The unique feature of Piet Sanders' character was his extraordinary focus on the future. He was never interested in resting on his laurels or talking about ‘how far we have come’. He was constantly…
In August 2011, the tribunal in Abaclat and others v Argentina decided (by a majority) that it had jurisdiction over claims brought by approximately 60,000 Italian investors, and that the claims were…
On a recent brief holiday in Valencia, I was able to attend a session of the Tribunal de las Aguas de la Vega de Valencia, the “Water Court” or Tribunal de les Aigües, in Valenciano dialect used by…
I first met Piet in 2008 when I started working on the ICCA publications. Visiting his house in Schiedam -- having been warned that anything you touch might be a piece of art -- I made my way very…
On 27 September 2012, the Swiss Parliament adopted a motion that had been introduced earlier this year tasking the Government to prepare a report on the Swiss Arbitration Law (chapter 12 of the…
Sometimes you have to listen to your husband, especially when he is endowed with intuition, and you tend to rely on reason. He said, “Go as soon as it is ready”. Thank goodness, I did.
For months…
Thirty years ago, as a young Italian law graduate who had recently moved to The Netherlands, I applied for a job in the arbitration department of the T.M.C. Asser Institute in The Hague. I did not…
Friday, 28 September 2012, I sit in my hotel room in London, preparing my presentation for the African International Law Awareness (AILA) training session that afternoon. A message from my assistant…
The new international survey on arbitral practices has just been released.
Now in its fourth iteration, the survey has come a long way since its inception in 2006 at the School of International…
Transparency of investment treaty arbitration is back on the radar this week as delegations convene in Vienna for the latest meeting of the UNCITRAL Working Group II on Arbitration and Conciliation.…
