Investment arbitration. Intra-EU proceedings. Recognition of the award in UK.
English High Court gives passage to an ICSID award against Spain issued in an intra-EU ICSID arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty.
Case notes
Global Aerospares Limited v Airest AS [2023] EWHC 1430 (Comm)
The English Commercial Court holds that, where there is no failure of the procedure for the appointment of an arbitrator, an application to the Court for directions under Section 18 of the Arbitration Act 1996 will inevitably fail.
REFORMING INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ARBITRATION
The ISDS Academic Forum, together with PluriCourts Centre for Excellence (LEGINVEST) and Forum for Law & Social Science at the University of Oslo, hosted a workshop on reforming international investment arbitration in Oslo 1-2 February 2019. The workshop provided an opportunity for the Academic Forum’s working groups to present draft papers on six issues that
U.S. Supreme Court to Take Up Independent Contractor Arbitration Case
An important case is on the horizon for those involved in the transportation industry. Yesterday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of New Prime, Inc., a transportation company that is asking the Court to overrule the First Circuit and find that an independent contractor’s class action claim should be compelled to arbitration. Here
AACNI in the United Kingdom
Execution of arbitration award of a documentary credit in favour of the defendant Taurus Petroleum Limited v. State Oil Marketing Company of the Ministry of Oil, Republic of Iraq [2017] UKSC 64 The “Supreme Court” is the last civilian court in the United Kingdom. Last October 25, 2017 issued a new ruling in arbitration. We
Supply of milk. Unfulfilment
The company HARAGI KALITATEAN AITZINDARI GROUP S.L. (from now on AITZINDARI GROUP) presented a demand of ordinary proceedings against IMPORT EXPORT SEGOVIA SL and also against its manager, Ms. MARISOL, requiring the amount of 32.249,55 euros. Ms. MARISOL had been sued in their condition of sole director of IMPORT EXPORT SEGOVIA SL claiming for a
In Search of Consistency and Fairness in Investor-State Arbitration: An “Institutional” Approach to Interpreting the Doctrine of Legitimate Expectations.
This paper discusses the role of institutions (particularly regulatory institutions in the context of the Argentine decisions) in understanding essence of investor-state relations, and explores the potential contribution of the NIE framework in the interpretation of IIAs. It discusses that international investment law has not reached the desired level of consistency in the interpretation of
Shipping and Commercial Case Law.
This book is authored by Albert Badia and published by Marge Books. This book contains briefings of 250 cases on international trade and the carriage of goods by sea. The cases were decided by the English courts and the European Court of Justice. Each case is presented by an abstract of the factual background and
Tensions between the Liberalist and Statist Approaches to Energy Trade Governance
The Case of Gas Dual Pricing(with Vitaliy Pogoretskyy) in Andreas Goldthau and Caroline Kuzemko (eds.), Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia.
Linking Climate Change Mitigation and Poverty Reduction
Reforming the Clean Development Mechanism in the Post-Kyoto Era to Promote Sustainable Energy Development on the African Continent in Yves Le Bouthillier et al. (eds.), Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Protection.
Methods for Allocating Allowances under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Assessing its Interaction with EU State Aid Rules in Bram Delvaux et al. (eds.), EU Energy Law and Policy Issues: Third Edition.
Trade customs are questioned in Spain.
Recent judgments have showed a profound mismatch between the judges´minset and the custom of the trade in Spain. Many fear that these precedents may open the floodgates to defaulters every time the market turns.
