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LIDW 2024: Lawyer (Mis)Behaviour in International Arbitration

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Mr Singarajah highlighted the need to find a good balance between this flexibility, which allows arbitral tribunals and lawyers to have enough room to address misconducts, and having enough norms so as to apply a minimum standard.

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PAW 2024: Evolving Perspectives on the Right to Regulate: Shaping Investment Treaty Arbitration

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The challenge, as Kaldunksi pointed out, is to strike a balance between investor protection and the state’s RTR, a task that is far from straightforward given the complexity and diversity of modern investment relationships. In response to this challenge, states have evolved in their approach to the RTR from a regulatory perspective.

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The Contents of Journal of International Arbitration, Volume 41, Issue 1 (February 2024)

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This article thus calls for a critical evaluation of the de novo standard with a view to developing a more balanced system that would pay due regard to the competing goals of efficiency and legitimacy of the arbitral process.

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The Contents of Journal of International Arbitration, Volume 41, Issue 2 (April 2024)

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Yet a relevant report released by the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (‘ICCA’) has definitively concluded otherwise. To restore balance, the commentary advocates for a framework guided by the police powers doctrine, enriched by the principle of proportionality.

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A Never-ending Story? Dual Nationals in Investment Arbitration: A Commentary on Santamarta v Venezuela

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Treatment of dual nationals under the BIT The BIT contains a definition of “investor” that includes natural or legal persons who hold the nationality of any of the contracting parties (BIT, art.

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Arbitration With Public Entities in Brazil: Must Regulatory Agencies Participate?

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In 2012, SANESSOL requested a tariff revision, arguing for the necessity of re-establishing the contractual balance. The Brazilian arbitration market will definitely follow closely the next decisions to be issued by the STJ Chamber and the STF on this case. Pursuant to Municipal Decree No.

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CBAr 22nd International Arbitration Conference: Business Contracts and Party Autonomy in Times of Instability and Uncertainty

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They aim to strike a balance between the sanctity of contracts and the flexibility needed in exceptional circumstances. Brunner suggests, parties’ participation in shaping solutions is definitely a better alternative than an outright intervention by adjudicators. This could arguably be considered an intervention by the tribunal.