On March 9, 2017, a three-person ICSID Tribunal rendered an Award in Ansung Housing Co., Ltd. v. People's Republic of China. The case marks the second time where China appears as a Respondent before…
As reported in the excellent piece by Alejandro López Ortiz and Gustavo Fernandes in “A Year of Legal Developments for International Arbitration in Latin America”, Bolivia may have taken a step back…
On December 30, 2016, the Supreme People's Court ("SPC") issued a set of new Opinions. It covers an array of matters relating to legal measures to expedite the development of Free Trade Zones. (…
On 22 March 2017, with minimal fanfare, the Civil Law and Justice Amendment Legislation Bill 2017 ("2017 Bill”) was introduced into the upper house of the federal Parliament. Buried within this…
The question of whether the jurisdictional grant in a “service of suit” clause overrides an otherwise valid and enforceable arbitration clause in the same agreement has been addressed by several…
Here in London, it seems there is no end to the number of Brexit conferences one may attend. But as far as I know, there has yet to be one addressing the question of whether Brexit may give…
The ability of a party to obtain urgent interim relief is central to the efficacy of any method of dispute resolution. In case of disputes that are subject to an arbitration agreement, until recently…
In early March 2017, the Singapore High Court released a judgment in which it considered an important question of enforcement of investor-state awards.
In Josias Van Zyl v Kingdom of Lesotho [2017]…
In international arbitration, as in other fields of law, the divide between private and public—commercial arbitration and public international (including investment) arbitration—traditionally has…
From left to right: Aaron King, James Plotkin, Natalie Kolos, Chloe Waind, Dora Konomi, Emily Bradley, Emily McMurtry, Prof. Anthony Daimsis, Eric Bergsten (moot founder), the final bench:…
