Transportation Disputes
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Kuwaiti investor may restart discontinued ICSID claim labeled ‘duplicative’ by parallel ICC tribunal
Apr 30, 2012
BVI company argues that ad hoc arbitral award from dispute with state-owned port agency can be confirmed against African state (Liberia)
Mar 28, 2012
Ethiopia prevailed in face of foreign investor’s attempt to use investment treaty to sue over ICC arbitral award
Mar 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
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
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