Recently, the International Centre of Settlement of International Dispute (“ICSID”) announced a new case record.[1] According to its caseload statistics published on 2 February 2018, the institution registered a record of 53 claims over 2017. Out of these cases, 49 were submitted under the ICSID Convention, while 4 were conducted under the ICSID Additional Facility rules. The […]
Arbitration Award Enforced in England Despite Evidence of Fraud
The New York Convention compels its 157 contracting Parties to enforce arbitration awards: “A New York Convention award may, by leave of the court, be enforced in the same manner as a judgment or order of the court to the same effect”. This enforcement requirement, found in Section 101 of the Arbitration Act 1996, is however […]
دعوى بطلان حكم التحكيم في القانون المصري
التحكيم في القانون المصري وازن المشرع المصرى بين ضرورة سرعة الفصل فى النزاع بالتحكيم وبين ضرورة إصلاح ما قد يشوب الاحكام من أخطاء فقرر الإستغناء عن طرق الطعن المقررة بالنسبة لأحكام القضاء المنصوص عليها فى قانون المرافعات و قرر الإقتصار على رفع دعوى ببطلان حكم التحكيم . وقد حدد الأسباب التى يمكن أن تبنى عليها دعوى البطلان تحديداً […]
Argentina Arbitration Legal Reform
Argentina’s economy seems to be heading into the right direction after the devastating economic crisis experienced 15 years ago, which led to dozens of cases against Argentina at International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). In addition to a very comprehensive political and economic reform, the Argentinian government is also undertaking a legal reform […]
Mytilineos v. The Republic of Serbia: Serbia Held Liable in Investment Arbitration
The 2013 Mytilineos v The Republic of Serbia investment arbitration came to an end in August 2017 and Serbia was found to have breached the applicable bilateral investment treaty. According to Mytilineos’s press release, the investment arbitration concerned RTB Bor, a copper mining and smelting company that was subject to privatization. While the Tribunal has […]