At the CIARB's London centenary conference earlier this month, the Honourable Chief Justice of Singapore, Sundaresh Menon, cautioned that:
"we should remain mindful that there is no place for…
Ever since the EU started to develop its investment policy, anti-ISDS groups started an unprecedented campaign. Indeed, on the very same day (7 July 2010) the European Commission published its first…
‘By putting its head in the sand, the ostrich can see no problems, and if it can’t see any problems, they don’t exist”[1]
To what extent can legal systems differ? Can these differences be legitimate…
The Higher Regional Court Frankfurt (OLG Frankfurt) has recently strengthened the efficiency of parties' wills embodied in arbitration agreements. In a crucial decision (OLG Frankfurt am Main, 26 Sch…
The Pechstein decision of the Munich Court of Appeals (Oberlandesgericht) of January 15, 2015 has made headlines (see here and here). The Munich court refused to recognise an arbitral award of the…
The Inaugural Conference of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA) took place on Friday, 23 January 2015, in the Senate House of the Queen Mary University of London. 160…
A team at the Brunel Centre for the Study of Arbitration and Cross-Border Investment, led by Tony Cole, has been requested by the European Parliament to undertake a study on the law and practice of…
A number of decisions of various national courts have dealt with the issue whether a competition law dispute may be referred to arbitration. Although the case law tends to favour a positive answer,…
Investment arbitration under investment treaties between EU member states is a hot topic, in particular given the EU Commission's strong views on the subject: As previously discussed here, the…
By Alessandro Villani and Manuela Caccialanza
One of the more debated issues in the process of the implementation and review of Regulation No. 44/2001 (“Brussels Regulation”) was the general…
