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You are here: Home » News and Analysis » UNCITRAL/Ad-Hoc UNCITRAL/Ad-Hoc Recent articles   Shuttered health care clinic spawns UNCITRAL treaty arbitration as claims start to mount in South-East Asia Jan 31, 2012   NAFTA News: Pulp company says it has put Canada on notice of claim, as redacted award from earlier case is released Jan 31, 2012   Arbitrators in Chevron case agree to convert interim measures ruling into interim award; hearings slated for mid-February Jan 31, 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   ANALYSIS: Lessons of the Greenwood/UNCLOS challenge for inter-state investment arbitration Jan 13, 2012   Tribunal selected to hear UNCITRAL treaty claim arising out of Central Asian mining dispute Jan 13, 2012   Arbitral tribunal calls for hearings to discuss what Ecuador should do to help block enforcement of $18 Billion environmental judgment against Chevron Jan 9, 2012   Belize manages to stall trio of treaty arbitrations by foreign investors Jan 4, 2012   Threat of severe sanctions under Belize law exerting chill on debt-collection efforts of foreign investors in telecoms and airport projects Jan 4, 2012   Australia opts for transparency in Philip Morris arbitration; Uruguay faces similar claim, but has yet to follow suit Dec 31, 2011   ANALYSIS: Australian defense strategy puts spotlight on timing of Philip Morris’s corporate structuring moves, claims “abuse” of investment treaty Dec 31, 2011   ICSID sets a caseload record in 2011 Dec 31, 2011   U.S. investor pursues UNCITRAL arbitration claim against Vietnam; tribunal empaneled to hear allegations of treaty breach Dec 1, 2011   Slovakia releases arbitral award pursuant to request; last-minute arbitrator challenge had delayed closing of case Dec 1, 2011   Majority of arbitral tribunal relies on home state government memo purporting to explain ambiguous investment treaty clause Dec 1, 2011   Surprise derailment of Dutch investor’s claim against Slovakia serves to highlight possible protective gap in certain Dutch investment treaties Dec 1, 2011   In awkward twist, Ecuador’s path to state-to-state investment treaty arbitration with USA must run through ICSID Nov 22, 2011   Investors in Nova Scotia quarry lay out legal arguments in NAFTA claim against Canada Nov 22, 2011   Newly unearthed jurisdictional ruling reveals that Cuba questioned whether Italian diplomatic protection claims fall under investment treaty’s state-to-state arbitration clause Nov 14, 2011   Russia defeats treaty arbitration claim by arguing that trade-related debts don’t amount to a protected “investment” Nov 14, 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   As new arbitral claim is brought against Kyrgyzstan, an ICSID award remains unpaid Sep 29, 2011   Canada prevails in NAFTA arbitration over thwarted garbage disposal project; costs ruling obliges government to shoulder its defence costs Sep 27, 2011   Czech Republic announces another intra-EU arbitration victory in fight over golf resort Sep 23, 2011   Efforts to set-aside intra-EU BIT award likely to be abandoned, as government claims victory in arbitration 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   France’s second largest pharmaceutical company quietly pursues arbitration against Republic of Poland Aug 19, 2011   United States lays out defence arguments in NAFTA investor-state arbitration arising out of pharmaceutical drug approval process Aug 4, 2011   Australian miner quietly pursuing arbitration under one of Australia’s investment treaties; first such known case had been overlooked amidst Australia’s own legal and policy upheaval Jul 7, 2011   more articles >>

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