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You are here: Home » News and Analysis » Annulment and Court Review of Awards Annulment and Court Review of Awards Recent articles   ICSID Round-Up: Argentina bondholders tribunal reconstituted, Hungary tribunal picked, and two new annulment panels chosen Jan 31, 2012   U.S. Appeals Court rules that lower court should not have stayed award enforcement proceedings in Belize dispute Jan 29, 2012   ANALYSIS: Latest split amongst ICSID arbitrators over Argentina’s necessity defense reflects wider chasm; role of “state practice” in treaty interpretation also studied Jan 29, 2012   U.S. Court tears up $185+ Million award due to failure of arbitrators to respect treaty’s call for 18 months of local litigation in Argentina Jan 17, 2012   Panels selected in ICSID matters involving Moldova, Egypt, and the Central African Republic Jan 13, 2012   BRIEFLY NOTED: Arbitrator resigns after sharp dissent in ICSID case; Peru and Argentina each move to annul awards at ICSID Nov 14, 2011   ICSID Round-up: Arbitrators named in cases against Poland, Kazakhstan and Egypt; annulment committee picked in Ukraine case Oct 26, 2011   ICSID to prepare “background paper” on annulment process, following request by Philippines; German investor criticizes effort by Philippines Oct 5, 2011   Mexico loses bid to set aside NAFTA arbitration award in Canadian appeals court Oct 5, 2011   Thailand comes out swinging in fight over non-payment of BIT arbitral award; government alleges that minority shareholder in highway project had contract obligation to not sue under treaty Sep 29, 2011   Challenge to member of ICSID ad-hoc committee presiding in Panama energy dispute is rejected by his colleagues Sep 23, 2011   As ICSID member-states prepare to convene for annual meeting, functioning of annulment process is put on the agenda Sep 20, 2011   Arbitral award in Argentine financial crisis case will stand; government obliged to pay modest sum to U.S. insurance company Sep 20, 2011   Togo fails to overturn ICSID arbitral award; damages owed to French electricity investors amount to 12% of state revenue Sep 15, 2011   Efforts to set-aside intra-EU BIT award likely to be abandoned, as government claims victory in arbitration Sep 7, 2011   Tribunal picked to hear Peruvian electricity dispute; Ukrainian radio tenders case moves to annulment phase Sep 7, 2011   ANALYSIS: In battle over $100 Million award, spotlight shifts to opaque state-to-state arbitration over treaty meaning Sep 5, 2011   Final damages ruling comes in much lower than Chevron had hoped, but Ecuador still adamant that arbitrators overstepped their bounds in substituting for local courts Sep 2, 2011   ICSID panelists named in annulment cases involving El Salvador and Egypt, and in arbitration arising out of Niger airport services dispute Aug 19, 2011   ICSID annulment proceeding is discontinued in Jordan construction case, as third-party funding is again flagged Aug 19, 2011   Ecuador initiates unusual state-to-state arbitration against United States in bid to clarify scope of investment treaty obligation Jul 4, 2011   Lithuania denies access to arbitral award rendered in arbitration brought by Russian entity Jun 30, 2011   New panel picked to hear resubmitted claim by Enron creditors against Argentina Jun 30, 2011   Investor in Egypt moves to annul unfavourable arbitral award in dispute over canceled airport construction project Jun 30, 2011   Unpublished discussion paper gives overview of European Commission trade department's recent thinking on foreign investment dispute settlement Jun 9, 2011   ICSID annulment case discontinued and investor ordered to reimburse government for its legal costs; panel affirms that third-party funding should not affect costs recovery May 3, 2011   ANALYSIS: Tribunal ruling in GEA v Ukraine offers contrast to earlier ICSID arbitration where non-enforcement of arbitral award was at issue Apr 14, 2011   Fraport files new claim at ICSID over expropriation of airport terminal project; Annulment committee ruling paved way for new hearing by finding breach of investor's right to be heard Mar 31, 2011   ANALYSIS: ICSID Committee rejects bid to annul award in Peruvian energy tax stabilization dispute Mar 31, 2011   ICSID panels convened in disputes over Uruguay’s tobacco policies, Venezuelan airport concession, Polish health-care venture, and Hungarian energy investment Mar 30, 2011   more articles >>

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