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You are here: Home » News and Analysis » Transportation Disputes Transportation Disputes Recent articles   Threat of severe sanctions under Belize law exerting chill on debt-collection efforts of foreign investors in telecoms and airport projects Jan 4, 2012   Public hearings loom in longest-running CAFTA arbitration arising out of Guatemalan railway dispute Nov 22, 2011   Parties to Guatemalan railway arbitration joust over alleged extortion, financial viability of investment, and investor’s reliance on “ultra vires” contract Nov 22, 2011   Guatemalan railway arbitration sees legal debate as to administrative delays and due process requirements imposed by CAFTA Nov 22, 2011   ANALYSIS: State’s demand that compensation be conditioned upon return of property raises questions about authority of investment treaty tribunals Nov 22, 2011   ICSID claims round-up: cases against Turkey, Turkmenistan, The Philippines, and Guinea (Conakry) are registered Nov 14, 2011   Arbitration over Argentine road concession to proceed, but arbitrators disagree whether MFN clause permits investors to detour around local courts Oct 26, 2011   ICSID to prepare “background paper” on annulment process, following request by Philippines; German investor criticizes effort by Philippines 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   Efforts to set-aside intra-EU BIT award likely to be abandoned, as government claims victory in arbitration Sep 7, 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   New Government in Peru confronts recent arbitration loss, and new claims by foreign investors in electricity transmission, construction, and port sectors Aug 4, 2011   Court confirms arbitral award rendered under Germany-Thailand investment treaty May 3, 2011   Mexico found liable for termination of vehicle registry program; allegations that registry director was Argentine war criminal overshadowed case, but were not central to treaty arbitrations Apr 21, 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   ANALYSIS: Arbitrators in Malicorp v Egypt discuss definition of investment and investor conduct; tribunal warns that BIT arbitration should not be used to detour around contractual forums Mar 9, 2011   Czech Republic prevails in arbitration with Canadian investor who complained of Czech officialdom’s handling of his dispute with local business partner Dec 16, 2010   ANALYSIS 1: interpretive approach in Czech-Canada BIT case driven by “arbitral practice”; legal security obligation not a “relative” one? Dec 16, 2010   ANALYSIS 2: Application of treaty to facts yields no breaches by Czech Republic in FPS case; arbitrators will review local court’s enforcement of arbitral awards Dec 16, 2010   Human Rights Court holds Hungary in violation of right to private life; Case highlights States’ responsibilities to police environmental effects of business activity Dec 16, 2010   Thailand asks Court to dismiss investor’s efforts to confirm and enforce $40 Million BIT award; government says arbitrators erred in permitting arbitration Nov 4, 2010   In unpublished ICSID annulment decision upholding railway consortium victory over Republic of Gabon, committee discussed complex issues of nationality and control Nov 4, 2010   Italian construction company settles toll highway dispute with Argentina Sep 15, 2010   Tribunals selected in one Peru case, as another materializes; arbitrators chosen in Tidewater v.Venezuela case Sep 15, 2010   Tribunal finds that railway company’s dispute with Guatemala arose after CAFTA entered into force and is arbitrable Jun 27, 2010   Arbitral award surfaces in airline dispute under Austria-Slovakia bilateral investment treaty May 26, 2010   ANALYSIS: Tribunal splits on investor’s use of Most-Favoured Nation clause to secure wider scope for arbitration May 26, 2010   Hefty award against Gabon will stand in aftermath of failed rail privatization May 26, 2010   Jurisdictional ruling issued in Germany-Ukraine BIT case May 7, 2010   Investor seeks to collect on BIT award following Thailand’s failure to pay Apr 22, 2010   more articles >>

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