Samuel Wordsworth - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Samuel Wordsworth

• Oil and gas storage arbitration against Morocco is discontinued
  Sep 15, 2022
• Kuwait settles ICSID case; arbitration proceedings are discontinued
  Feb 14, 2022
• RWE v. Spain tribunal awards 28 million EUR in compensation under the ECT; co-arbitrator writes separate opinion, distinguishing between two schools of thought in investor-state arbitration
  Mar 10, 2021
• Iran’s case against the United States at the ICJ is allowed to proceed, as judges dismiss abuse of process objection and leave “essential security” defence for the next stage
  Feb 04, 2021
• Relying on a bespoke test, a Zachary Douglas-chaired tribunal bifurcates Kuwait’s jurisdictional objections in Sumrain v. Kuwait
  Feb 02, 2021
• ICSID sees no pro-state bias by Zachary Douglas in Sumrain v. Kuwait; tribunal is reluctant to suspend proceedings due to COVID-19 in light of provisional measures request
  Oct 22, 2020
• ICSID tribunal declines request for joinder of third party
  Oct 16, 2020
• Arbitrators comings and goings: a new tribunal, two replacements, and a new ad hoc committee
  Apr 05, 2020
• [UPDATED] Morocco's jurisdictional objections to Carlyle Group claims come to light; tribunal agrees to bifurcate proceedings
  Jan 23, 2020
• In latest Spain ruling, arbitrators find no violation of RWE's legitimate expectations, but see a breach of the ECT’s proportionality requirement
  Jan 06, 2020
• Morocco claim to be chaired by Juan Fernandez-Armesto
  Feb 26, 2019
• ANALYSIS: Singapore appeal court grapples with various investment treaty arbitration concepts including "related to", estoppel, unilateral declarations, territorial nexus and exhaustion of remedies
  Nov 29, 2018
• Singapore Court of Appeal affirms that Swissbourgh v. Lesotho award must be set aside; Williams and Bishop had ruled in favor of investor under unusual Southern African treaty, but Singapore court sees no jurisdiction to do so
  Nov 27, 2018
• Analysis: jurisdictional portions of UAB E energija v. Latvia award see discussion of estoppel, prescription, and attribution under Article 5 and 8 of ILC Articles
  Jan 21, 2018
• UAB E energija award: at merits stage, tribunal identifies two treaty breaches by Latvia in dispute with heating supply operator, shifts costs, but refuses to grant costs for lawyer’s success fee
  Jan 21, 2018
• UPDATED: Latvia ordered to pay compensation in heating dispute with Lithuanian investor
  Jan 09, 2018
• Looking Back: In Impregilo v Pakistan case, arbitrators needed to grapple with distinction between treaty/contract claims and scope of umbrella clause
  May 22, 2017
• Latvia round-up: one new arbitration at ICSID, and updates on five other Latvian investment treaty disputes
  Dec 06, 2016
• ICSID renewables claims against Spain reach 23, along with some signs of repeat arbitrator appointments - but no common chairs as yet
  Nov 17, 2015
• Central Asia round-up: updates on four UNCITRAL investment treaty arbitrations in the "Stans"
  Mar 11, 2014
• Kyrgyz Republic round-up: as arbitration is filed by investor in rare earths mining, an earlier claim culminates in a costs order against claimants
  Nov 01, 2013
• Deutsche Telekom makes good on threat and sues India over satellite; Replacement arbitrator is named in CC/Devas case
  Oct 22, 2013
• ICSID arbitrators named for UAB Energia v. Latvia and Georg Gavrilovic v. Croatia cases; replacements picked for Zimbabwe and Peru tribunals
  Jul 07, 2013
• Tribunals named in three bank nationalization claims vs. Kyrgyz Republic; separate mining arbitration sheds light on Oxus settlement
  Apr 16, 2013
• ANALYSIS: Australian defense strategy puts spotlight on timing of Philip Morris’s corporate structuring moves, claims “abuse” of investment treaty
  Dec 31, 2011
• Barrister may not appear as counsel for state in arbitration where another member of chambers sits on tribunal
  Nov 25, 2008