, with governments and private industry worldwide investing at least US$ 25 billion into CCUS programs. The flush of new public cash for CCUS is not limited to the United States.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 15, 2024

Finally, the vast majority of African states (forty-two out of fifty-four) have now adopted the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards , including Malawi, Sierre Leone, Ethiopia, and the Seychelles since 2020.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

403/2020 (Civil) , Dubai Court of Cassation No. 5/2020 (Commercial) , and Dubai Court of Cassation No. 1016/2020 (Commercial). 403 of 2020 (Civil) , enforcement of the foreign award was refused because the award was signed only on the last page. For example, in Dubai Court of Cassation No.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 28, 2024

In a partial award issued on 13 June 2020, a majority of the tribunal rejected Gabriele’s counterclaim and set aside Delanson’s distribution to Gabriele based on a breach of the trusts and for an improper purpose. Relevantly, Gabriele filed a counterclaim seeking, inter alia , to set aside the trust on the grounds of mistake.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 11, 2024

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. All are available to watch in full here.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 24, 2024

The Kingdom of Spain , another two Dutch companies obtained an award in 2020 from a Swiss-seated UNCITRAL tribunal. Judge Leon sided with Spain and dismissed the petition, explaining that under the Treaty of Lisbon , Spain “lacked the legal capacity to enter into agreements inconsistent with their obligations under the EU Treaties.”

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 22, 2024

The government attorney, appointed as arbitrator by Petros, had previously acted under several capacities, between 2010 and 2015, at the governmental entity Superintendência Nacional de Previdência Complementar (“Previc”). Enauta Energia SA and Barra Energia do Brasil Petróleo e Gás, discussed here ).

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In 2020, the Court of appeal decided in the Hayley v Hayley case, that the challenge of an arbitral award ruling on matters of family law would be treated in a more flexible matter by subjecting it to the rules of appeal against a court decision, rather than the stricter rules provided by the Arbitration Act 1996.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 1, 2024

Originally scheduled for March 2020, the event was, of necessity, postponed when COVID-19 swept away all before it. This growth trajectory underscores the confidence and trust the global legal community places in AFSA’s capacity to manage intricate international disputes.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

GTI-WP/2020:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. This suggests that the intervention increased the level of competition in tenders that were already competitive, but it increased the share of high-corruption risk, single-bidder contracts in the very short-run. Fazekas, M. & & Tóth, B.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The dispute concerns a 2005 contract for satellite spectrum capacity and satellite-broadcast wireless access services. Kluwer, 2020), §26.07]. Kluwer, 2020), §26.07]. The underlying dispute in this matter is a saga with which readers might be familiar. 2) See also Gary B. Born, International Commercial Arbitration , 3rd ed.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 13, 2024

We will conduct a survey at the five-year mark to update the benchmark 2020 Australian Arbitration Survey to help track progress of evolving user needs, and will continue to be transparent about sharing data, as we did in our 2022 Reflections Report and release of case load statistics. Past interviews are available here.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In May 2020 Dr. Stampa made a preliminary award accepting jurisdiction. He advises and appears for Malaysian State entities in arbitral and litigation matters and is involved in a limited capacity in the Sulu dispute. Stampa determined a Spanish seat. He has not represented Malaysia in any of the proceedings.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 8, 2024

In a recent case ( Case 35140-2020-71-AAC ) brought before the Plurinational Constitutional Court of Bolivia (“Court”), the extraterritorial jurisdiction issue arose in relation to an order issued within ICC emergency arbitration proceedings seated in Santiago, Chile.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Attempts by parties to torpedo their ongoing cases (particularly when they are not progressing favourably) by simply triggering insolvency protection in their home jurisdiction can backfire and generate scepticism from arbitrators and courts acting in an arbitration-capacity. 12 November 2020, no. 15 May 2024, no. 9/1169 , para.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 20, 2025

The Working Group III, during its 47th and 48th sessions (succeeding the 43rd and 46th discussions), discussed the draft statute of the Advisory Centre, which, per articles 6 and 7 of the draft statute, has the mandate of capacity building and provision of legal support and advice with regard to an international investment dispute proceeding.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

With regard to the trainee, the SFSC also saw no bias, as he had only worked for the sole arbitrator in a subordinate capacity and under his supervision. Subsequently, NIOC applied to the SFSC for revision of the 5 May 2020 award under Article 190a(1)(c) PILA. 14(2) ICC Rules ). The SFSC rejected both applications.

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