Annulment and Court Review of Awards
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German Court rejects Slovak Republic’s suggestion that arbitrators were wrong to find jurisdiction over intra-EU investment treaty dispute
May 10, 2012
Arbitral victory in Yukos case slowly unraveling as U.S. hedge fund declines to spend more money defending arbitral award from Russian attack
Apr 10, 2012
ANALYSIS: Amidst thicket of Thai and Indonesian investment laws, confusion as to admission requirements found in some Southeast Asian investment treaties
Apr 10, 2012
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
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